Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated
By MELINDA DESLATTE, BILL BARROW Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu on Saturday, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP’s domination of the 2014 midterm…
Alaska
GOP win in Alaska adds to party’s US Senate sweep
By BECKY BOHRER Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat in a hotly contested race, beating a first-term incumbent as voter disapproval of President Barack Obama swept Democrats out…
Tribal dispute puts Alaska village in limbo
In this 2006 photo provided by the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, wooden boards connect houses in Newtok, Alaska. The flood-prone village of Newtok near Alaska’s storm-battered coast is…
Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of a bill that would…
AFTER COAL, W.VA. PUSH FOR NATURAL GAS TRUST FUND
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – A C.S.X. train loaded with coal winds its way into the mountains in this Nov. 21, 2004 file photo taken near the New River at…
ALASKA FISHERMEN PROTEST WAL-MART DECISION
By MARK THIESSEN John Renner, a fisherman from Cordova, Alaska, protests outside a Wal-Mart in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. He and other fishermen protested against Wal-Mart’s corporate…
RUSSIAN, NORAD FORCES UNITE FOR EXERCISE
By MARK THIESSEN This photo made Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, over the Bering Strait near Alaska shows three Russian Federation Air Force SU-27s intercepting a passenger plane that was hijacked…
BOTH SIDES HUNT SUPPORT IN BACKGROUND CHECK FIGHT
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, accompanied by Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., announce that they have reached a bipartisan…