Craig to resign amid sex scandal
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BOISE, Idaho  - Long-serving Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, embroiled in a sex scandal and lacking support from his party, said on Saturday he will resign from the U.S. Senate.
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The GOP hustled the Idaho senator off the stage as soon as news of his arrest in a Minneapolis airport menâs room came to light. But Craig isnât going gently. The fallout could help the Dems win the White House next year.
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In a scandal guaranteed to anger parents, a prominent House Republican has resigned after the revelation that he exchanged raunchy electronic messages with a teenage boy, a former congressional page.
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The head of the Justice Department's embattled Civil Rights Division is to resign at the end of August, officials said yesterday, making him the latest in a series of senior political appointees to leave the agency amid continued controversy over Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
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Despite a surprise new bid by U.S. Sen. Larry Craig to keep his job, many fellow Republicans said on Wednesday they believe he's finished after being snared in an undercover gay-sex probe.
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Nigeria's embattled parliament speaker agrees to step aside while MPs debate a $5m contracts scandal.
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Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez quits after being caught drink-driving and held by police.
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Lt. Gov. Jim Risch has said he was interested in running for Sen. Larry Craig's seat, if the fellow Republican ever opted not to run again. Now that Craig has been forced to resign, some expect Risch could be appointed to the post.
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Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.
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Sen. Larry Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard on Sept. 26, just four days before he has said he will step down from his Senate seat.
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If Senator Larry E. Craig yields to calls for his resignation, his successor would be chosen by Gov. C. L. Otter.
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To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a determined drive to save his seat on Wednesday, vowing to stay in office if allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting.
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The founding pastor of a second Colorado church has resigned over gay sex allegations, just weeks after the evangelical community was shaken by the scandal surrounding megachurch leader Ted Haggard.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The founding pastor of a second Colorado church has resigned over gay sex allegations, just weeks after the evangelical community was shaken by the scandal surrounding megachurch leader Ted Haggard.
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Republican senator and anti-gay campaigner Larry Craig seems to have finally accepted that his illustrious political career is over.
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Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho may reconsider his resignation if he is cleared of a disorderly conduct charge to which he pleaded guilty last month, his spokesman told CNN on Tuesday.
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia  - Malaysia's Health Minister, Chua Soi Lek, said on Wednesday he will resign from the cabinet, a day after he shocked the nation by admitting he was the man in a sex video.