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Obama, Romney mix humor into rallies, fundraisers
Have you heard the one about the kid who thinks President Barack Obama's job is to "approve this message?" Or the time Mitt Romney compared another ...
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets Smithsonian showcase
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's Olympic Stadium and has since drawn tough scrutiny for his political activism, is opening the ...
Job market steadying under Obama but remains weak
The September jobs report that arrives Friday, a month before the presidential election, will likely sketch a dual picture: The job market continues ...
Top military officer opposes general's demotion
America's top military officer is opposing the demotion of a four-star general who is accused of spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on ...
FBI came to Benghazi and left in past 24 hours
A team of FBI agents arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate the assault against the U.S. Consulate and left after about 12 hours on the ground as ...
Debate viewers learn that Romney can be wonky, too
Both men relish the wonky talk in their own way. Mitt Romney, like an executive making a forceful sales pitch, shows an easy confidence that suits a ...
FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the ...
Analysis: Romney the challenger, indeed
Republican Mitt Romney was fiery and having fun. President Barack Obama came off as the professor without much pop. And while Democrats grudgingly ...
Teddy mascot finally wins Nats' Presidents Race
Teddy wins! Teddy wins! For the first time, the Teddy Roosevelt mascot won the Presidents Race in the middle of the fourth inning at Nationals Park ...
Ore. pot measure struggles as Wash., Colo. thrive
As marijuana legalization efforts in Colorado and Washington pick up steam, a similar push in Oregon seems to be going up in smoke. More than $4 ...
State Dept opens Benghazi consulate attack probe
Past investigations into attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions have blamed both the administration and Congress for failing to spend enough money to ...
Questions and answers on presidential debates
Tired of being deluged with TV commercials telling you that President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt Romney "approved this message?" The candidates ...
Lawmakers divided on counterterror effort
Stinging criticism from Congress about a counterterrorism effort that improperly collected information about innocent Americans is turning up the heat ...
Book: Obama hoped to try bin Laden, if captured
A new book says President Barack Obama hoped to put Osama bin Laden on trial, showing the U.S. commitment to due process under law, if the al-Qaida ...
Outside money fills airwaves in tight Senate races
Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where ...
Analysis: Presidential debate to set tone for race
As millions of Americans watch, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney will be chasing opposite goals in their first debate. The key for ...
White House widening covert war in North Africa
Small teams of special operations forces arrived at American embassies throughout North Africa in the months before militants launched the fiery ...
Conservatives seize on Obama video
Conservatives on Tuesday used a speech President Barack Obama delivered as a candidate in 2007 to accuse him of using racially charged rhetoric.
Education chief wants textbooks to go digital
Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it. Education Secretary Arne ...
House committee: Security requests denied in Libya
Despite two explosions and dozens of other security threats, U.S. officials in Washington turned down repeated pleas from American diplomats in Libya ...
GOP reviews turning negative on Romney's campaign
On the eve of the first presidential debate, the early autumn Republican reviews are in for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and they are not ...
Correction: Obama-China story
In a story Sept. 28 about a presidential decision to block a Chinese company's business deal in Oregon over national security concerns, The Associated ...
Iraq signs deal to modernize major port in Basra
Iraq on Tuesday signed a $14 million deal with a U.S. consortium to modernize a major port in the country's southern province of Basra in a move aimed ...
Zimmerman, Nationals win NL East championship
As the Washington Nationals' first draft pick back in June 2005, third baseman Ryan Zimmerman was there almost from the start, through the various ...