Politics

Joe Biiden's allies aren't feeling the idea of Senator Kamala Harris for his Vice President and have waged a "shadow campaign" to STOP it from happening. CNBC's Brian Schwartz tweeted that the Team-Biden members feel that she's too ambitious and will only focus on becoming president, herself...

Former Arkansas Governor and Texarkana Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee officially threw his hat in the ring from Hope, Ark., this morning in hopes of becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States. Huckabee announced a run for his party's 2016 presidential nomination Tuesday with an energized speech aimed at garnering support from the Christian right and blue-collar Americans st

As of 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the federal government closed down. Congressional leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate were unable to reach an agreement on a budget or a temporary fix, known as a continuing resolution, before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1.

1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin. 12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin. The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility.

Hey, did you hear the good news? We managed to avoid soaring headlong off the fiscal cliff yesterday. Granted, the House pulled the plug on a bill providing emergency aid to people whose lives were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy to do it. But they did it. Hooray!(?)

If there's any doubt how strong the GOP's hold on Alabama is, consider this -- a Republican nominee beat out the Democratic incumbent for a seat on the Bibb County Commission last week despite the fact that he died a month earlier. Congratulations, Alabama, on taking partisanship to a whole new level.

An election is the ultimate celebration of democracy. However if you live in South Carolina or Kentucky, booze probably isn't going to be part of your November 6 revelry.

Did you see the debate between President Obama, and Mitt Romney? Who would you say came out on top?

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has named Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin his running mate.

The Texarkana Arkansas City Board Of Directors meet this evening at City Hall.