A few blocks from the restored antebellum homes that draw tourists to rural Warren County, wooden shacks sink into the sandy soil, their tin roofs bowing low, walls askew.

No federal grand jury is investigating former U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, contrary to published reports and numerous ads by his opponents, said the lawyer for the Republican candidate for governor.

State Sen. Julie Lassa is on the campaign trail in Marathon County this weekend, sticking to her message of bringing 'Wisconsin values' to Washington if elected to replace retiring Rep.

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch and U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz are locking horns over whether the freshman congressman pledged not to run against Utah's six-term senator in 2012.

The congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year.

A federal campaign finance report shows embattled New York Rep. Charles Rangel has spent more than $111,000 on legal bills since July.