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Service employees union ramps up effort for Obama
One of the nation's most politically active labor unions plans to focus its resources on fewer states this year while working to help re-elect ...
THE RACE: Romney wooing GOP Hill leaders has risks
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is throwing his lot in with his party's leadership in Congress, a break with other recent GOP White ...
Campaigns buy into 'swag factor' as volunteer push
Think of them as frequent flier programs for political action. Instead of a free flight, the reward for loyalty to a campaign can be as simple as a ...
Senators request live TV for health care ruling
Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President ...
McConnell: Time to 'start over' on health care
The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start ...
Obama campaign launches new ad targeting Hispanics
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is running new Spanish-language television ads touting the benefits of Obama's health care overhaul for ...
Harry Reid's shadow looms over Nevada Senate race
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't on the ballot this year, but he's very much in the game. With Republicans clamoring to take away his majority, ...
Senate makes progress on farm bill
The Senate late Monday broke a deadlock that had threatened to bring down a half-trillion-dollar farm and food bill, setting the stage for expected ...
Romney says a Michigan win gives him presidency
Mitt Romney says he thinks he can win Michigan — and that if he does, he'll win the presidency. Romney was flying Monday evening from Iowa to Michigan ...
Romney looks to Midwest's working class for gains
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is pushing to win a band of Midwestern states that voted for President Barack Obama four years ago and ...
Obama pick for Iraq envoy withdraws nomination
The Obama administration's pick to be the next ambassador to Iraq withdrew from consideration Monday as Senate Republicans suggested his confirmation ...
Obama taps Kerry as Romney stand-in for debates
Starring in the role of Mitt Romney? John Kerry. President Barack Obama has tapped the Democratic presidential nominee from 2004 to stand-in for his ...
AP sources: Administration mulls pared health law
Democratic sources tell the Associated Press that the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president's health care law if ...
Worried US tells Egypt's military to cede power
The Obama administration warned Egypt's military leaders on Monday to speedily hand over power or risk losing billions of dollars in U.S. military and ...
Parties are worlds apart on how to fix economy
Millions of Americans are desperate for work, runaway government spending clouds the future and Democratic and Republican candidates are busy making ...
SPIN METER: Candidates trade misquoting charges
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney can speak with authority when they complain that their words have been taken out of context.
THE RACE: Obama, Romney grapple with euro crisis
President Barack Obama is out of the country for a few days but hardly off the campaign trail. He's attending a summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, of 20 ...
US worried by stall in Camp Ashraf closure efforts
The U.S. is concerned about a six-week stall in residents leaving a camp near Iraq's Iranian border long used as a paramilitary camp by anti-regime ...
Romney campaigns with grandchildren
Mitt Romney is focusing on his grandchildren on Father's Day, bringing three of them to talk to the reporters traveling on his campaign plane.
Romney won't say he'll overturn immigration order
Mitt Romney in an interview aired Sunday repeatedly refused to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young ...
White House congratulates Greece on elections
The White House is congratulating the Greek people for holding that country's election in difficult times. The statement from the press secretary ...
McCain: Lack of US aid to Syrian rebels 'shameful'
Sen. John McCain on Sunday characterized the lack of U.S. aid to Syrian rebels as "shameful" and said helping their cause would deal "the greatest ...
Santorum sticks by campaign jabs of Romney
Rick Santorum is sticking by earlier questions he posed about former rival Mitt Romney's authenticity, saying the points he made during the primary ...
Deal discourages TV attack ads in Mass. Senate bid
In the tight Massachusetts Senate race, GOP incumbent Scott Brown has spent weeks questioning Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren's claim of Native ...
Heavy focus on news shows in White House race ads
"Tell President Obama: Stop the spending," screams an ad running during the broadcast of NBC's "Today" show in central Virginia. At a break during ...