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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013, file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses attendees during the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Fla. With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, Republican governors eyeing the 2016 presidential race are pitching themselves as can-do politicians and highlighting records of achievement. "Republican governors are not going to take it anymore," says Jindal, among those state leaders and potential presidential candidates using the shutdown to try to position themselves as outsiders at a time of voter disgust with Congress and anyone connected with Washington. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

GOP govs jockey for political edge in shutdown

With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, Republican governors eyeing the 2016 presidential race are pitching themselves as can-do politicians and highlighting records of achievement. Although unstated, their goal is clear — draw a contrast with their prospective presidential challengers on Capitol Hill aligned with a vocal ...

File - In this July 25, 2013 file photo, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis speaks at a fundraiser, in Washington. Davis is expected to announce her bid for Texas governor on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. When she does, she’ll be speaking not only to Texans but also national Democratic fundraisering she’ll need to compete in the predominantly Republican state. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Davis takes national stage with gubernatorial bid

When Wendy Davis walks into the coliseum where she received her high school diploma on Thursday to announce a bid to become Texas governor, she will also walk onto a national stage from which she'll call on Democrats from across the country to help finance her long-shot bid. Davis staged ...

In this Sept. 28, 2013, photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, arrives for a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans as the House of Representatives works into the night to pass a bill to fund the government, at the Capitol in Washington. The Republican Party’s two Kings in Congress both voted against GOP leaders’ latest effort to prevent President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul from becoming entrenched, but for opposite reasons. New York congressman Peter King says it was a mistake to link curbing “Obamacare” with averting a government shutdown. Iowa congressman King characterizes Boehner’s measure to delay making millions of people buy health insurance for year as a retreat from defunding the new health care law entirely. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House's 2 Kings personify GOP split

Two Republican Kings — who, for different reasons, voted against party leaders' last failed attempt to prevent President Barack Obama's health care overhaul from taking root — personify a growing split within the GOP over both ideology and strategy. "It's a temporary alliance," New York's Peter King said upon finding ...

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. It's a political perfect storm: The pairing of a government shutdown with the rollout of the new health care law illustrates all sorts of partisan and cultural tensions in America. Big government vs. small. The Republican Party's identity crisis. Declining trust in government. And plenty more. A chunky-text look at underlying issues roiling the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Budget fight a perfect storm of issues roiling US

It's a political perfect storm: The pairing of a government shutdown with the rollout of a big chunk of the health care law is illustrating all sorts of partisan and cultural tensions that are roiling America. Big government vs. small. The Republican Party's identity crisis. Sharpening political divisions among Americans. ...

This image from Senate video show Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Cruz says he will speak until he's no longer able to stand in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law. Cruz began a lengthy speech urging his colleagues to oppose moving ahead on a bill he supports. The measure would prevent a government shutdown and defund Obamacare. (AP Photo/Senate TV)

Cruz vows to speak till he can't against Obamacare

Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday vowed to speak in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law until he's "no longer able to stand," even though fellow Republicans urged him to back down from his filibuster for fear of a possible government shutdown in a week. "This ...

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer, speaks in Charleston, S.C.,, businessman Richard Cash listens. Cash is running against Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in next year's South Carolina GOP Senate primary. ea party activists helped fuel Republicans’ gains in the 2010 elections. But now they’re criticizing Republican leaders seemingly at every turn. That puts GOP leaders on Capitol Hill in a tight spot, particularly on how to handle upcoming budget negotiations.(AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Fears about fallout from GOP divide with tea party

Tea party activists, once unquestioned as a benefit to the Republican Party for supplying it with votes and energy, are now criticizing GOP leaders at seemingly every turn. They're demanding that Congress use upcoming budget votes to deny money for putting in place President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law, ...

Ethics Committee will continue to look at 3 cases

The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday it would continue to look into ethics investigations of Rep. Michele Bachmann and two other lawmakers. The committee also dismissed a potential case against Rep. John Tierney as "inconclusive." The committee said it would take more time to examine cases referred to it by ...

Tea Party Caucus Leader to Leave Congress

Tea Party favorite Congresswoman Michele Bachmann says she won't run for re-election next year. AP's Jerry Bodlander reports from Capitol Hill. (May 29)

Rep. Michele Bachmann leaving congress

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has announced that she is not running for another term in Congress. Bachmann, tea party Republican favorite, says she was not concerned about being re-elected, or any inquiries into her 2012 Presidential cam...

Former IRS Chief: Can't Say How List Happened

The man who led the IRS when the agency gave extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups tells Congress he knew little about what was happening while he was commissioner. (May 21)

Your daily jolt: A bill to put foreign corporate execs on Georgia roads

Immigration activists and a pro-English group will target Senate Rules Chairman Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, and other key members of that chamber in a last-ditch effort to block a bill that would allow corporate executives from foreign countries quicker access to driver’s licenses in Georgia. H.B. 475, a long-sought goal for ...

Jimmy Carter brags on ‘Mr. 47 percent’

In a CNN interview tonight, a very pleased former President Jimmy Carter brags on his grandson James Earl Carter IV, who was the fellow who brought out the “47 percent” video that caused Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney so much pain last fall. “It was something [Romney] could not deny, ...

Michael McNeely and his wife Jennifer were blocked Saturday from becoming delegates to the state GOP convention

GOP chair resolves Douglas County case of ‘old, white man’ politics

Updated at 1:35 p.m.: A Douglas County attempt to block the chairman of the Georgia Black Republican Council from becoming a delegate at the state convention has been overruled, state GOP chair Sue Everhart just told me. “It’s unfortunate, but it’s settled. It was a stupid thing done by one ...

Rebooting the GOP’s relationship with African-Americans

On a gray Thursday afternoon last week, in a glass room on the 49th floor of the Georgia-Pacific Building in downtown Atlanta, Reince Priebus sat down with two dozen African-Americans to discuss the pale nature of his Republican Party. And theirs. Republicans have held these kinds of meetings before. This ...

A word from Reince Priebus and Ashley Bell: 'No more red state, blue state'

Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is in town on Thursday for a conversation with black Republicans on the future of the GOP and the results of the 2012 presidential contest. Below is an op-ed piece produced under the signatures of both Priebus and Ashley Bell, who put ...

Reince Priebus to meet with black Republicans in Atlanta

If you’re a ranking Republican in Georgia, there’s a reason you didn’t get an invite to meet with Reince Priebus in Atlanta on Thursday. A spokesman for the Republican National Committee said the party chairman will be holding an “African-American engagement and listening session.” Preibus will be meeting with business ...

AP Top Stories

Here's the latest news for Saturday, Jan. 26: Gun control rally in Washington; Sen. Tom Harkin decides not to run; Ryan has advice for GOP; Australia Day celebrations.

'Normal' Family Life Helps White House Kids

Growing up in the White House means growing up in the spotlight, and Malia and Sasha Obama will endure it for four more years. Children of past presidents know the feeling. (Jan 14)

Ind. Man Says He Will Remove Romney Face Tattoo

An Indiana man who tattooed the logo of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on his face says he is removing it. Eric Hartsburg says he initially planned to keep it, but cites post-election comments by Romney for his change of heart. (Nov. 3...

Obama, Romney to Meet at White House Thursday

President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election. (Nov. 28)

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