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RNC: Ann Romney to address convention Tuesday
Republican National Convention officials say Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, will be speaking during prime-time television coverage of the event.
AP Source: Biden skipping stop in Tampa
Vice President Joe Biden is postponing his planned trip to Tampa, Fla., the site of the Republican National Convention. An Obama campaign official ...
Obama campaign forced to find new venue for visit
President Barack Obama was forced to find another venue for a Virginia campaign event next week after the University of Virginia declined a request ...
Romney to feature personal side at convention
Mitt Romney is about to get personal. The GOP's presidential nominee-to-be wants to use his four-day party next week in Florida to play up his life ...
Romney open to sending troops to Syria
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday that he would send U.S. troops to Syria if needed to prevent the spread of chemical weapons.
Akin makes first Mo. appearance since rape remarks
Bolstered by thousands of small individual donations, embattled Republican Congressman Todd Akin reaffirmed his commitment to his U.S. Senate campaign ...
OAS urges Britain, Ecuador to resolve Assange row
The Organization of American States on Friday urged the governments of Britain and Ecuador to peacefully end a standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian ...
Ohio doctor helps perpetuate rape pregnancy ideas
The discredited notion that a woman's body can resist conception in a sexual assault has persisted in anti-abortion circles for decades, largely ...
RNC demonstrators vow to protest, rain or shine
Just as Republicans are preparing for their convention next week, so are the protesters. And just like the Republicans are making contingency plans ...
Democratic incumbent is content for Akin to stay
Rep. Todd Akin's staunchest defender may turn out to be his chief political rival. As the nation's top Republicans urged Akin this week to abandon his ...
White House race offers voters many clear choices
November's presidential election offers Americans one of the starkest choices in years. On this, at least, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can ...
THE RACE: Obama, Romney hail their running mates
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney don't agree on much but they do on at least one thing: they're both fond of their ...
McRaven tells troops to pipe down
Special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven warned his troops, current and former, that he would take legal action against anyone found to have exposed ...
Romney: Big business is fine, helped by tax havens
Creating a potential headache for his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said big businesses in the U.S. were "doing fine" in ...
Flake seen as heavy favorite in Arizona primary
Little in Arizona cools off in the middle of August. One exception is the GOP's Senate primary election, where the wealthy businessman who spent $6 ...
Convention speakers aim at women, glum partisans
Attention, women: Ann Romney and Sandra Fluke are talking to you. Listen up, glum partisans: Conservatives not in love with Republican presidential ...
Forget the Mormon moment; it's about Catholics
Forget the Mormon moment. The religious group that seems to be figuring most prominently in the presidential election right now is the Roman Catholic ...
Dems add business leaders to convention roster
The Democratic Party is giving two prominent business leaders speaking roles at the party convention: CarMax co-founder Austin Ligon and Costco ...
Romney could be nominated early in convention week
Republican delegates will begin the roll call vote to officially nominate Mitt Romney for president on Monday at the national convention in Tampa, ...
Ryan says Obama undercuts welfare reform law
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama wants to ease work requirements for welfare recipients even though that ...
Romney: Big business is 'doing fine'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday that most big businesses in the U.S. are "doing fine" and attributed their success in part ...
Romney promises energy independence by 2020
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney promised on Thursday to aggressively expand offshore oil drilling along Virginia, North Carolina and the ...
SEAL who wrote bin Laden raid book identified
The Navy SEAL who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym was identified Thursday as Matt Bissonnette, who retired ...