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A screenshot from the ad by Sen. Mark Begich's campaign targeting his Republican challenger, former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan.

Begich ad faults Sullivan for sexual assault of two-year-old

Betsy Woodruff · August 30, 2014 6:45 pm

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference with Gov. Rick Perry in Austin in July. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas gov candidates agree to 2 debates

Betsy Woodruff · August 30, 2014 4:26 pm

The plaintiffs said that nothing short of a ruling from the highest court in the land can rectify the inequalities that same-sex couples face. (iStock)

Utah’s same-sex marriage ban headed to SCOTUS?

Betsy Woodruff · August 29, 2014 9:00 am

Kody Brown poses in 2013 with his wives at one of their homes in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerry Henkel, File)

Utah governor distances himself from pro-polygamy court ruling

Betsy Woodruff · August 29, 2014 9:00 am

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, front right, is escorted away from the Blackwell Thurman Criminal Justice Center, in Austin, Texas on Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Rick Perry hires legal dream team

Betsy Woodruff · August 28, 2014 8:33 pm

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is trailing his Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, by 10 points in a Rasmussen poll. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas governor boasts of one-point lead

Betsy Woodruff · August 28, 2014 3:58 pm

Governor’s woes may be hurting GOP senator in Kansas

Governor’s woes may be hurting GOP senator in Kansas

Betsy Woodruff · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

Paul Davis, the presumed Democratic nominee for Kansas governor, listens during a news conference announcing endorsements by more than 100 current and former Republican politicians in Topeka in July. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Here’s how the Democratic candidate plans to win Kansas’ governor race

Betsy Woodruff · August 27, 2014 9:00 am

Ebola becomes a campaign issue in close Arkansas Senate race

Ebola becomes a campaign issue in close Arkansas Senate race

Betsy Woodruff · August 26, 2014 7:13 pm

Mark Fabiani, former special counsel to President Bill Clinton, has joined the Texas Gov. Rick Perry's efforts to push back against allegations that he abused his power and unlawfully coerced a district attorney. (AP Photo)

Rick Perry just hired someone from … Bill Clinton’s old office?

Betsy Woodruff · August 25, 2014 4:11 pm

A frame from a video released by Islamic State militants Tuesday that purports to show the killing of journalist James Foley by the militant group. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo)

National Security

British government close to identifying James Foley’s killer: Ambassador

Betsy Woodruff · August 24, 2014 10:18 pm

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney, accompanied by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his wife Janna Ryan, wave to supporters at a campaign rally at the Square at Union Centre in West Chester, Ohio, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Paul Ryan: ‘I sure wish’ Mitt Romney would run for president again

Betsy Woodruff · August 24, 2014 3:39 pm