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Despite N.J.'s ethics rule banning gifts to public officials, Christie had his ticket and travel to a playoff game paid for by the Cowboys owner.

Does the governor getting prime seats in the NFL owner's box violate his state's rules banning gifts to elected officials?

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the 2008 Iowa caucuses and sputtered afterward.

FedEx admitted it delivered the package to the wrong address but says it did not disclose the address to anyone.

Gay marriage is already legal in Idaho. But state officials are still attempting to get the U.S. Supreme Court to turn back the clock.

Federal prosecutors will not try John Hinckley Jr. for James Brady's death -- 30-plus years after the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt.

Since 2008, the economy has been the No. 1 issue in the eyes of the American public. Not anymore.

Falling gasoline prices and a potential veto by President Barack Obama could complicate the debate.

The outgoing U.S. Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, was discharged from a hospital after treatment for several broken bones.

Despite the request for a delay, the trial of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing suspect will begin Monday.

Jewish settlers threw stones at American diplomats, whose security guards drew their weapons, according to reports.

"If Republicans want to throw Steve Scalise to the woods, then a lot of them better be looking over their shoulders."

House Speaker Boehner came to Majority Whip Steve Scalise's defense regarding 2002 speech.

House Speaker John Boehner's no-tolerance approach to members with ethics problems surfaced again.

The cost of the drug that Devona Charley delivered was reportedly valued between $70,000 and $120,000.

Scalise's office said they don't know whether he spoke at the conference.

The survey is one of the first to estimate quantities of marijuana being used in Colorado since its legalization in late 2012.

Hillary Clinton's Democratic challengers could push her to the left -- or make her frustrate the base whose support she'll need in November.

U.S. taxpayer funding of the military has been $337 million a day, or almost a quarter million dollars a minute — every day since 9/11.

Conservatives trying to get a like-minded Republican nominee will have to coalesce around one candidate -- early on.

And the fourth quarter is when "interesting things happen," Obama said. He made clear that he will work with Congress, or act without them.

Despite lawmakers’ call for a federal probe, the Chicago mayor gets a new infusion of money from firms making fees off Chicago pensions.

Rahm Emanuel's administration tries to prevent a probe of campaign cash he got from firms managing city pension money.

Don't write President Obama off as powerless for the last two years of his term. As his Cuba move showed, he's willing to go it alone.

For 2016 candidates like Bush and Clinton, a position on Cuban relations could matter in swing state Florida.

Gov. Chris Christie's administration paid fees to his wife's investment firm after New Jersey's investment in the firm was terminated.

He's lost twice already, and other GOP moderates like Christie and Bush seem likely to run. But Mitt Romney doesn't seem to have ruled it out.

City supervisors weren't ready to approve the reappointment of Wendy Paskin-Jordan. The vote moved to January.

He's gauging if he's got what it takes for a White House run: money (yes), staff (yes), the right policies (maybe).