By Steve Holland and David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign said on Tuesday it has asked the FBI to investigate how a campaign strategy meeting was recorded in which ways to attack a potential rival, actress Ashley Judd, were reportedly discussed. The magazine, Mother Jones, said it had obtained [...]
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FBI asked to probe recording of Senator McConnell’s campaign strategy session
By admin on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | Comments Off
Campaign to preserve neglected 18th century British POW camp in southern Pa. nears en…
By admin on Saturday, April 6th, 2013 | Comments Off
The mud of a south-central Pennsylvania cornfield may soon produce answers about the fate of British prisoners of war – and the newly independent Americans who guarded them – during the waning years of the American Revolution. Science News
Read More...Spotify Wants This Ad Campaign to Take Them Mainstream…
By admin on Monday, March 25th, 2013 | Comments Off
6 million subscribers worldwide, 1-point-something million in the US? That’s what Wall Street calls ‘niche,’ especially against heavyweights like Sirius XM Radio and Netflix, both of whom boast more than 20 million subscribers apiece (in the US alone). Digital Music News
Read More...Mark Sanford’s Affair Follows Him On Campaign Trail For South Carolina House Seat
By admin on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 | Comments Off
Melissa Block talks to University of South Carolina political scientist Mark Tompkins about Republican Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, who are running for Congress in the state. Sanford is a former governor who said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2009 when he was actually having an extramarital affair in Argentina. Colbert [...]
Read More...Florida campaign for medical marijuana gets financial backers
By admin on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Two top Democratic fundraisers in Florida have committed to providing the money and know-how to get the question of legalizing medical marijuana on the state ballot in 2014. "I'm prepared to keep raising money and writing checks until I get the signatures to put it on the ballot," [...]
Read More...Mitt Romney’s CPAC Speech Was As Lackluster As His Campaign
By admin on Saturday, March 16th, 2013 | Comments Off
You could call Mitt Romney’s return to this annual gathering of the conservative faithful a homecoming because he was well-received here during his presidential bids. He always came in first or second in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s straw poll, and he received enthusiastic standing ovations on Friday. 2012 Elections News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Obama campaign releases list of top fundraisers
By admin on Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s top fundraisers brought in at least $ 186 million for the president’s re-election campaign. Obama’s campaign released a list of 770 top donors on Saturday who brought in between $ 186.6 million and $ 268 million. The president’s re-election campaign raised nearly $ 1 billion to defeat Republican Mitt Romney. [...]
Read More...Supreme Court Will Not Hear Campaign Finance Case On Corporate Donations
By admin on Monday, February 25th, 2013 | Comments Off
The Supreme Court says it won’t hear a case that would have let candidates solicit money from corporations. By doing so, the court is reaffirming one strict ban on corporate political money, after easing other limits in its controversial Citizens United ruling three years ago. Politics
Read More...Supreme Court Will Not Hear Campaign Finance Case On Corporate Donations
By admin on Monday, February 25th, 2013 | Comments Off
The Supreme Court says it won’t hear a case that would have let candidates solicit money from corporations. By doing so, the court is reaffirming one strict ban on corporate political money, after easing other limits in its controversial Citizens United ruling three years ago. News
Read More...Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty in campaign case
By admin on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $ 750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. He faces 46 to 57 months in prison under a plea deal with prosecutors Politics News [...]
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