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The eldest son of the U.S. vice president died of brain cancer Saturday.

The crowd cheered for Martin O'Malley. But most in it agreed they would be OK with Hillary Clinton as their U.S. presidential nominee in 2016.

Maryland's ex-governor will attempt to offer the most serious alternative to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Party's primary season.

With the marijuana industry's lack of banking access becoming a public-safety issue, it is beginning to explore new options.

The indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert found a lucrative career in lobbying after leaving Congress.

Prosecutors have yet to say whether the cover-up was of a criminal action. New details raise the possibility.

But the former House speaker, now indicted, was accused of helping cover up an underage sex scandal in the Capitol.

"Today's news is further evidence that President Obama seems more interested in capitulating to our adversaries than in confronting them," Bush said.

The former speaker of the House reportedly was making payments to a man to keep quiet about past sexual conduct.

Scott Walker's stance on a 20-week abortion ban is a conservative talking point -- one of several he's using to build strong GOP credentials. And it's working.

It's all but certain that the Senate will not be able to find a way to renew the Patriot Act, as Rand Paul sticks to his fight.

Nabih Ayador, who heads up the Arab-American Civil Rights League, said the woman "was subjected to humiliation, isolation and harassment.”

Paula Jones, who levied a harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton in the '90s, has said that Hillary Clinton shouldn't be president.

Reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump appears to be setting up a run for the White House.

Goldman Sachs' former managing director is headed to a high-level Securities and Exchange Commission position.

Activists said the border checks are intrusive and invite racial profiling.

The Ocean State's pensioners can expect more transparency on how their retirement money is being invested, but is that money safer?

Republican presidential aspirants find themselves in a five-way tie at the top, while the Democratic side remains more or less settled.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki joins a throng of moderate Republicans vying for the nomination.

Analysis of police arrest data by the ACLU of Minnesota found that, when it comes to minor crimes, blacks and Native Americans are more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts.

In announcing his 2016 presidential bid, former New York Gov. George Pataki highlighted his experiences during the 9/11 terror attacks.

Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum announced his candidacy Wednesday near his childhood home in Cabot, Pennsylvania.

As voters seem poised to consider more than just social values in 2016, candidates like Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee could face an uphill battle to join the top ranks.

Two groups say the former Florida governor is violating campaign finance laws by raising millions for his super PAC.

As Santorum makes another go at the White House, his 3-year-old daughter's health woes will likely once again play a significant role in his campaign's efforts to find common ground with voters.

At least 10 people are dead, several more are missing, and an estimated 4,000 houses have been damaged by rain and floods in Texas and Oklahoma this week.

Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments had given millions to the Clinton Foundation.

"You wouldn't want to drink something you thought was a pinot grigio and find out later it was 151 proof rum."

Women are fast entering the nascent marijuana industry, long dominated by men. Some call it a social movement, "like suffrage or civil rights."