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Arizona GOP not surprised by DNC email leak
Several Arizona Republican delegates said the Democratic National Committee email leak is an opportunity to sway millennials and independent voters toward the Republican ticket in November.
Democrats to visit Phoenix for 2016 convention consideration
Democrats plan to travel to six cities this summer to evaluate potential sites for the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
DNC chair: Arizona an emblem of GOP outreach problems
A year after the Republican Party unveiled plans to attract women and minority voters, a national Democratic leader insisted the GOP is still “out of touch,” citing the party’s actions in Arizona as examples.
Democrats gather in Scottsdale for 2-day meeting
Members of the Democratic National Committee will be spending the next two days holed up in a Scottsdale resort for their annual summer meeting.
With halting voice, Giffords speaks out on guns, NRA fights back
Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb firearms because "Americans are counting on you." Not everyone agreed, underscoring the national political divide over gun control.
Gabby Giffords inspires crowd at Democratic convention
Gabrielle Giffords has inspired the cheering delegates at the Democratic National Convention by leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
Vowing a return, Giffords submits resignation letter
With a vow to someday return, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords formally resigned her seat in Congress today, one year after she was nearly killed in an assassination attempt.
Congress takes up measure to honor slain Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman
House members spent about an hour Wednesday honoring Gabe Zimmerman, the aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was slain in the Jan. 8 shooting spree in Tucson. He was the first congressional staffer killed in the line of duty in the 222-year history of the Congress.
Bipartisanship endangered, not extinct
It was announced this week that the National Institute on Civil Discourse awarded its first grants to several UofA departments: one to watch how politicians handle confrontational questions from constituents... […]
First photos of Giffords released since shooting show smiles
Two portraits of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gave the nation its closest look yet at the congresswoman's remarkable recovery less than six months after she was shot in the head at point-blank range outside a supermarket.
Obama meets with wounded congresswoman Giffords
President Barack Obama met Friday with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January. The reunion was a bright spot for the president in a day otherwise marked by storm devastation in Alabama and by disappointment in the cancellation of the space shuttle Endeavour's final launch.
Giffords’ friends in Congress to hold fundraiser
Congressional friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Tucson congresswoman shot in January, are holding a campaign fundraiser next month for her 2012 election.
