Politics

Some incumbents get scant help from national party
Thanks for your service, and good luck. That's what the national parties are saying to congressional veterans like Roscoe Bartlett, the Maryland ...
AP Newsbreak: Dems blast $1.1M anti-Mourdock ad
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is spending $1.1 million to keep Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comments about pregnancy ...
NH resort won't be open for 1st voting this year
For more than 50 years, voters in a township tucked close to the Canadian border have cast some of the nation's first ballots for president at the ...
AP-GfK poll: Romney edging out Obama on economy
Americans are growing increasingly optimistic about the future of the U.S. economy, and likely voters trust Republican Mitt Romney slightly more than ...
2nd arrest in case linked to NY policeman's death
A man was arrested on charges he assisted a suspect in the shooting deaths of a New York police officer and a carjacking victim, prosecutors said ...
All day, all night: Obama's long search for votes
Deep in the longest day of his campaign, President Barack Obama was in a Las Vegas casino, gambling that his re-election bid needed one more stop.
House speaker presses Obama for answers on Libya
House Speaking John Boehner (BAY'-nuhr) is pressing President Barack Obama for answers about the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Libya ...
Could events beyond campaign control jolt race?
An election-eve terrorist strike. A tanking stock market. A stunner of a jobs report. An unscripted moment. Democratic President Barack Obama and ...
Jump in young adults moving out of state
Their lives on hold for years, young adults are now making big moves in the fledgling economic recovery, leaving college towns or parents' homes and ...
Hillary Clinton turns 65
First Lady, Senator, Presidential Candidate and Secretary of State: A homage in pictures. Happy Birthday, Mme. Secretary!
Powell standing by Obama in 2012 presidential race
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year's election. He told CBS' "This ...
THE RACE: Debt crisis looms in race's home stretch
The most pressing economic issue facing Washington — whether President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney wins — is a looming deadline for ...
McCain accepts Mourdock explanation, backs him
Republican Sen. John McCain is again backing Indiana's Richard Mourdock after the Senate candidate explained his remark that pregnancy from rape is ...
Senate: Medtronic shaped articles promoting InFuse
Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. helped write and edit medical journal articles attributed to outside physicians, which downplayed the risks of the ...
Obama vows to protect women's health care rights
President Barack Obama says voters saw again this week why male politicians shouldn't be making health care decisions for women. Obama's comments were ...
Obama and Bill Clinton to campaign together
President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together Monday, opening the final full week before Election Day with a three-state battleground ...
Guns, climate, gays missing in presidential race
Of the roughly 50,000 words spoken in this month's three presidential debates, none were "climate change," ''global warming" or "greenhouse gas.
Absentee voting's rise means more risk of problems
Because of a printing error, somewhere around 27,000 absentee ballots already cast by voters are being painstakingly copied by hand in Palm Beach ...
Obama talks 2nd term; Romney zeroes in on economy
President Barack Obama is confidently predicting speedy second-term agreement with Republicans to reduce federal deficits and overhaul immigration ...
Obama lobbies casino workers in late-night pitch
President Barack Obama has wrapped up a long day of campaigning with a brief speech to hotel workers at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. Obama told ...
GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward ...
GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock refused to apologize Wednesday for saying that when pregnancy results from rape then that is ...
Obama criticizes GOP candidate's rape remarks
President Barack Obama on Wednesday night criticized Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for his remarks about rape and pregnancy, ...
Congressman's son leaves campaign in wake of video
The son of Democratic congressman Jim Moran of Virginia has resigned from his father's campaign after an undercover video shows him discussing a plan ...
White House told of Libyan attack claim Sept. 11
Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility ...