Politics

Ryan: Obama hasn't made case he deserves new term
Starting a two-day bus tour of Ohio's small towns and cities, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told voters Saturday that President ...
Timeline of comments on attack on US Consulate
Here is a timeline of comments by the administration and Libyan officials on what they believed happened in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in ...
Holy pop! Obama's campaign snazzes up its slogan
President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is getting a boost! Obama's campaign added an exclamation point to placards and banners bearing the ...
Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion
Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of ...
Young millennials _ fiscal conservatives?
This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to "entitled." But fiscally conservative? That's a new one, and it ...
Mystery firm formed days before $5M campaign gift
A shadowy Tennessee company donated more than $5 million to a prominent conservative super political action committee days after establishing itself.
Obama hits Romney on taxes, Massachusetts record
President Barack Obama is seeking to win over voters in low-tax New Hampshire by criticizing Mitt Romney for raising taxes and fees when he was ...
Obama gets storm update before campaigning in NH
The White House says President Barack Obama had a conference call Saturday to discuss Hurricane Sandy with the Homeland Security secretary, the head ...
Calif Latino grocery chain fights immigration woes
Two decades ago, Mi Pueblo Food Center began modestly as a small butcher shop run by an illegal immigrant. Now, the supermarket that caters to the ...
AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks
Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a ...
Analysis: Asia a big focus for next US president
Changes could be in store for U.S.-Asian relations, but that has little to do with the presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President ...
Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group
The Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an ...
Spending by outside groups rocks many House races
Rep. Dan Lungren knows what it's like to have a big bull's eye plastered on his back. The Democratic Party and labor and environmental groups have ...
Emails shed light on Ryan, Walker relationship
Rising political stars and personal friends, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker worked quietly behind ...
Latino House candidates set to make history
It is lunch hour at Barelas Coffee House, in the heart of one of Albuquerque's oldest Latino neighborhoods. Democratic House candidate Michelle Lujan ...
Senate race a tie-breaker for Wisconsin Dems, GOP
Tommy Thompson, four-term Wisconsin governor and Republican Senate nominee, warmed up the audience for the main event — an exuberant, humorous, always ...
McGovern celebrated as 'conscience for our nation'
George McGovern made history with his loss of the 1972 presidential election in a historic landslide, but he was praised Friday for galvanizing the ...
Why don't these voters decide? Some like to mull
Who are these people who still can't make up their minds? They're undecided voters like Kelly Cox, who spends his days repairing the big rigs that ...
Romney on economy: Obama 'made the problem worse'
Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad ...
Storm could upend campaign travel plans
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney's meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could ...
Sen. Reid leaves hospital after Vegas car crash
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was discharged from the hospital less than three hours after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las ...
Va. AG asked to probe voting irregularities
Virginia election officials are asking the attorney general's office to investigate the son of Democratic Rep. Jim Moran, caught on tape discussing ...
Voting monitor group: We'll adhere to Texas laws
After Texas' top prosecutor told them to bring it on, the head of a group of international voting monitors at the center of an Election Day dust-up ...
Biden: America not in decline, Romney in denial
Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that America is not in decline and that the Republican presidential ticket is in denial about the improving ...
National GOP to spend $500,000 in Pa. Senate race
National Republicans are spending $500,000 on the Pennsylvania Senate race as polls show a closer contest between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and ...