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Border Patrol agent shoots, kills woman in Calif.
A Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 32-year-old mother of five Friday in suburban San Diego as he rode on the hood of her car after she ran into him, ...
Obama mixes debate preparation with fundraising
President Barack Obama warned Democrats about becoming too complacent with six weeks left before the election. He joked that Democrats tend to believe ...
Voter registration problems widening in Florida
What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in nine counties informing ...
Jury convicts Gulf cartel manager in drug case
A federal jury seated just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican Gulf cartel's historic base of power convicted one of its bosses Friday on charges ...
Presidential contest shifts focus to raising money
For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help ...
Momentum shift? Akin regains 2 Mo. endorsements
Some of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's prominent supporters are reversing course and backing Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin's ...
Tea party star West uses opponent's mug shot in ad
In a bid to hold onto his House seat, freshman Republican Rep. Allen West is making his opponent's bleary mug shot from nine years ago the focus of ...
Gay couples may get reprieve in deportation cases
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to issue a policy memo stating that illegal immigrants with American same-sex partners are eligible ...
Dems pump cash into ME Senate race, but for whom?
The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee is buying $410,000 worth of TV advertising in the U.S. Senate race in Maine, but it's not clear for whom.
Biden, 69, seeks Florida seniors' votes for Obama
Joe Biden may just be the perfect pitchman for the senior vote. Seeing Medicare as a window to gain new support, President Barack Obama's campaign ...
Ex-Sens. Bond, Talent now backing Akin Senate bid
Two of Mitt Romney's senior advisers say they are backing Todd Akin, the Missouri Republican Senate candidate they once shunned. Former Missouri Sen.
Romney: Military strike on Iran may be unnecessary
Mitt Romney says he doesn't believe military action will be necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The Republican presidential ...
Why there is an Electoral College and how it works
Presidents are elected not by national popular vote but by an 18th century constitutional compromise called the Electoral College. HOW IT FORMED: When ...
Democrats say House should return to work
Two Democrats lingering behind in Washington as fellow lawmakers campaign for re-election are demanding that Congress return immediately to confront ...
White House: US, Israel in full agreement on Iran
The White House says President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) remain in "full agreement" about keeping ...
THE RACE: Obama now can call himself job creator
For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama can call himself a job creator. There are now more U.S. jobs than when he took office. Not by much, ...
House likely to stay in GOP hands on Election Day
In one Democratic ad, a grunting, helmet-wearing actor portraying GOP Rep. Jon Runyan of New Jersey, a former football lineman, physically blocks ...
Panetta says Syria moved some chemical weapons
Intelligence suggests the Syrian government has moved some of its chemical weapons in order to protect them, but the U.S. believes that the main sites ...
Obama using voter registration to stay close in NC
Dozens of volunteers armed with clipboards and voter registration forms gather at President Barack Obama's field office here every day. Their mission: ...
US Postal Service to default on second $5B payment
The U.S. Postal Service, on the brink of default on a second multibillion-dollar payment it can't afford to pay, is sounding a new cautionary note ...
Coattails a factor in some Senate and House races
If Rep. Connie Mack scores an upset over Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in Florida's Senate race, he'll probably owe Mitt Romney a thank you.
Suu Kyi says free judiciary key to democracy
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her country cannot be called a genuine democracy until it has an independent judiciary, even though ...
AP EXCLUSIVE: Study: UN misconduct goes unpunished
NEW YORK — When U.N. staffers on peacekeeping missions were accused of misconduct or corruption over the last couple of years, more than two-thirds ...
Romney decries military cuts; Obama talking jobs
President Barack Obama pledged to create many more jobs and "make the middle class secure again" in a campaign-closing appeal on Thursday — more than ...