Politicians don't usually tout new or higher taxes while running for office. But Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato thinks his support for an extraction tax on Marcellus Shale gas will be a political plus in his race against Republican Tom Corbett. (Yesterday)

WASHINGTON -- Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. (Yesterday)

Former state Rep. Mike Veon's second political corruption trial has been postponed for five months because of attorney scheduling conflicts. (Yesterday)

Former state Rep. Mike Veon's second political corruption trial has been postponed for five months because of attorney scheduling conflicts. (09/01/2010)

WASHINGTON -- Democrat Joe Sestak launched his first television advertisement of his general election campaign for Senate on Tuesday, an attack on Republican Pat Toomey that echoed his primary skewering of Sen. Arlen Specter. (09/01/2010)