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Only three months before New Jersey agreed to accept $250 million in cash from ExxonMobil to settle claims the oil giant sullied public land, Gov. Chris Christie was still signaling…
READ: Scott Walker’s challenge: Keeping the momentum “If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the globe,” he told the audience. The answer allowed Walker…
He won plaudits from conservatives for taking on the state’s unions that year and ultimately surviving a recall attempt launched because of the move. That 2011 fight catapulted him to…
Jonathan Gruber, the influential and controversial MIT health economist, is among four people that the Massachusetts governor asked to step down from a powerful state commission. The news, first reported…
The kidnappers took the men off the bus, but left women and children behind, said Abdul Khaliq Ayoubi, the governor of Shah Joythe district in Zabul province where the incident…
I had been keeping an open mind on Jeb Bush. I mean, sure, as Florida governor, he helped his brother snatch the 2000 election.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D), who took office after her predecessor John Kitzhaber (D) resigned amid allegations of corruption, said she will continue the death penalty moratorium Kitzhaber started. –…
“Gov. Huckabee encouraged [Netanyahu] regarding his upcoming speech to Congress,” said Huckabee’s Communications Director Alice Stewart in a statement to CNN, adding that the Governor assured the Prime Minister that…
Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida talked about Iran and Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress and said his foreign policy positions were his own, not his family’s. CHICAGO —…
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Pole Alam, the provincial capital, group spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in an email. One suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance…
One suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to the headquarters, allowing three others to enter the complex and also detonate their explosives, said Din Mohammad Darwish, a spokesman…
“There will be times where I will say things that will make you shake your head,” he said. “But what you’ll never say is that I don’t know who he…
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback repealed state employee protection rights on Tuesday for LGBT workers, reversing an order that former Governor Kathleen Sebelius enacted in 2007. He says he did it…
Just hours after Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his decision to resign, a subpoena arrived in a state office building confirming that federal agents are looking into the influence-peddling scandal…
Wolf, a Democrat who ran his family’s cabinet manufacturing business before becoming governor in January, said the moratorium would be in place until a task force examining capital punishment in…
The political world was shocked to learn that a governor whose existence had just come to its attention moments prior was resigning. Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted she was a little…
Adding a touch of comedy to the drama, Kitzhaber reportedly decided to resign on Tuesday, calling his secretary of State home from Washington — before changing his mind. By Thursday, state…
“I am announcing today that I will resign as Governor of the State of Oregon. It is not in my nature to walk away from a job I have undertaken…
SEATTLE — Gov. John Kitzhaber, long regarded as a wily survivor of Oregon politics, resigned Friday amid a spiraling crisis that included a criminal investigation of the role that his…
READ: Oregon paper’s editorial board calls for gov’s resignation But sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, Kitzhaber changed his mind, and his office released a statement around 2:40 p.m. on…
The possible successor to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) said on Thursday that she was a little bit confused about why exactly Kitzhaber asked her to cut a trip short…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A panel created by the governor after the deadly Newtown school shooting released a set of draft recommendations Thursday for improvements to school safety and changes…
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) said on Wednesday that he would not resign amid an investigation by the state attorney general into allegations that his fiancee used her relationship with…
The visit to South Carolina next Wednesday, and West Virginia the following day, will focus on Kasich’s push for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget, according to a…
Gov. John Kitzhaber’s private attorney, Jim McDermott, on Wednesday sought to tamp down a flurry of speculation that the governor was planning to resign. Read the whole story at The…
SAN FRANCISCO — California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Wednesday that he is opening a committee to run for governor in 2018, taking his first formal step toward running…
In none of the latest crop of surveys did the leader of the poll top 20% support among likely Republican primary voters or caucusgoers. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker topped the…
NEW YORK – Preet Bharara, New York’s top federal prosecutor, is rejecting claims by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a federal review of corruption investigations has muzzled the governor’s…
Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida. Read the whole…
The tough-talking Republican also sought to sell his New Jersey leadership style as a model for what can be done on the national level, and took on perceptions his persona…