GOP Tries to Tie Menendez to Scandals of Campaigns Past
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Republican officials have been exerting themselves to brand Democratic Sen. Robert E. Menendez as corrupt Ã¢ÂÂ and on Thursday held a conference call with reporters to raise the specter that ethics questions might force Democrats to pull the appointed incumbent from his re-election bid at the 11th hour and replace him with a new candidate.
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In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor&#39;s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has confronted a spate of bad news in recent days, from the drug indictment of his South Carolina chairman to criticism for skipping meetings of the Iraq Study Group.
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Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez has opened a slight lead over Republican Tom Kean Jr., helped by Democrats rallying around their candidate, according to a poll released Thursday.
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A Texas prosecutor who is leading an investigation into possible illegal campaign spending lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday for changing their rules in order to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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A Republican U.S. senator whose telephone number was discovered in the phone records of a woman accused of running a Washington prostitution ring has apologized publicly for committing "serious sin" in his past.
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Facing a tight re-election race, Rep. Thomas Reynolds has launched an ad campaign to defend himself against criticism over the scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley and congressional pages.
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Â· Party boss likely to face more corruption charges  Â· Case would hamper presidential ambitions
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Democratic Sen. Robert E. Menendez released his first broadcast campaign television ad Tuesday, a day after the 5th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with a message that champions his work on port security.
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Recent scandals and the election of Gov. Eliot Spitzer have taken a toll on the party scene among state legislators.
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Washington scandals can sometimes intersect, even when they occur years apart.
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Republicans could face ethics investigations for contacting U.S. attorneys about pending cases, a jarring political development only four months after ethical lapses helped cost the GOP control of Congress
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As controversy grew last spring amid a corruption investigation in former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration, many Republicans privately braced for political repercussions on Election Day.
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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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An inquiry into a sex scandal inolving a former Republican lawmaker begins at the US Congress.
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The former president has been mostly an asset in his wife's presidential campaign, but some top Democrats are starting to issue warnings in the media.
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When previous Republican administrations were accused of illegality in the FBI and CIA spying abuses of the 1970s or the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, Democrats in Congress launched investigations or pushed for legislative reforms.