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Rising GOP star Love falls short in Utah
Utah Republican Mia Love fell just short in her bid to unseat Democratic Rep. James Matheson after a campaign that saw her gain national recognition as a rising GOP star.
Reid moves to limit GOP filibusters
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he will try to push through a change to Senate rules that would limit the GOP's ability to filibuster bills.
Maryland agrees to football home-and-home with Florida International
Terps host Golden Panthers in 2013, visit south Florida in 2016
NCAA reverses course, declares Terps' Dez Wells eligible immediately
Swingman was expelled from Xavier in August
Kaine: Looking forward to Scarborough mustache
Democrat Tim Kaine, who narrowly won a bruising marathon of a campaign against Republican George Allen for U.S. Senate in Virginia Tuesday, said Wednesday he's looking forward to seeing a little extra facial hair on MSNBC host Joe Scarborough — the would-be result of a rather odd bet Mr. Scarborough made recently with Obama senior adviser David Axelrod.
Top Senate Republican says pressure's now on Obama
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's top Republican, said early Wednesday that since President Obama won re-election, it's now up to him to propose ways to avoid massive tax increases and spending cuts that are due to take effect in early January.
GREEN: Election violence: Riots over Romney never ruled out
The peaceful transfer of power in United States' elections has always been a point of national pride. This year that benefit wasn't guaranteed. Threats of violence and rioting if President Obama lost his reelection bid have been made across multiple platforms even as votes were being counted and the polls were still open in western states.
GOP and Dem flacks bet their own locks on election
The most expensive presidential election in history has already been a hair-raising experience for voters inundated by campaign ads, but it's about to get a little less hairy.
TRR: Live-tracking key counties in VA, OH, PA and NH
On election night I will be tracking key counties in four swing states.
Exit poll: Economy still top issue; only 25% say they are better off
Preliminary results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press show that the presidential election hinges once again on the economy.
PICKET: OH GOP volunteer says voter threw coffee at his face, will press charges
Ohio Summit County Republican Party volunteer Wayne Darlington was passing out GOP slate cards at his Coventry precinct at 9AM on Tuesday before the busy Akron polling location.
False: Obama makes last-minute claim to have barred lobbyists from White House
In one of his final interviews before the polls close on Election Day, President Obama made the demonstrably false claim that he has barred lobbyists from working in his administration.
Republican voters outnumbering Dems in Colo.
Republican voters continued to outpace the competition at the ballot box in Colorado, maintaining their 2 percentage-point lead over Democrats in figures released Tuesday evening.
PICKET: GOP - Poll watcher in Detroit threatened with gun, 911 call rejected
Tensions are high all over the country at the polls today. The Michigan Republican Party is alleging that a poll watcher in Detroit on Tuesday morning was threatened with a gun. According to the Michigan GOP the poll watcher's 911 call was rejected.
Black Panthers patrolling polls in Philadelphia again
The New Black Panther Party is back at the polls Tuesday in Philadelphia, where its members provoked a complaint of voter intimidation in 2008.
PICKET: Cuyahoga GOP - D's only reached 55% of absentee and early voting in heavy blue county compared to '08
Early voting in Cuyahoga County ended as of 2pm on Monday and turnout numbers have already been sent to county parties throughout the state. Although Cuyahoga County will go the president's way, just by pure party registrations, early and absentee voting numbers coming from the Cuyahoga County Republican Party should cause Democrats state wide and nationally to be concerned in terms of GOP enthusiasm in Democratic strongholds.
Weekly Maryland depth chart tweaks: Franklin, Robinson co-starters at safety
Adjustments through the two-deep entering a trip to Clemson
Virginia Senate race tops $52M in outside spending
The Virginia Senate race between former governors George Allen and Tim Kaine has topped $52 million in spending by outside groups, including nonprofits that do not disclose their donors, making it by far the most popular congressional race in the country among the newly legalized independent groups.
On game day, Obama will shoot hoops
While President Obama and his team are publicly exuding confidence ahead of Tuesday's election, they're still engaging in some superstitious pre-election rituals — like playing pickup basketball.
Top Obama aides express confidence in ground game
Top Obama campaign advisers dismissed national polls indicating Tuesday's presidential race is a dead heat, saying an advantage in early voting and the president's extensive ground game in battleground states nearly guarantee a Democratic victory.
