Veteran Republican to stand down
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Influential Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia announces he will not seek a sixth term in office.
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His loss in Florida is the latest evidence that he may be running to lead a Republican party that no longer exists
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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., told a leading conservative Wednesday that he would resign as the top congressional leader if it would help the Republican Party stave off defeat in November.
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Republican presidential candidates need to make a "clean break" from President George W. Bush and the U.S. government or they will lose in November 2008, a veteran Republican leader said on Friday.
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Influential US news presenter Dan Rather is to stand down as the face of CBS news next year.
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The Washington Times, a conservative newspaper that generally supports Republicans, called on Tuesday for the resignation of House Speaker Dennis Hastert over his handling of a congressional sex scandal.
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With the resignation of key staffers and cash reserves dwindling, the Republican hopeful tries to keep his campaign from imploding
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he would leave the Republican Party, in a maneuver seen as possible preparation for launching an independent presidential bid in 2008.
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The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, will meet reporters at 1 p.m. (1700 GMT) as he faces calls for his resignation over the handling of a sex scandal involving a fellow Republican Congressman who resigned.
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The top Republican in the U.S. House, battling calls for his resignation over a Capitol Hill sex scandal, called a news conference on Thursday to again say he will not step down, senior party aides said.
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Republican Rep. James T. Walsh, the 10-term House incumbent from New York's politically competitive 25th Congressional District, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of his current term.
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Mitt Romney, who sought to position himself as the true conservative choice for the Republican nomination, announced Thursday that he had ended his campaign.
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A US senator who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct is set to resign from the Senate, officials say.
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A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified and that the situation there has deteriorated into "a dangerous, costly mess."
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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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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will resign his congressional seat rather than serve out the rest of his term, two GOP congressional sources told CNN.
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Federal judge Charles Pickering, appointed by President Bush less than a year ago without Congressional approval, said Wednesday he will step down from the bench.