Stunned by their first presidential defeat in Virginia in 44 years and the loss of perhaps three House seats, state Republicans are teetering on a return to the minority and struggling to regroup ahead of what could be make-or-break elections for governor and the legislature in 2009.

If you think Barack Obama cruised to victory in Virginia based on his strength in Northern Virginia alone, think again.

So much news, so little time. Are you keeping up with the latest from Washington and the campaign trail, (which has just recently come to an end)? Test yourself with our this political pop quiz.

On Tuesday night, as people across the nation voted in elections to decide the next president of the United States, Stafford’s Democratic and Republican parties, like people in many areas, held election-night parties.

Sen. Barack Obama has won the General Election, becoming the next president of the United States of America.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Barack Obama has won Virginia, a state that last voted for a Democrat for president in 1964.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain urged supporters in the population centers of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads to “not give up hope” in his quest for the state’s 13 electoral votes.

With Election Day fast approaching, we want to help you cut through the campaign blather. Here’s a quick comparison of where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on 10 key issues.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday.

FREDERICKSBURG — Sarah Palin has completed a stop in Fredericksburg as the Republican vice presidential candidate heads for her third and final stop in Virginia.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin returns to Virginia on a three-city barnstorming tour Monday.

WOODBRIDGE — It was the theme from the movie “Rocky” that played as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took the stage Saturday afternoon at Prince William’s Sean T. Connaughton pavilion by the McCoart Administration Building.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - What’s in a name? Politics, if you ask proud new father Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton, Tenn.

America is at the epicenter of a financial crisis that has gone global, and international coordination will be necessary to stabilize world economies, policymakers urged this week. 

FAIRFAX CITY— Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin made their first Virginia campaign stop together Wednesday, reprising lines from last week’s Republican convention as they tried to take the mantle of change from Democrat Barack Obama.

If you’re one of the 4 billion people expected to watch Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, you’ll likely be mesmerized by the elite athletes, all of whom are literally at the top of their game.

Openly frustrated at the heavy news coverage of Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East, the John McCain campaign is responding with a public relations offensive, including a new web video that accuses television news reporters of being “in the tank” for Obama.

STAFFORD —  A Stafford-based organization, led by Judie Brown, is upset about recent comments made by an HBO talk show host about the Pope.