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Texas run-off election information

The Primary Run-Off will take place on Tuesday, July 31st. Registered voters who voted in the Primary can vote in the same party's Run-Off election.

In Poland, Romney heralds economic freedom

Mitt Romney's speech in Warsaw Tuesday - his last on a week-long foreign tour - offered effusive praise for Poland, the country that has proved to be the smoothest stop on his three-nation trip.

Democrats propose limits on online ammo sales

Two Democratic lawmakers took on the hot-button political issue of gun control Monday, introducing legislation that would effectively ban online ammunition sales.

Texas Senate runoff expected to be close

In an election year with notable Senate primary upsets, Texas may well be the next state with a narrative ending in victory for a conservative grassroots underdog.

Why House tax vote is really about drawing battle lines for the fall

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are gearing up for a vote this week on a House Republican bill to extend all the current tax cuts, but the debate is really aimed at the vote that comes less than 100 days from now.

Colorado theater shooter charged with 142 counts

UPDATE: James Holmes, a 24-year-old former doctoral student who is accused of carrying out a mass shooting inside a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, was charged Monday with 142 counts, including first-degree murder.

Colorado theater shooter charged with 142 counts, including 24 for murder

UPDATE: James Holmes, a 24-year-old former doctoral student who is accused of carrying out a mass shooting inside a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, was charged Monday with 142 counts, including first-degree murder.

Romney raises more than $1 million in Jerusalem

Mitt Romney's final stop in Israel - a fund-raising breakfast at a historic hotel in central Jerusalem Monday - was a chance for the presumptive Republican nominee to describe in personal detail the impact of his trip to the country.

Maryland man who called himself 'joker' taken into custody

A Maryland man who was in the process of being fired was taken into custody Friday after allegedly calling himself a "joker" and threatening a supervisor, police said.

Ford Escape SUVs recalled for unintended acceleration

Ford Motor Co. is recalling 421,000 Escape crossover SUVs in the United States to fix a problem in which a speed control cable can become stuck resulting in unintended continued acceleration.