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Romney would bring CEO eye to White House
Should he prevail Tuesday, Mitt Romney would bring a CEO's eye to the White House and a policy agenda based on a general set of principles and focused ...
Romney to campaign in Pennsylvania on Sunday
Republican Mitt Romney will campaign in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Campaign officials on Thursday confirmed that Romney plans to hold a rally in the ...
Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy
If he wins, President Barack Obama would try to apply the leverage of his victory toward a lasting economic revival on his terms, guided by political ...
Unions launch 'final four' campaign push
Labor leaders expect 128,000 volunteers to campaign for President Barack Obama and other union-friendly candidates during the final four days before ...
Court eyes limits on detention powers in searches
The Supreme Court reacted skeptically Thursday to the government's argument that police may detain residents of a home to be searched even if they are ...
Warren ad tweaks Brown for refusing debate offer
Democrat Elizabeth Warren is tweaking Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for refusing a final debate offer. The fourth debate was planned for Tuesday, but ...
Anti-union group boosts Akin in Missouri
An outside group that is critical of labor unions will spend $25,000 to boost Missouri Rep. Todd Akin in his race against Democratic Sen.
Mass. candidate's final ad: Quiet beach at sunset
A Republican congressional candidate in Massachusetts has launched an unusual ad that claims to give viewers a rest from the relentless barrage of ...
THE RACE: Stumping resumes before key jobs report
Five days before Election Day, the storm-driven lull in presidential campaigning is clearly over. Both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney charged ...
Gov't paying for emergency transportation in NY
For the next week the federal government will pay all of the costs to help get public transportation and power restored to parts of New York and New ...
Romney claims Obama doesn't understand business
Mitt Romney said Thursday that President Barack Obama doesn't have a clue about how business works. The Obama campaign said Romney doesn't know what ...
Romney's Fla. ads tie Obama to Chavez, Castro
Mitt Romney's campaign is running a Spanish-language ad in Florida that claims Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro's niece would support ...
Immigration judges behind on caseload
The government is not keeping up with the caseload in federal immigration courts, even with an increase in the number of judges handling the cases, ...
VP Ryan? Prof. Ryan? GOP nominee's future unclear
Professor Ryan? Lobbyist Ryan? Maybe back to plain-old Rep. Ryan or future President Ryan? If Paul Ryan loses his bid to become vice president, he is ...
Polls giving partisans lots of room to argue
Don't like the latest poll numbers on the presidential race? Just wait. More are coming — probably before you can say "margin of sampling error.
Tribal leaders push for big Indian voter turnout
A tribal newspaper in Arizona is publishing a detailed voter guide for the first time ever. A New Mexico pueblo is sending kindergartners home with ...
Romney and Obama pop up in latest GOP Senate ads
A resurgent Mitt Romney is popping up more in other Republican candidates' ads as both parties press their closing arguments in closely contested ...
'Oops' and beyond: Notable quotes from 2012 race
Millions of words have been spoken, shouted, whispered and wasted in the day-in, day-out grind that was the 2012 presidential campaign. Precious few ...
Decisions show partisan bent in election managers
Decisions about how aggressively to purge ineligible noncitizens from voting rolls have varied widely from one state or county to the next, with ...
New York struggles back 2 days after killer storm
Flights resumed, but slowly. The New York Stock Exchange got back to business, but on generator power. And with the subways still down, great numbers ...
Romney campaign challenges criticism by automakers
Mitt Romney came under withering criticism Wednesday over his depiction of President Barack Obama's auto industry bailout, with Vice President Joe ...
Romney says he'll deliver 'real change' if elected
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pledged Wednesday to deliver the "real change" he says his Democratic opponent promised but has not ...
Romney faces scrutiny on aid in storm's wake
There's nothing like a natural disaster to test the depth of politicians' preference for small government. And so it turns out that after Superstorm ...
GOP hopeful: 'Rape thing' not cause for abortion
A Republican congressional candidate says abortion should not be legal, even when it involves "the rape thing," according to audio provided Wednesday ...
Bloomberg PAC makes biggest buy yet - in Florida
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's political committee is making its biggest expenditure to date in this year's congressional campaigns, spending ...