AP - The favored candidate to take Rep. Bob Ney's spot on the ticket can legally do so under Ohio law, the state attorney general said Thursday.

AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman set out on his go-it-alone re-election campaign Thursday and seized on the terror arrests in Britain to argue that his Democratic opponent, Ned Lamont, does not fully understand the danger facing the nation.

AP - That great sucking sound you hear ... just might be coming from the race for Wisconsin attorney general.

Embarking on his re-election campaign as an Independent, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman says the terror plot involving U.S. and U.K. airliners is an example of how his Democratic opponent, Ned Lamont, is out of touch with the real war on terror. Lieberman was in Waterbury, following the...

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AP - State Sen. Ben Westlund dropped out of the gubernatorial race Thursday, potentially shifting momentum toward Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

California state Sen. Tom McClintock will stop mailing a fundraising letter written by Mel Gibson, after the actor admitted making anti-Semitic remarks. California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres issued a statement saying McClintock should return any donations that came as a result of...

AP - The CIA says it has provided short summaries of Vice President Dick Cheney's daily security briefings to defense attorneys for his indicted former chief of staff.

AP - The favored candidate to take Rep. Bob Ney's spot on the ticket can legally do so under Ohio law, the state attorney general said Thursday.

Singer Barbra Streisand donates $1 million to former President Bill Clinton's pet charity. She pledged to donate millions to charitable causes from the proceeds of her upcoming national tour.

A Rwandan immigrant is arrested and charged with war crimes and torture for his actions during the 1994 genocide. Prosecutors identified the man only as Joseph M., 38. They say he ordered the killing of Tutsis who were forced out of an ambulance....

AP - The largest union in the AFL-CIO — representing state and local government workers — is beginning a multimillion-dollar effort to mobilize its members to vote, work for improved health care and organize more workers.

AP - After two wars, thousands of deaths and many billions of dollars, the United States is still vulnerable to terrorists. That painful reality has ignited a political frenzy over who's to blame and who's best qualified to protect Americans.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to position himself as a leader on climate change while maintaining support from business leaders has created an election-year dilemma for the Republican governor. Schwarzenegger has made global warming his signature environmental issue and is eager to sign a...

AP - Republicans and Democrats clashed over the war on terror on Thursday within hours of the disclosure of a thwarted terrorist plot in Britain, each side accusing the other of doing too little to deter the threat of attack.

AP - U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign Web site remained offline Thursday, and federal and state authorities were investigating why it crashed on the eve of this week's defeat in a high-profile primary.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he expects Democrat Ned Lamont, who defeated Sen. Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's Democratic primary, to win in November and remains convinced his party will gain at least five Senate seats in the fall elections. In an interview with the AP, Reid says, "I...

AP - Text of President Bush's two-minute remarks Thursday reacting to a thwarted terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up aircraft heading to the United States from Britain.