Politics

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 ...
Absentee ballots may have been destroyed in crash
Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been burned in a plane crash. A top official ...
In veteran-heavy states, military issues magnified
The far-flung swing states that have the most sway in the presidential election have something else in common — a large share of military veterans who ...
Romney, Obama teams plan for who takes White House
It's the defining ritual of American democracy: the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Though the outcome of the White House race is still days ...
Huckabee to aid Akin in Mo. Senate race with TV ad
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is making another appearance on Missouri television screens in support of Republican Senate candidate Todd ...
Romney won't call on Mourdock to pull ads
A senior aide says Mitt Romney will not call on Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock to pull TV ads featuring the GOP presidential candidate's ...
Ryan raising money in solidly Republican states
John McCain won Alabama by 21 percentage points. The 2008 Republican nominee won South Carolina by 9 percentage points. And McCain carried Georgia by ...
THE RACE: Romney, Obama both taking aim at Bush
As they present their closing arguments, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are occupying some unexpected common ground. Both are taking shots at ...
Romney calls for 'bold changes' for economy
Promising to work with "good Democrats," Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Friday for "bold changes" to help revive the economy as ...
Love hopes to be 1st black GOP woman in Congress
In her bid to become the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, Mia Love is the party's emblem of diversity this campaign year.
Kerrey struggling in Nebraska Senate race
Democrats hoped Nebraska's Senate race would be the story of Bob Kerrey's political revival. Instead, the emergence of Republican Deb Fischer, a ...
Campaigns deploy radio ads to gin up base voters
Drivers listening to adult contemporary radio along Interstate 4 in central Florida are hearing ads like this: "President Obama raised taxes on ...
DC leaders say Obama has done little for them
President Barack Obama carried the nation's capital in 2008 with 92 percent of the vote, and some local activists hoped he would push to give the ...
Very few voters to decide presidential race
The outcome of the hard-fought but still deadlocked presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will be ...
Obama pressures Romney to break his Mourdock ties
President Barack Obama, seeking to shore up support among women, intensified his pressure Thursday on Mitt Romney to break any ties with a Republican ...
Presidential election hits $2B fundraising mark
The 2012 presidential campaign passed the $2 billion mark in fundraising Thursday, fueled by an outpouring of cash from both ordinary citizens and the ...
In testimony, Romney was skeptical of Staples
In newly unsealed testimony related to Staples founder Tom Stemberg's divorce, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he was initially ...
Romney places TV ads in Minnesota
Republican Mitt Romney is placing television ads in Minnesota, a move that pushes his presidential campaign into a state Democrats have held for more ...
Defiant Texas AG wants to keep poll observers out
Don't mess with Texas elections. That's the double-down message Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott delivered Thursday to international poll watchers ...
Obama backs gay marriage measures in 3 states
President Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind ballot measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington state that would legalize same-sex ...
Police investigate Moran's son after video release
Police say they have launched a criminal investigation following the release of undercover video showing the son of Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of ...
GOP tries to move past Mourdock comment on rape
Embattled Senate candidate Richard Mourdock and national Republican officials said Thursday they were moving past the uproar over his comments that ...
Panetta: US lacked early info on Benghazi attack
The U.S. military did not quickly intervene during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last month because military leaders did not have adequate ...
Eastern utilities brace for expected super storm
Utilities and governments along the East Coast are working to head off long-term power failures as forecasters predict a major storm to hit a region ...
Obama votes early in Chicago hometown
President Barack Obama has cast his ballot early, returning to his hometown of Chicago to drum up support for early voting. The president says, "all ...