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House urges D.C. to loosen gun laws for troops
The House voted late Thursday to urge the District of Columbia to allow U.S. troops to carry personal firearms within the nation's capital — and the city's non-voting member of Congress is vowing a fight to try to block the move.
MILLER: Soldier wants his guns back, Congress up in arms
(Part 2 of 4) Congress is up in arms over D.C. violating injured vet’s personal property rights. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a gun owner and hunter, fired off a letter to D.C. Chief Cathy Lanier, saying that he would, “strongly encourage you to return the firearms to Lt. Kim’s possession as soon as possible.” Mr. Graham, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, hand wrote in all capital letters at the bottom: “PLEASE LET US KNOW SOON!”
D. Wayne Lukas comfortable, not giving up on future
Hall of Fame trainer reflects on 30-plus years at Preakness.
Paul's final moneybomb draws half a million
Rep. Ron Paul's final fundraising "moneybomb" on Thursday raised more than half a million dollars, giving the Republican presidential candidate money to continue his push to win delegates to the GOP's convention.
Romney gives rundown of 'Day One' plans
With more than five months out from the election, Mitt Romney's presidential team released a new "Day One" television ad Friday in English and Spanish that spells out his plan to approve the Keystone oil pipeline, reshape the tax code and begin to repeal President Obama's health care overhaul — all on his first day in office.
Tampa bars allowed to stay open later at RNC
Thirsty attendees of this year's Republican National Convention will have an extra hour to get a drink, as the Tampa City Council voted Thursday to allow bars to say open until 3 a.m.
Romney rejects SuperPAC plan to link Obama to Wright
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has rejected a Republican super PAC plan to focus on President Obama's relationship with his incendiary former pastor and spiritual adviser in the months leading up to the November election.
PICKET: Gallup shows political and national climate comparable to one term presidential incumbents
Gallup is showing some interesting numbers this week that average out the country's economic and political mood between January and May of this year and compares the time frame to recent past presidents.
Maryland-Connecticut a 12:30 p.m. start on Sept. 15
Game to be televised regionally by the ACC Network
'So far, so good' for Bodemeister
Preakness favorite looking good two days before race.
Romney's April cash haul has Team Obama scrambling
President Obama's campaign operatives are sounding the alarms about Mitt Romney's March fundraising haul — almost equal to Mr. Obama's during the same month.
GOP counters Obama push for vet vote
Republicans launched a preemptive strike against President Obama's planned launch of his effort to woo military voters, claiming that the Democrat's administration has failed to meet the needs of veterans.
Went the Day Well folks moving on from bad Derby break
Owner Barry Irwin, trainer Graham Motion have eyes on Preakness.
Warren contributed to Native American cookbook
Elizabeth Warren contributed recipes for herbed tomatoes, spicy barbecued beans and crab with tomato mayonnaise dressing to a Native American cookbook decades ago — the latest in the saga of the U.S. Senate candidate's claims to Cherokee ancestry that were disproven this week.
I'll Have Another jockey Mario Gutierrez's rise to fame
And how that hasn't changed his life.
Libertarian Johnson makes explosive point in new ad
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is blowing stuff up to make a point.
Romney almost matches Obama's April fundraising
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee announced Thursday that they've raised $40.1 million in April — nearly matching the $43 million that President Obama pulled in last month.
I'll Have Another could benefit from Preakness draw
Bodemeister is morning line favorite at 8-5.
Obama team: Romney created wealth, not jobs
Even as President Obama's campaign pressed its attack on Mitt Romney's record as a venture capitalist, a campaign official went out of her way Tuesday to defend the industry that is contributing large sums of money to the president's re-election.
