Politics

Obama raises $44M for campaign, Dems in April
President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort ...
Focus of primary races shifts to top state races
After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best ...
Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist
Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more ...
FACT CHECK: Romney oversimplifies debt 'inferno'
When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney decried the "prairie fire" of U.S. debt Tuesday, he ignored some of the sparks that set it ablaze.
GI killed in Vietnam War to get Medal of Honor
President Barack Obama is awarding the Medal of Honor to a Pennsylvania Army specialist killed in combat in 1970 while serving as a rifleman in ...
House voting on violence bill, draws veto threat
The House is voting on a Republican-written bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act, but the White House has threatened to veto it. On the eve ...
McNamee turned on Clemens over son's illness
Brian McNamee testified that Roger Clemens' lawyers pushed him from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser when they allowed details of McNamee's oldest ...
SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words
Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican ...
Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid
George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race — with four short words. "I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president said Tuesday as the doors ...
Crossroads announcing $25 million ad push
An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign in 10 states ...
Nebraska sets stage for Kerrey, Fischer race
An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's U.S. Senate race, as Democrats ...
Obama assets valued between $2.6M and $8.3M
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold assets worth between nearly $2.6 million and nearly $8.3 million, according to financial ...
Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries
Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column. Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP ...
Deficit summit brings about more talk, no answers
Government leaders past and present gathered in Washington on Tuesday to do what they do best about the nation's deficit woes: talk. At an annual ...
Panel calls for steep cuts in US nukes
An influential panel is calling for an 80 percent reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons and an elimination of all nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic ...
GOP revises anti-violence bill, draws veto threat
House Republicans are revising their proposal to renew the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, but not enough to satisfy President Barack Obama and other ...
Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike
House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will again insist on spending cuts and budget reforms ...
White House threatens veto of House defense bill
The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto the House Armed Service Committee's version of next year's defense budget, arguing that the $642 billion ...
George W. Bush offers tepid endorsement of Romney
George W. Bush is backing presumptive Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney. The former president offered a four-word endorsement of Romney as ...
Ads highlight cozy campaign-super PAC relationship
Looks like President Barack Obama's allies got the hint. An independent group with deep ties to the president's re-election campaign launched a ...
Accuser tells tale of 2 wives at Clemens trial
Amid his year-by-year narrative of his complex relationship with Roger Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs, Brian McNamee weaved in a tale of two ...
Blind China activist speaks by phone to Congress
For the second time in less than two weeks, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has spoken by phone to a U.S. congressional hearing and alleged ...
Obama kids Beckham about his age, underwear line
President Barack Obama is ribbing soccer star David Beckham over his age and his outside interests, saying it's a "rare man who can be that tough on ...
Bush touts Arab spring, says US can't fear freedom
Former President George W. Bush on Tuesday praised the Arab spring movement and said the U.S. shouldn't fear the spread of freedom, even if it doesn't ...
Shift on marriage energizes immigration activists
President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in ...