With his daughter in and out of the hospital and a tough primary approaching, Rick Santorum ends his presidential bid

Edward Lee Pitts | Allen West was on his way to a long and successful Army career, until unplanned events turned him into one of Capitol Hill's strongest conservatives

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Jamie Dean | Opponents of Voter ID laws say advocates want to depress minority turnout to defeat President Obama. But supporters say the laws are a common-sense way to block an obvious avenue of election fraud

Former Supreme Court clerks predict justices will uphold healthcare law