Heath Shuler

LAURINBURG, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Larry Kissell has upset an incumbent Republican congressman in a largely rural, conservative North Carolina district, and withstood a GOP surge that erased a Democratic majority in theU.S. House of Representatives....

A rare breed just got rarer. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, one of the few remaining white Southern Democrats in the House, has announced he will retire rather than run in what was expected to his toughest race yet. Shuler is a leader of the so-...

CNN's "Reliable Sources" looks at the Herman Cain coverage with Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post, Jonathan Martin of Politico and Keli Goff of Loop21.com. The program starts at 11 a.m. Adam Buckman of TVHowl.com and Gail Shister of TVNewser.com...

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I don't think there is much question: That Jared Loughner is more disturbed than ideological. That the voices, more than talk radio, influenced his actions. That guns don't kill people, crazy people with easy access to guns do. That talk radio will...

U.S. Rep. Tim Holden says it was nothing personal. Holden, now the longest serving Pennsylvania lawmaker in the U.S. Congress, hoped to send a message to the majority of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday when he voted against Nancy Pelosi to......