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Dems slam Ryan over Social Security privatization
Democrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Paul ...
Don't expect parties to get bold in platforms
Don't look for many bold pronouncements when Republicans and Democrats adopt party platforms at their national conventions. Platforms are supposed to ...
Bickering over bona fides in Montana Senate race
Denny Rehberg often wears cowboy boots while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, telling stories about his ranching background and bashing the "death ...
Panetta prods Karzai on Afghan insider killings
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday to discuss the rising number of "insider" attacks in which Afghan ...
Obama talks about daughters' NH camp experience
President Barack Obama is talking about his daughters' experience at summer camp and revealing for the first time where they spent their summer — New ...
Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges
Who loves Medicare more? President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's running mate vied for that distinction Saturday as Medicare became the latest ...
Romney mingles at Massachusetts restaurant
Mitt Romney is briefly mingling with voters in Massachusetts even though he has no hopes of winning the state this fall. The Republican presidential ...
Paul Ryan: Wisconsin roots, Washington clout
Since his youth, Paul Ryan has shown a knack for eliciting mixed feelings. Classmates at Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville, Wis., bestowed on ...
Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base
Rushing toward their party conventions, the rival presidential campaigns are trying to invigorate core supporters while reaching out to a sliver of ...
Ex-fundraiser for US Rep. Grimm arrested in NYC
An Israeli who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm during his 2010 campaign has been arrested in New York on ...
Romney says he needs to keep big fundraising push
Mitt Romney says he needs to keep raising money at a furious pace because President Barack Obama broke all fundraising marks four years ago.
Romney wants running mate to play it safe, for now
Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe. Ryan, the nation's most controversial budget architect, is often described as the ...
Hall of Famer Murray settles insider-trading case
Eddie Murray made big money in baseball with his powerful swing from both sides of the plate. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, he ...
Ann Romney proudly owns stay-at-home mom image
To the yearbook editors at the all-girl Kingswood School, Ann Lois Davies' destiny seemed pretty obvious. "The first lady," the entry beside the ...
Michelle Obama: the person and the persona
She is 5-foot-11 and world famous. Sometimes she inspires awe in her admirers. She has been accused of being the angry type. So when Michelle Obama ...
The veep: A regular and not-so-regular Joe
After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex marriage while the president remained on the fence, speculation was rampant about ...
Ryan's 78-year-old mom joins him at campaign rally
Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan says his family relied on Medicare to take care of his grandmother, and his mother now counts on the program in ...
Trying to see into the heart of the GOP candidate
Long before Mitt Romney became the millionaire candidate from Massachusetts, he was his father's son, weeding the garden in the upscale suburb of ...
No longer a blank slate: Obama, 4 years later
Nearly four years after Barack Obama was elected to the most powerful office in the most powerful country in the world, the question remains: Who is ...
Florida highway offers clues to presidential race
Beyond the theme park billboards that promise worlds of fantasy and adventure there is reality along this road that ripples across the state, small ...
Convention host cities gear up for traffic
During this summer's national political conventions, workers in downtown Tampa and Charlotte will face throngs of pedestrians snaking through ...
Obama renews call for aid to halt teacher layoffs
Tight school budgets have meant fewer teachers, larger classes and shorter school years, according to a White House report that President Barack Obama ...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for President Barack Obama's re-election ...
Group: DC gunman may have targeted it, too
The head of a second Christian conservative organization said Friday she was told by authorities that a note containing her group's contact ...
Ryan paid a higher federal tax rate than Romney
When it comes to their federal taxes in the last two years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has paid a lower federal tax rate than his ...