Jesse Benton

Aides to top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell voiced outrage Tuesday after a left-leaning group suggested that he supported China over the United States due to his Taiwan-born wife.

The two Republican White House contenders still challenging frontrunner Mitt Romney offered praise Tuesday to Rick Santorum after the former senator quit the race, while vowing to continue their campaigns.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Could Republican Ron Paul, the libertarian longshot with a loyal army of supporters, steal the first big prize of the 2012 presidential race in Iowa?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Tuesday that he will not attend a controversial December 27 debate to be moderated by real estate magnate Donald Trump, as have candidates Ron Paul and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Tuesday that he will not attend a controversial December 27 debate to be moderated by real estate magnate Donald Trump, as have candidates Ron Paul and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman.

Paul, who opposed the Iraq war, has raised $76,789 from employees of the top 50 government contractors, a group led by weapons-makers such as Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. Romney has raised $65,800 and Rick Perry $16,250.

It's 10:00 am at WHO Newsradio in Des Moines, Iowa, and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul begins in its studio a long day of political campaigning in this Midwestern US state.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Participants in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate will take part in a classic American political ritual, where the questions are closely vetted for fairness and even the pens and bottled water are regulated.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Representative Ron Paul easily won a Republican Leadership Conference straw poll of the party's 2012 presidential contenders on Saturday, with former U.S. envoy to China Jon Huntsman finishing second.

Ky. Democratic party replays pre-debate skirmish involving Rand Paul supporter in attack ad. Kentucky Democrats are replaying the high-profile scuffle involving Rand Paul supporters and a liberal activist in a TV ad released Thursday that claims the Republican Senate hopeful is "stomping on Kentucky."

Debate over what GOP's Rand Paul said about 'FairTax' dominates Kentucky Senate race. A video from a campaign event earlier this year shows Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul saying he is open to replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax, though his campaign has recently tried to disavow any endorsement of the so-called "FairTax."

Ky man who lost son to drugs 'insulted' by Rand Paul's reference to political ad as `creepy'. A Kentucky man who recounts his son's lost battle with drug addiction in a TV commercial for Democrat Jack Conway says he was insulted when Republican Rand Paul termed the Senate campaign ad "creepy."

Ky. Senate candidate Paul dons scrubs for 1st fall TV ad, bashes federal health care reforms. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is back in scrubs for his first TV ad of the fall campaign, declaring: "I'm a physician, not a career politician."

After rocky week, Rand Paul taps father's connections, hires Gary Howard as press secretary. Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul has again tapped into a group connected to his father, this time to find a press secretary for a campaign that's often been hounded by unwanted publicity.

Republican Rand Paul apologizes after saying he worried beer would be thrown at church picnic. Republican Rand Paul has apologized for saying he worried beer would be thrown at a church picnic he attended last weekend in western Kentucky.

Ky. Senate candidate says Jeb Bush is tarnishing family legacy by appearing at Rand Paul event. A Kentucky Democrat running for U.S. Senate says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is tarnishing his family legacy by appearing at a fundraiser on behalf of Republican Rand Paul.

Ky. GOP's Rand Paul criticizes federal farm subsidies, has father-in-law who received them. U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul's campaign acknowledged Friday that his in-laws had benefited from federal farm subsidies that he has been criticizing in stump speeches.

Ky. Senate candidate Rand Paul praises tea party, says movement criticizes GOP, Dems equally. Republican Senate hopeful Rand Paul said Tuesday he couldn't have won the GOP nomination in Kentucky without support from the tea party, and claimed the movement criticizes Republicans and Democrats equally.

Paul's contributions down significantly in first Internet fundraiser of general election. A political outsider who largely financed his U.S. Senate primary race with Internet donations banked $172,000 on Monday in his first Web-based fundraiser of the general election season.

Rand Paul's contributions significantly down in 1st Internet fundraiser of general election. Rand Paul, a political outsider who largely financed his U.S. Senate primary race with Internet donations, has banked $172,000 in his first Web-based fundraiser of the general election season.