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By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court issued a decision Thursday holding the Legislature in contempt for its lack of progress …

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — The St. Petersburg branch of the NAACP has been ordered to cease operations. A letter sent to the local board by …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The planned hiring of a long-term executive director for the North Carolina Democratic Party has been delayed as both allies and …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was more than a little miffed that a Democratic challenger told a media audience Wednesday that …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican Party’s image has changed little in the year since GOP Chairman Reince Priebus published his prescription for broadening the party’s …

Another milestone is passing in America’s racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife. Even in …

WASHINGTON  — In his West Virginia district, the TV ads attacking Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall over the calamitous startup of President Barack Obama’s health care …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers building the Obama administration’s showcase health insurance website were growing increasingly stressed. …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican National Committee plans to spend $10 million this year to send hundreds of party workers into Hispanic, black and Asian …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who left public life two years ago after mysteriously disappearing to visit his then-mistress in …