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President Obama stands by Gen. John Allen in spite of thousands of possibly inappropriate email exchanges , according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.

In a story that plays out like an episode of The Good Wife Chicago Alderman, Sandi Jackson says she s sticking by her husband, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., despite his recently publicized affair with a blond Washington hostess. Jackson says her husband to told her of the affair two years ago.

Despite being at the center of one of the most explosive scandals in American politics, John Edwards' mistress said she believes her relationship with the former presidential candidate may be just beginning.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's spokesman confirmed to ABC News that the governor, plagued by the scandal of his extramarital affair, did indeed consider resigning. Gov. Sanford's mystery mistress has been identified by ...

About 400 supporters gathered Friday night outside City Hall to urge Portland's mayor to stay on the job despite an intensifying political storm over his sexual relationship with a legislative intern nearly four years ago.