Politics is tribal. When a candidate commits a typical gaffe, his opponents attack while his allies mount a defense. That’s just the way it goes. But once in a while, a candidate says something so ...

Representative Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for senator from Missouri, became nationally notorious yesterday for saying something stupid. In the course of explaining why he believes abortion ...

Embattled Republican Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) is digging in, and digging his hole deeper, telling Mike Huckabee, on his radio show, that he has already decided not to exit the Missouri race for US ...

Under fire for his comments about rape and abortion, the Missouri Senate candidate is under pressure from his own party to drop out before the end... Update: Akin Vows Again To Stay In Missouri Senate ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Written off by many in his own party a mere month ago, Republican Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly rebuilding his Senate campaign after apologizing for inflammatory remarks ...

The former Republican representative from Missouri was widely criticized after saying in 2012 that women’s bodies could reject pregnancies that were the result of a sexual assault. By Livia ...

Todd Akin must be nuts to still be in the Missouri Senate race after all those Republicans said mean things about him, right? He must be doing this out of spite, or the belief that God wants him to be ...

A Columbia, Mo.-area television station says it has pulled Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-Mo.) ads off the air because it has only received half the payment for them, CBS reports, stoking speculation that he ...

I first met Claire McCaskill back in 2004 in a meeting held at my home in St. Louis. She was Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill then, far from the high-profile national figure she is today. Even ...

Rep. Todd Akin appeared on Today this morning to reiterate that he isn't leaving the Missouri Senate race and also to position himself as the anti-establishment "man of the people" candidate. You can ...