Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson go before a House panel, a day after senators took them to task.

Bush administration officials met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday night to discuss a plan to stabilize financial markets. 

U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said Thursday that Eugene Platt had a weak chance of winning the case on its merits.

The South Carolina Republican Party is launching its campaign office operation for federal and state candidates.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and state GOP chairman Katon Dawson plan to open the party’s Victory ‘08 office in West Columbia on Monday.

That announcement frees up a vote on a defense bill Republicans had held up because of partisan disputes over the country’s energy policy.

The folks at Image Eyewear in Dallas, Texas say the phone is ringing off the hook with people wanting to know about the spectacles.

The Republican presidential team continues its onslaught in hotly contested states today with appearances in Colorado and New Mexico.

With the Republican National Convention now behind him, John McCain is looking ahead to the final weeks leading up to the November election

Gov. Mark Sanford was scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention Monday night, but that night’s agenda was cut short and his speech was postponed because of Hurricane Gustav’s landfall in Louisiana.

This is her chance to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite Democrats’ claims she’s a gimmick pick.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was scheduled to give the keynote address tonight, but former Senator Fred Thompson and Senator Joe Lieberman will speak instead.

As Republicans gathered in St. Paul, minnesota for a subdued and shortened convention session Monday, John McCain was in Ohio, collecting hurricane relief supplies. 

Sources confirm Governor Mitt Romney and Governor Tim Pawlenty are out as possible VP choices for Senator John McCain.  As the political community turned desperate for clues, speculation moved toward Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called “hockey mom” credited with reforms of her out-of-the-way state.