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Race briefly becomes issue in US campaign
Race briefly became an issue Thursday in the race to challenge Barack Obama after a supporter of Republican challenger Mitt Romney was reported to be ...
How will gay marriage play on the ground?
On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling ...
Romney to urge grads to honor family commitments
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were trying to steer clear of the fight over gay marriage as the president jabbed at Republicans and his presumed ...
Obama, Romney trying to refocus on economy Friday
The presidential candidates tried to put aside politically risky talk of gay rights and return to Americans' top worry — the economy — in two states ...
Against Obama, even prison inmate gets some votes
Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West ...
Democrats may benefit in tea party backfire
A challenge to a Republican stalwart in the Senate in Tuesday's Indiana primary election could, once again, backfire and play into the hands of ...
Tea party tested in challenge to moderate senator
The conservative tea party challenge to Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a key figure in securing and reducing nuclear weapons after the Soviet collapse, ...
Biden says Chinese activist's future is in America
Vice President Joe Biden says he believes that Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng's future is in the United States. Chen, who escaped house arrest ...
Race, religion collide in presidential campaign
How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as ...
Merkel, others, urge treatment for Tymoshenko
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Ukrainian leaders on Thursday to give jailed ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko "proper treatment" for her ailments, ...
Russian military ups the ante on missile defense
Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if ...
Report: Merkel urges treatment for Tymoshenko
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Ukraine on Thursday to allow jailed ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko "proper treatment" for her ailments, reiterating ...
In Kabul, Obama highlights foreign policy record
President Barack Obama answered political taunts with presidential muscle Tuesday, addressing America from Kabul as Republicans said he's overdoing ...
Obama campaign fully open for business
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign sought to paint Mitt Romney, his likely challenger in this year's presidential race, as shallow, ...
House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat
The House of Representatives ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on ...
Secret Service investigating another trip
The Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is investigating whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack ...
US official: Secret Service scandal 'inexcusable'
Conflicting portraits of the Secret Service took stage Wednesday in Congress, as senators challenged Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to ...
Once Obama's, younger voters in play this election
Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt ...
Obama on brink of clinching Democratic nomination
It's official: President Barack Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, ending a low-key primary race that many people ...
A divided Congress confronts a rising cyberthreat
The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power ...
Gulf fund's problems highlight Syria aid challenge
Two weeks after their bold promise, Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Arab Gulf states have yet to start distributing money from a multimillion-dollar ...
As Romney seeks running mate, Palin lessons echo
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has begun his search for a running mate in the race for president, and he will be guided in part by the lessons ...
Obama defends typically Republican states in 2012
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four ...
In Colombia, Obama seeks to keep focus on economy
Putting an election year spin on his international agenda, President Barack Obama on Friday cast Latin America's rapid rise as a business opportunity ...