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8 years, 6 months ago
(AP) [{"text":"The Sun's political coverage","url":"http://lasvegassun.com/news/politics/"}] NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is planning a major push to organize Latino voters ahead of the Nevada caucuses and early primary contests in Texas, Florida and Colorado, all with an eye toward connecting ...
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8 years, 7 months ago
(AP) [{"text":"Day after debate, Bush and Paul barnstorm through Nevada","url":"http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/sep/17/day-after-debate-bush-and-paul-barnstorm-through-n/"},{"text":"Trump’s policy paper marks departure on gun control","url":"http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/sep/19/trumps-policy-paper-marks-departure-on-gun-control/"},{"text":"The Sun's political coverage","url":"http://lasvegassun.com/news/politics/"}] Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is the favored presidential candidate among Republicans attending a major political event in Michigan. Paul got the ...
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8 years, 8 months ago
(AP) CLEVELAND (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday drew parallels between terrorist organizations and the field of Republican candidates for president when it comes to their views on women, telling an Ohio audience her potential GOP rivals were pushing "out-of-date" ...
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9 years, 2 months ago
(AP) An initiative to put the issue of public funding for a $200 million downtown soccer stadium on the June ballot failed to get enough signatures to qualify, the Clark County Elections Department announced today. But hope still remains for petition ...
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9 years, 4 months ago
(AP) BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll decide by March whether to launch a 2016 presidential campaign and, if so, whether he'll seek the Democratic nomination. Either way, Sanders says he wouldn't run just to nudge the ...
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10 years, 5 months ago
(AP) WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is a "failure" and predicts it "will not succeed — it just won't." The potential 2016 presidential candidate says the leaders of both political parties, including ...
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10 years, 5 months ago
(AP) TYSONS CORNER, Va. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe has been elected Virginia's next governor, defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli after pledging to expand the state's Medicaid rolls and portraying his rival as someone who would turn back years of progress. Turnout for ...
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10 years, 7 months ago
(AP) WASHINGTON — A Homeland Security Department employee has acknowledged that he disclosed to the Associated Press days before the 2008 election that President Barack Obama's aunt was living in the U.S. illegally and said he did not reveal the information ...
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10 years, 9 months ago
(AP) WASHINGTON — When is a lunch more than just a midday meal? When the two diners are President Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and inquiring minds want to know who, if anyone, the president will endorse in 2016. A ...
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10 years, 10 months ago
(AP) WASHINGTON — Of the handful of tea party-backed Republicans eyeing a 2016 presidential bid, Sen. Rand Paul is emerging as the most forceful in pushing libertarian principles, especially on anti-terrorism issues. Rather than playing it politically safe, the Kentucky freshman ...
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10 years, 11 months ago
(AP) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a tea party favorite, announced Wednesday she will not run for another term in the U.S. House, saying her decision had nothing to do with ongoing investigations over finances related to her ...
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10 years, 11 months ago
(AP) President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he plans to appoint Clark County elections chief Larry Lomax to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a panel designed to improve voters’ access to the polls. Lomax, who earlier this year announced his ...
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11 years, 2 months ago
(AP) CHICAGO — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg waded deeper Tuesday into the Chicago-area election to replace former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., defending his super PAC's $2 million in anti-gun ads attacking a former congresswoman and candidate in the race. ...
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11 years, 2 months ago
(AP) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is lashing out at a former White House doctor who said she worries about the governor dying in office because he is so heavy.Former White House physician Connie Mariano made the comment in an interview ...
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11 years, 3 months ago
(AP) The Senate Democratic leader is promising to act this year on legislation that went nowhere in the last Congress, including aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy and financial help for the U.S. Postal Service.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cited several ...
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