On his show tonight, Bill Maher took on the controversial comments on rape made earlier this week by Republican congressman Todd Akin. Guest panelist Jack Kingston, one of Akin’s Republican colleagues ...

Former conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died. Akin’s son, Perry, said in a statement that his father died late Sunday at age 74 from cancer. Akin’s comment in 2012 that ...

The initial deadline for Todd Akin came and went Tuesday evening, and Akin stuck to his guns and stayed in the race. But Akin can still go to court and get out of the race before September 25, and now ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the ...