Utah Republican Mia Love announced Saturday that she will run for Congress again in 2014.

Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, unsuccessfully ran against Democrat Jim Matheson in 2012, losing her bid to represent the state's 2nd congressional district by fewer than 800 votes. She...

Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent is now catching heat from his own brother on his uncompromising stance on gun rights.

In a Washington Post op-ed published Friday, Jeffrey Nugent, Ted's older brother, wrote that while he agrees with his younger brother's fervent defense of the right to bear arms,...

E.W. Jackson, the conservative minister nominated to run for lieutenant governor by the Virginia Republican Party, once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan, Politico reported Sunday.

In a video posted to YouTube last September, the minister and activist urged black Christians to reject...

Former Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) will return to the public eye next month when he speaks at a retreat for lawyers, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Edwards, the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, will deliver a 45-minute address on "Historic Trials of the...

Attorney General Eric Holder had tough words for Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) during Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, criticizing the congressman's behavior as "unacceptable" and "shameful."

Issa, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, fired an aggressive line of questioning at Holder, grilling the attorney general...

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has failed to provide adequate explanation for the Justice Department's decision to seize the phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Rangel said the president...

Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said Tuesday that it was "entirely legitimate" for the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative groups for increased scrutiny, calling the tea party the "Taliban wing of American politics."

"I think it's entirely legitimate to look at the tea party," Bond said during an...

Former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) announced Tuesday that he will not run for Pennsylvania governor and is instead forming an exploratory committee for a 2016 Senate bid.

Sestak, who lost his previous Senate run in 2010 to Republican Pat Toomey, told the Associated...

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld weighed in on the Benghazi attacks on Tuesday, charging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with being the "sideshow" in the controversy surrounding the White House's response to the attacks.

In an interview with NBC's "Today" show, Rumsfeld was asked whether he...

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) spoke at a GOP dinner in New Hampshire on Friday, urging his fellow Republicans to "get over" last year's electoral defeats and instead focus on reassessing party priorities ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

“We lost an election that we probably should...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) suggested Sunday that the IRS' targeting of conservative groups during the 2012 presidential campaign undermines the election's credibility, accusing President Barack Obama's administration of "blatantly lying to the American people" and questioning whether the agency would "deny" health care coverage for conservatives.

“We learned...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Monday urged President Barack Obama to apologize for the IRS' targeting of conservative groups, criticizing the Obama administration's decision to "not profile terrorists but profile patriots."

"I think the president has to say he's going to open up totally, he's...

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) suggested Saturday that Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may have broken the law by seeking donations from health industry officials to help promote the implementation of President Obama's signature health care law, comparing Sebelius’ actions to those in the Iran-Contra scandal.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is negotiating a settlement in a lawsuit over the alleged theft of an Iowa email list, the Star Tribune reported Wednesday.

Barb Heki, who worked as a campaign aide during Bachmann's 2012 presidential run, sued the congresswoman and other top campaign aides...

FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe had tough words for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other congressional Republicans this week, warning that the Tea Party group wouldn't support candidates just because they are incumbents.

During an interview with ABC-Yahoo News' Top Line posted Wednesday, Kibbe pointed to Graham's

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is on the payroll of a conservative activist's cancer hospital company, KTVK in Phoenix reports.

Bennett, a Republican, reportedly earns $2,000 a month for his work on the Cancer Treatment Centers of America board. The for-profit company...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) said Tuesday that he is "frustrated" with the National Rifle Association, charging the gun lobbying group with spreading misinformation about the background check legislation he co-authored with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).

During an appearance on "CBS This Morning," Manchin said the...

Days ahead of Tuesday's special election for South Carolina's open congressional seat, a new poll shows former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) gaining momentum on Democratic rival Elizabeth Colbert Busch, erasing the strong lead she posted in a previous poll.

A Public Policy Polling survey released Sunday evening...

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has an early edge over former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's 2013 gubernatorial race, according to a Washington Post poll released Saturday.

Cuccinelli, a Republican, leads McAuliffe 46 to 41 percent among all Virginia voters. Cuccinelli's lead grows to 51 percent...

Alabama attorney Jim Porter will be the new president of the National Rifle Association, CNN confirmed Wednesday.

Porter is set to take over for outgoing president David Keene on Monday, when his two-year term expires. The leadership change coincides with the NRA's annual meeting, which...