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Obama vows to ‘get the job done’ with Republicans

WASHINGTON – One day after sweeping Republican election gains, President Barack Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell pledged to try to turn divided government into a force for ...

Amid Ebola disaster, WHO picks new Africa chief

COTONOU, Benin – With nearly 5,000 dead of Ebola in West Africa, the World Health Organization elected a new director Wednesday of its Africa office, which has been accused of bungling the r...

Texas energy group asks court to halt fracking ban

FORT WORTH, Texas – A North Texas city that sits atop a natural gas reserve is preparing for an extended court battle after voters made it the first in the state to ban further hydraulic fra...

Wisconsin’s Walker bests Democrat Burke

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker won re-election over Democratic challenger Mary Burke Tuesday, overcoming fierce opposition from organized labor for his third electio...

Exit poll: Party leaders a drag on both sides

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican and Democratic candidates alike had to overcome voters’ displeasure with their party leaders Tuesday as glum Americans expressed little faith that either side co...

Biden: Democrats lose seats, hold Senate majority

WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden predicted Tuesday that Democrats will lose seats in the Senate but retain a 52-48 majority. Biden said in a radio interview that he foresees ...

GOP retains control of House, expands majority

WASHINGTON – Republicans claimed a commanding majority in the House on Tuesday, pushing their dominance to near-historic levels as they dispatched the last white Democrats in the South and m...

SUVs no longer just an American fad

Smaller, fuel-efficient helping vehicles gain fans

Montpelier to get update

Slave quarters to be rebuilt

Republicans capture control of Congress

WASHINGTON – Riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to comp...

Discontented voters hand Senate to Republicans

WASHINGTON – Rising discontent with President Barack Obama produced a Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday that will join the House in confronting the White House on energy, the environme...

Obama: Dems Senate challenge worst since 1950s

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama compared the political landscape for the midterm election Tuesday to the 1958 elections during the presidency of Republican Dwight Eisenhower when his par...
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