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Republican congressional nominee Mia Love.

Was Mia Love an 'anchor baby'?

Zerlina Maxwell
ANALYSIS - The rising star in the GOP, fresh off her prime-time convention speaking spot, could find herself fighting off allegations of hypocrisy surrounding the details of her immigrant upbringing and just how her family achieved a legal citizenship status...
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U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Kennedy, left, meets with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.(AP Photo/Office of Patrick J. Kennedy)

It's time for Jesse Jackson Jr. to exit stage left

Javier David
OPINION - The curious case of Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. appears to grow more curious by the day...
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(image from Brad Staats' Facebook page)

GOP candidate posts gun on Facebook in anti-Obama message

James Eng, NBC News
NBC NEWS - A Republican candidate for Congress says his Facebook post featuring a photo of his gun and a “Welcome to Tennessee” message for Barack Obama was in no way meant as a threat to the president....
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Congressman Allen West speaks to a crowd at the 2011 Palm Beach County Tax Day Tea Party on April 16, 2011 at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, Florida. Another prominent speaker included billionaire Donald Trump. (Photo by John W. Adkisson/Getty Images)

Is Allen West's campaign in trouble?

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Is Tea Party Rep. Allen West's House seat in jeopardy? It depends on which polls you believe...
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U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Kennedy, left, meets with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.(AP Photo/Office of Patrick J. Kennedy)

Jesse Jackson Jr tests Chicago's patience

Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Election Day is five weeks away, and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. remains out of sight...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) (R), talks to the news media as his wife Sandi Jackson (L) and his sister Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson embrace after a news conference at the U.S. Capitol December 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson Jr.'s wife Sandi lashes out at 'jackals' in media

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The wife of embattled Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) has no patience for the local media...
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Rep. Allen West (R-FL) (C) speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republican freshmen (L-R) Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY), Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) at the U.S. Capitol December 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. The GOP congressmen were critical of the Senate and the legislation they passed extending the payroll tax holiday, unemployement benefits and an adjustment in the payments that go to doctors for medicaid visits. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Allen West event crashed by protesters, beer-throwing ensues

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Police had to intervene at a Wednesday night campaign event for Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) after protesters unfurled a giant banner trashing West and attendees retaliated by throwing beer, ice cubes and even a salt shaker...
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Mia Love

Mia Love receives 'disturbing' mail

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Police are investigating disturbing photos that were sent to Utah Republican congressional candidate Mia Love Tuesday...
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Maxine Waters cleared

Larry Margasak, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters will not be charged with ethics violations...
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U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (C), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) (L), Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) (2nd L), Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) (4th L), and House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R) arrive at a news conference March 21, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rep. Cantor and other House Republicans held a news conference to unveil the 'Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012.' (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

House moves to reverse administration welfare plan

Jim Abrams, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Thursday followed up Mitt Romney's remarks about people who get federal aid with a bill that would reverse what they call President Barack Obama's relaxation of welfare-to-work requirements...
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