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Paul has struck a chord among many of the electorate and may ultimately influence the policy direction of the Republican Party.

Chelsea Handler's new sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? premieres Wednesday on NBC and is based on her three best-selling memoirs. The comedian plays the role of her older sister in the sitcom based on the 36-year-old's life. However, Handler isn't the first celebrity to turn fact into sitcom fiction

If the current Republican primary has taught us anything, having rich supporters with high incomes has become the difference between first and fifth place. Thank the Supreme Court. Its controversial Citizens United decision has prolonged the shelf life of candidates that once would have been long dead. Ask Newt Gingrich.

A divided Republican Party ends its debate marathon during its 2012 nomination process by beginning another marathon: the primaries. However, Mitt Romney will try to make the race a short one by winning big Tuesday night in the New Hampshire primary.

Laws in the current legislative session include efforts to alter the teaching of evolution in public schools, requiring that certain laws take their basis from the Magna Carta, and giving the legislature the power to dissolve the Superior and Supreme Courts.

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, in all probability, will lose the electability edge he has over his Republican rivals if he doesn't learn to get his stories right. His latest blunder - getting caught lying by his rivals - is the last thing that should happen to any electable candidate.

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Lucky that A New Yorker's Opinion has an unlimited ability to get to anyone.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said Friday morning he misspoke when calling Rick Santorum weird for the way the GOP candidate handled the 1996 death of his infant son.

Rick Santorum defended his anti-gay marriage stance to college students in New Hampshire on Thursday, and to say it didn't go over very well would be an understatement. Watch the video here.

After the closest caucuses in Iowa history -- just eight votes separated Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in Tuesday's caucuses -- the Republican field has been whittled down to six candidates. How will the Iowa results affect the race?

Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Santorum is known for his extreme views and outrageous statements on various issues, from health care to foreign policy. Unfortunately for him, there are times his statements look ridiculous, either because he misinterprets facts or ignores them.

The well-known conservative Christian family who star on the popular 19 Kids and Counting traveled to Iowa to lend their support to Santorum in the days before the caucuses.

There are only hours left for Iowans to choose their Republican presidential nominee. The top two candidates seem set for a dead heat finish, while a third is trying to make the best use of a last minute and surprising surge forward in polls.

Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

The U.S. Supreme Court would be barred from hearing cases challenging state laws on privacy, prayer and marriage.

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.

The demonstrators, part of a movement called Occupy the Caucuses, were arrested after finding the doors to Paul's headquarters locked against them (watch videos here). Paul's staff, however, reports that it was the landlord who called the police, and the Texas congressman has frequently expressed support for OWS in the past.

A series of groundbreaking (and head-scratching) bills in states from Florida and Tennessee are set to become law on New Year's Day 2012. Here's everything you need to know, from aids for illegal immigrants and abortion restrictions to Utah's ban on Happy Hour and California's move for LGBT rights, and why you should care.

Less than two weeks after giving birth to son Chad Michael, and just short of her 18th birthday, Jenni Lake succumbed to stage three astrocytoma. Lake, who became pregnant halfway through her cancer treatments, stopped chemo and radiation to protect her son, refusing the abortion that would have saved her life. This is her legacy.