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Every 4 years, something more than just politics
So much can change in four years. Some 16 million babies have been born in the United States since 2008, the last year the Democrats and Republicans ...
Republicans shuffle schedule as Isaac threatens
Republicans will formally bestow their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney on Tuesday night, one day later than planned, officials announced Sunday ...
Paul says his backers will 'become the GOP tent'
Rep. Ron Paul, the plucky GOP presidential candidate yet to get fully behind Mitt Romney, lashed out Sunday at Republican efforts to marginalize his ...
Lawmakers want Ariz. border fence started
Members of the Arizona Legislature's border security advisory committee want the state to begin building a mile of fencing along the border with ...
Priebus: Akin stay risks GOP control of Senate
Republican National Party chair Reince Priebus says that Todd Akin's insistence on staying in the Missouri Senate race could cost the party its chance ...
Ann Romney has Secret Service protection
The wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney now has Secret Service agents assigned to her at all times. The move comes as her husband ...
AP-GfK poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security
Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have ...
Jeb Bush: Romney can connect with Americans
President Barack Obama's lead over Mitt Romney in polls over who connects better with the average American is only temporary because of the negative ...
McCain: Romney must appeal to women, Hispanics
Sen. John McCain says Republican Mitt Romney has to sell his message about jobs and the economy to women and Hispanics this November if he is to win ...
Romney rolls out ad against Obama Medicare cuts
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is using Barack Obama's words from 2008 against him in a new ad about Medicare. Romney's campaign on Sunday rolled ...
Obama-Romney race is focused on 7 states
On the eve of their national party conventions, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a close race to amass the requisite 270 Electoral College ...
AP Interview: Obama calls Romney's ideas 'extreme'
President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into "extreme positions" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if ...
Storm forces GOP to scrap first day of convention
Republican officials abruptly announced plans Saturday night to scrap the first day of their national convention, bowing to the threat of Tropical ...
Florida prepares for Isaac ahead of GOP convention
Floridians, tourists and thousands of visitors for the Republican National Convention were warned Saturday to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac, which ...
Republicans in beachfront hotels brace for Isaac
The beachfront hotels that a few lucky delegations scored for the Republican National Convention are all of a sudden a point of concern as Tropical ...
Biden cancels Florida trip
Vice President Joe Biden is postponing his planned trip to Florida because of Tropical Storm Isaac. Biden was planning to go to Orlando and St.
Akin Senate bid tests GOP strength in Missouri
A "bellwether," quite literally, is a male sheep wearing a bell that leads the flock — or at least allows a farmer to find his sheep, because the ...
A paint-by-numbers portrait of changing nation
We're heavier in pounds and hotter by degrees than Americans of old. We're starting to snub our noses at distant suburbs after generations of burbs ...
Romney on Armstrong: an "American hero"
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says astronaut Neil Armstrong is an "American hero." Romney told reporters Saturday that Armstrong's ...
Groups to push marriage equality during DNC
The constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the host state of the Democratic National Convention has stirred anger and resentment among advocates ...
Tea party lawmakers torn between beliefs, politics
Twenty months into a Congress they have tilted rightward, tea party loyalists are finding that ideological purity can be elusive for conservative ...
Poll finds swath of voters undecided, unexcited
Call them maybes. Two months out from Election Day, nearly a quarter of all registered voters are either undecided about the presidential race or iffy ...
Ryan's life changes in ways big and small
It's safe to say that until recently, Republican Paul Ryan had never visited a lemonade stand with a dozen Secret Service agents in tow. And he almost ...
Obama says he wants to preserve Medicare
The Medicare program is about keeping promises to millions of seniors who have put in a lifetime of hard work, President Barack Obama said Saturday ...