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Judge backs lobbyist ban on gov't boards
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's ban on federally registered lobbyists serving on government advisory ...
Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts
Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race
Obama makes new appeal in 2-minute ad
Trying to command attention and build his lead in the polls, President Barack Obama unveiled a new two-minute TV commercial Thursday calling for an ...
Reforms create competitive House races in Calif.
Democratic Rep. Pete Stark, the longest-serving member of California's largest-in-the-nation congressional delegation, offered a taste of his ...
Ryan says foreign policy 'blowing up in our faces'
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan criticized President Barack Obama on Wednesday over the protests in the Middle East, saying the region ...
Romney: My health care law is evidence of empathy
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pointing to his Massachusetts health care law as evidence that he has empathy for ordinary Americans.
Akin, McCaskill both courting Republicans in Mo.
His spot on the ballot now guaranteed, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin began rebuilding support Wednesday among fellow Republicans who shunned him ...
Romney fundraiser planned Thursday in Hong Kong
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plan a campaign fundraiser for him Thursday in Hong Kong, where U.S. business interests ...
Outside groups making play to help Romney with ads
New Republican-leaning independent groups entered the presidential advertising fray Wednesday as polling suggests Mitt Romney's campaign may be losing ...
Conservatives pour new money into 6 Senate races
A conservative super PAC affiliated with Republican strategist Karl Rove has jumped back into the Indiana Senate race with a nearly $1 million ad buy ...
Politician kept budget vow, now tries to keep job
Shortly after newly elected Rep. Dan Benishek arrived in Washington, staffers raised a banner that proclaimed to visitors in his Capitol Hill suite: ...
White House: Obama views Libya attack as terrorism
The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama considers the deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya a terrorist attack. White House ...
Election 'mania' missing on college campuses
What a difference four years can make. In 2008, college campuses were filled with campaign posters and political rallies — and frenzy.
Provisional ballots could be hanging chads of 2012
New voting laws in key states could force a lot more voters to cast provisional ballots this election, delaying results in close races for days while ...
Army: Fort Hood shooting suspect out of hospital
An Army psychiatrist charged in a deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage was returned to jail Wednesday after a brief stay in the hospital, military ...
In Ohio, Romney highlights $16 trillion US debt
Mitt Romney says the nation's debt could grow to almost $20 trillion if the country re-elects President Barack Obama. Romney also says his policies ...
Pro-Romney group airs new ad in Mich., Wis.
An independent group that supports Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has a new ad out that suggests President Barack Obama's economic ...
Economic trend lines, for now, favoring Obama
For the past year, as the presidential election unfolded, President Barack Obama confronted a dizzying swell of economic news — hiring up, hiring ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Gun control
The issue: Frightening episodes of gun violence have been splayed across front pages with alarming frequency this campaign season: the movie theater ...
Campaigns pick Iowa poll sites for favored voters
In the weeks before Election Day, University of Iowa students will have a dozen places on campus to vote for President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt ...
Corps let off the hook for Katrina flooding
A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's ...
Obama summons world leaders to reject extremism
Confronting global tumult and Muslim anger, President Barack Obama exhorted world leaders Tuesday to stand fast against violence and extremism, ...
Presidential campaign is nice, and then again not
In a split-screen race for the presidency, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama were on their best campaign behavior in public Tuesday, ...
Iconic Israeli newspaper on the verge of collapse
Throughout much of Israel's history, the Maariv daily was known as the "country's paper," the newspaper with the highest circulation and a cornerstone ...
Romney, Obama zero in on Ohio, a GOP must-win
Ohio has emerged as the presidential race's undisputed focus. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are making multiple stops this week alone in a state that's ...