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Walsh backtracks slightly on abortion comments

December 24, 2018 at 9:58 p.m.

Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh backtracked slightly on his controversial remarks about abortion, saying today that there are "very rare circumstances" in which a pregnant woman may need to undergo...

Survey paints picture of war-weary America

May 23, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

The addition of foreign policy questions to the mix in Tuesday's presidential debate gives Mitt Romney a chance to convince voters that his views of world affairs align with their...

Polls reflect up and downs of election

December 24, 2018 at 4:25 p.m.

After last month's Republican National Convention, a Gallup poll showed President Barack Obama nursing a 1 percentage-point advantage over challenger Mitt Romney while Romney was up 3 points in a...

Thompson wins four-way GOP battle for U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin

December 24, 2018 at 12:26 p.m.

PEWAUKEE, Wis. — Former Gov. Tommy Thompson took a major step in his political comeback Tuesday, winning a four-way Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat and setting up...

GOP uses association with Chicago against Obama

May 23, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

Once there was an aspiring young political strategist who disrupted a Chicago campaign event for a rival party candidate by inviting homeless to it with promises of free food, drink...

Wisconsin vote slaps labor and Democrats, but not necessarily Obama

December 24, 2018 at 6:05 a.m.

There may be no more appropriate metaphor for the impact of Wisconsin's combustible recall election for governor than what happened to Democratic challenger Tom Barrett moments after he publicly conceded...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses a victory rally in Waukesha.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beats back recall

March 29, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, handily defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, surviving a recall contest that capped more than...

Walker has 7% lead as Wis. recall election nears: poll

December 24, 2018 at 5:24 a.m.

Just ahead of Tuesday's recall election, a new Marquette University Law School poll shows Republican Gov. Scott Walker holding on to a 52 percent to 45 percent lead over Democratic...

Poll: City residents don’t want speed cameras

December 24, 2018 at 4:45 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of...

Poll: City residents don’t want speed cameras

June 17, 2018 at 6:07 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of...

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