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Roger Wicker

Gov't Search Left Former Ricin Suspect's Home Unlivable, Lawyer Claims

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man's house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison rici...

Arrest Made In Ricin Letter Case

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

By Robbie Ward TUPELO, Miss., April 27 (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his...

Man Named In Ricin Case Goes Into Hiding

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

SALTILLO, Miss. — A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the presiden...

Poison-Tainted Letters Spark Mystery

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

SALTILLO, Miss. — A Mississippi man whose home was searched in the investigation of poisoned letters sent to the president and others has appare...

Another Man Being Investigated For Sending Poison-Tainted Letters To Obama

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics

OXFORD, Miss. — The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to hi...

Ricin Investigation Continues After Charges Dropped Against First Suspect

AP | JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

TUPELO, Miss. — Charges of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others were dropped Tuesday against an Elvis impersonator f...

Michael McAuliff

Reid: Another Ricin Letter Found

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A third ricin letter has been discovered by authorities in the nation's capital Tuesday, the same day the initial suspect in the mailing...

Hearing To Focus On Ricin Suspect's Mental State

AP | JEFF AMY | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

By Jeff Amy, The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S....

Attorney: Scant Evidence Links Man To Poison-Laced Letters Sent To Obama, Others

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 04.20.2013 | Politics

OXFORD, Miss. — Federal authorities have produced scant evidence linking a Mississippi man to the mailing of ricin-laced letters to the presiden...

Roger Wicker And Paul Kevin Curtis Go Way Back

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Paul Kevin Curtis, the Elvis impersonator charged with threatening the lives of Wicker and President Barack Obama, go ...

Senate Official Confirms Tainted Mail Contained Poison

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate sergeant-at-arms says a private lab has confirmed the presence of ricin in a letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker. Terra...

FBI Arrests Man In Connection With Ricin Letters Case

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

(Recasts with arrest) By Tabassum Zakaria and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The FBI arrested a Mississipp...

Arrest Made In Ricin Letters Case

Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

NBC News reported Wednesday evening that an arrest has been made in the case of ricin-laced letters being sent to the President Barack Obama and to Se...

More Senate Offices Report Suspicious Mail

Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

Staffers at a number of local Senate offices around the country reported receiving suspicious mail on Wednesday, shortly after letters testing positiv...

Second Letter To Senate Tested For Ricin, Officials Say

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Law enforcement officials say a second suspicious letter that has been received in Washington was actually directed to the White House, ...

Poison-Tainted Mailer To Obama Intercepted

Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

Less than a day after police intercepted a letter laced with the poison ricin that was sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), reports of two more poison...

Senator Gives Key Update On Poison-Tainted Letter

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senat...

Michael McAuliff

Poison-Tainted Letter Sent To Senator's Office

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Police intercepted a letter laced with the poison ricin that was sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), senators told reporters Tuesday. ...

Jennifer Bendery

Senators Explain Why They Tried To Prevent Debate On Gun Control Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- More than 30 senators voted Thursday to try to prevent the Senate from debating a bill targeting gun violence, even as families of the N...

GOP Farce at Hagel Hearings

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Jon Soltz

All the money spent by the Sheldon Adelsons of the world, to sink this nomination, is a colossal waste. Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, and neoconservative influence over our military policy will finally, and thankfully, be dead.

Al Gore Falls In Mississippi

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics

Albert Gore was projected to lose on Tuesday -- and no, we don't mean that Albert Gore. The Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate fell to incumb...

Roger Wicker Wins Reelection

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is projected to secure a second term, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. In the weeks up to Election Day, Wicke...

Al Gore Running For Office On Election Day (But Not The One You Think)

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics

Al Gore is running for office on Election Day, but it's not the big Democratic name you think. Albert N. Gore Jr., a retired United Methodist mini...

The Cozy Connections Between JP Morgan And The Senate Banking Committee

ProPublica | Cora Currier | Posted 06.14.2012 | Business

Through campaign contributions and well-connected staff, JP Morgan appears to have already taken its own accounting of the Banking committee. Here’s...

Elise Foley

GOP Senators Threaten To Derail All Bills That Don't Cut Debt

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A group of Republican senators led by David Vitter of Louisiana sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Thursday tha...