A close friend of Chen Guangcheng says the blind legal activist agreed to stay in China only to protect his family after receiving threats that his wife would be beaten to death if he left the country.

At an event that is long past his campaign's expiration date, Newt Gingrich is scheduled to suspend his presidential campaign at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Virginia.

Josh Brumberger was fired over warnings against Edwards' mistress.

If anyone has doubts about Mitt Romney's efforts to woo female voters ahead of November's election, just look at the backdrop of his campaign event on Wednesday. Speaking at Exhibit Edge, a female-owned firm that designs trade show exhibits and displays, the presumptive Republican nominee was surrounded by women.

It all started with a fantasy about noodling for catfish with Paul Ryan. At her office in Chicago, Emily Zanotti, 30, a conservative political consultant, was reading Monday's New York Times profile of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan that mentioned his love of hunting catfish with his bare hands. The image of Paul Ryan "standing half [...]

Criminal charges are expected to be filed today against members of the Florida A&M University marching band who were involved in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion last November.

Obama slow jams the news, Romney entertains an offer to host Saturday Night Live -- increasingly the blending of celebrity and politics has become part of the equation in presidential campaigns.

The Obama reelection machine on Wednesday recycled some of Newt Gingrich's sharpest attacks on the presumptive nominee.

Comedy Central spoofs Gingrich's campaign as "Goodnight Moon Colony" book.

Dan Rather, former "CBS Evening News" host and current star of Mark Cuban's HDNet, has been out promoting his new book, "Rather Outspoken." In an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Rather recalled the last conversation he had with George W. Bush after his controversial 2004 CBS News report on the former president's Air National [...]