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Movie star George Clooney was led away in handcuffs after storming the Sudanese Embassy protesting the actions of the country's president Omar Al-Bashir, an alleged war criminal. Clooney made the rounds in Washington this week, hoping his superstar wattage will help shine a light on the situation in Sudan. The actor testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and held private meetings with the Secretary of State and President Obama about the African nation's dire humanitarian situation and the Obama administration's policy. He led a protest today outside of Sudan's embassy calling on Omar Al-Bashir, an alleged war-criminal, to stop...

Lucas comes out of retirement to run for Congress again BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. - Former Rep. Ken Lucas came out of political retirement today to challenge freshman Rep. Geoff Davis for the congressional seat in northern Kentucky that he gave up after three terms to fulfill a campaign pledge. Lucas, 72, a conservative Democrat who often aligned himself with Republicans, said he was lured back to politics by the bruising partisanship and "widespread public corruption" in Congress. Lucas tried to link Davis to both in announcing his candidacy for the 4th District, which has been a traditional...

Nick Clooney, father of actor George Clooney, has lost his race for U.S. Representative in Kentucky. With 87 percent of precincts reporting, Republican Geoff Davis had received 55 percent of votes, compared to Clooney's 43 percent. CNN declared Davis the winner. In other House races, Catherine Davis, a Republican, is leading in the race to take over the Georgia seat being vacated by Democrat Denise Majette, who is projected to lose her Senate race against Rep. Johnny Isakson. Davis had 53 percent of the vote, and Democrat Cynthia McKinney had 47 percent with 16 percent of precincts reporting. Also in...

GOP Could Pick Up 5 House Seats by John Gizzi Posted Oct 22, 2004 With a week to go before Americans vote in all 435 congressional districts, Republicans look poised to expand their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, based largely on favorable redistricting since the 2000 census. In the swing states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Republicans managed to dominate the redistricting process after the census, raising the number of safe Republican seats there. In Texas, a masterful (if controversial and belated) redistricting is now almost certain to yield the bulk of national Republican gains in this election...

New website detailing liberal Nick Clooney's record.

The two men vying to fill Northern Kentucky's seat in Congress will meet face-to-face twice next week in the first true debates between them. Democrat Nick Clooney and Republican Geoff Davis will square off Monday in a live, statewide TV debate on KET and again Wednesday during a debate at Northern Kentucky University that is open to the public.

A Virginia-based campaign ethics watchdog group sent a letter to a federal prosecutor in Lexington asking him to look into whether Democratic congressional candidate Nick Clooney illegally promised jobs to staff members of retiring U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas. Clooney is running for the 4th District seat against Hebron business consultant Geoff Davis, a Republican, and Michael Slider, a teacher from LaGrange and the Independent candidate.

Clooney will get son's help in NYC, D.C. By Courtney Kinney Post staff reporter Democratic congressional candidate Nick Clooney will once again get some help from his movie star son at two out-of-town fund-raisers this weekend. George Clooney will attend a fund-raiser in New York City Saturday and another in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to help raise money for his father's quest to win the 4th Congressional District seat. Saturday's event will take place at Patsy's, a famed Italian restaurant in New York's theater district, and cost $500, $1,000 or $2,000 a head. The Sunday event will take place at...

Clooney skips chance to meet with Kerry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Stephenie Steitzer Post staff reporter Northern Kentucky Democratic congressional candidate Nick Clooney won't be vying for a photo op with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry during his visit today to Cincinnati. In contrast to Clooney's opponent, Republican Geoff Davis, who scored a chance to briefly board Air Force One Monday to meet President George W. Bush, Clooney will continue campaigning in the 4th District. Clooney campaign spokesman B.J. Neidhardt would not comment, but the campaign has said in the past that Clooney can stand on his own two feet and doesn't...

WASHINGTON - Some of Hollywood's top draws, including Oscar winners Michael Douglas (news) and Renee Zellweger (news), "Friends" cast member Courteney Cox (news) Arquette and actress Drew Barrymore (news), are playing supporting roles in the candidacy of a Kentucky Democrat. Their choice: Nick Clooney, father of actor George and brother of the late actress/singer Rosemary. The 70-year-old Nick Clooney, a former television anchor and newspaper columnist, raised nearly $500,000 in the first three months of this year, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites). A good chunk of the cash came from Hollywood's "A"...

Your voice: George Clooney It's recently been brought to my attention that my father, Nick Clooney, has been running for Congress from the 4th District of Kentucky. Although he told me, I didn't really believe him until I started reading all the stories about myself in the paper. It seems the best way to campaign against my father is to go after me. The head of the Kentucky 4th District GOP, Marcus Carey, is quoted in the Enquirer as saying that because of me, my father and I will "go down with my ship" - a reference to a film...

George Clooney has a lot riding on a Kentucky derby this year - the horse race for the congressional seat in the state's fourth district. George's father, Nick, a former TV-news anchorman, is the Democratic candidate for the seat, and he's been getting a lot of help from his famous son. Earlier this month, the "Ocean's 11" heartthrob raised $200,000 for his dad's campaign at his home in Studio City, Calif., after jokingly promising that he would put on a toga and wash the car of everybody who contributed $500. And just last weekend, George got on a private jet...

In Louisville last night, actor George Clooney wrapped up a round of celebrity-driven fund raising for the 4th District congressional campaign of his father, former television personality Nick Clooney of Augusta. Two receptions at the Kentucky Center appeared to raise about $100,000, based on the number attending and the ticket prices — $1,000 for a reception with a photographer and $250 for a less exclusive event. Like-priced events Saturday night in the Clooneys' native Northern Kentucky, the heart of the district that runs from Oldham County to Ashland, appeared to raise about $140,000. Former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry, a Democrat...

Break open those piggy banks How much would you pay for Hollywood hunk George Clooney to wash your car in a toga? The star of such films as "Ocean's Eleven" and "The Perfect Storm" is hoping to raise money for father Nick Clooney's congressional campaign. According to the New York Post, Clooney, 42, made the oddball offer in a handwritten appeal to potential campaign donors, who were invited to a fund-raiser at his home in Studio City, Calif. The letter begins: "OK, this is a little tricky. I'll start with a warning: I'm asking for money so you might want...

By BRUCE SCHREINER The Associated Press 1/3/2004, 12:48 p.m. ET BEDFORD, Ky. (AP) — Political newcomer Nick Clooney needed no introduction as he shook hands with people hunched over steaming breakfast plates at the Farmhouse restaurant. "I knew him since I walked in the door, and I had never met him before," said Richard Ginn, a real estate appraiser and tobacco farmer. The 69-year-old congressional candidate has instant recognition in northern Kentucky from his days as a Cincinnati television news anchor. It doesn't hurt that he's also the father of actor George Clooney, the brother of the late singer-actress Rosemary...

He criticizes Bush, a district favoriteResidents of Kentucky's 4th Congressional District are used to having U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas support President Bush - even though Lucas is a Democrat. So how will the voters react to comments like this on the war in Iraq from Democrat Nick Clooney, the media personality from Augusta who unexpectedly jumped Monday into the 2004 congressional race? "We sent 300,000 of our best and brightest (soldiers) on a snipe hunt," said Clooney, who opposes the military action in Iraq. Such words are in stark contrast to Lucas' remarks. He's a staunch supporter of Bush's military...