WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney picked up a splashy endorsement yesterday from real-estate mogul Donald Trump, who built a strong Tea Party following and topped national polls for a while last year when he flirted with running against President Obama. Trump gave his stamp of approval in a short statement …

OLYMPIA – On Monday morning, Washington state House representatives begin discussing the gay marriage bill passed by the state Senate. At 8 a.m, the House Judiciary Committee starts a public hearing over Senate Bill 6239. Last Wednesday night, the state Senate passed the measure by a 28-21 margin.

A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings. Despite his slow start in nominating judges and Republican delays …

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc., riding a powerful wave of Internet indignation, raised $3 million in reaction to Susan G

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney, the winner of the Republican primary in Florida, likes to talk about how it will take 1,144 delegates to win his party’s presidential nomination. He has collected fewer than 100 so far

President Barack Obama is asking Americans to press Congress to pass his new U.S. homeowner relief plan that includes a tax on financial companies that Republicans have already rejected. Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address that the housing crisis has been “the biggest drag on our …

When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — “a sea of pink” traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich.

LAS VEGAS — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses tonight, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.

WOODLAND HILLS – Creating a scene like a demolition derby, a driver fled one crash and smashed up two other cars in Woodland Hills on Saturday, seriously injuring several people, police and witnesses said. | See photo gallery. Six ambulances and 50 firefighters responded to the scene of three …

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