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.
Rick Perry, who said last month that he supported abortion in cases of rape or incest, told an Iowa pastor on Tuesday that he had undergone a transformation and now opposed abortion without exceptions.
On Friday, I published an analysis article criticizing Ron Paul's suggestion that the Civil War could have been avoided through compensated emancipation. Readers made a number of points in response.
Sen. Ben Nelson, a conservative Democrat from Nebraska, is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election to a third term in the Senate, according to reports from several news outlets.
Real estate mogul Donald Trump has reportedly changed his public political affiliation to unaffiliated from Republican, fueling talk about him running as an independent candidate for the 2012 U.S. Presidential elections.
The GOP field looks like a rogue’s gallery of losers to me.
Rick Santorum has been a sideshow for most of the Republican presidential campaign. Now, two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, he has nabbed endorsements from two evangelical leaders, Bob Vander Plaats and Chuck Hurley. But is it too little, too late?
The International Business Times has compiled comprehensive profiles of the top seven Republican presidential candidates, with complete rundowns of their political positions, from Rick Santorum on abortion to Newt Gingrich on taxes. These profiles will be updated as the primary campaign continues.
The Family Leader, an influential Christian conservative group in Iowa, will remain neutral in the Republican primaries, but President Bob Vander Plaats and board member Chuck Hurley personally endorsed Rick Santorum.
Mother Teresa, who died in September 1997, was beatified by the church in 2003.
Though he continues to lag in national polls, Rick Perry is launching a massive comeback effort in Iowa, which will hold the nation's first caucuses on Jan. 3. Here is an overview of his positions.
40 million girls do not just go missing. ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas traveled to the country to uncover India's deadly secret. An estimated 40 million girls have gone missing since 1980 due to gendercide.
