Politics

FBI to investigate officer shooting double-amputee
A caretaker at a group home for the mentally ill called police in the middle of the night because a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair was ...
Appeals court tosses out landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court reversed itself Monday and threw out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was liable for billions of ...
Appeals court tosses landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court has reversed itself and thrown out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for billions of ...
South Carolina voter ID gets judges' scrutiny
Recognizing this year's elections are just a few weeks away, a panel of three federal judges questioned on Monday whether South Carolina should wait ...
Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death
Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the ...
Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action'
President Barack Obama said Monday "there's no doubt" that the assault of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including ...
Ryan faults Obama on plan to close tank factory
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan warned Monday that more Americans could be put at risk overseas by the Obama's administration plan to ...
Argentine leader challenges critics in US
President Cristina Fernandez is on a US tour this week with a message for critics on Wall Street and in Washington who say Argentina is headed for ...
More motherly McMahon aims for GOP upset in Conn.
Wealthy former professional wrestling executive Linda McMahon is shifting her image from groin-kicking CEO to grandmother in her second bid for Senate ...
Conservative fund considers backing Mo. Rep. Akin
A conservative fundraising group that had shied away from Missouri Rep. Todd Akin is now seriously considering whether to come to the embattled ...
Despite disapproval, someone will win Obama-Romney
Never have American voters re-elected a president whose work they disapprove of as much as Barack Obama's. Not that Mitt Romney can take much comfort ...
2 Marines to be court-martialed in urination case
Two Marine non-commissioned officers will be court-martialed for allegedly urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters last year in Afghanistan and ...
Romney: Foreign policy shouldn't react to events
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says U.S. foreign policy should not be conducted "at the mercy of events" overseas. He also says the ...
Romney criticizes Obama for 'bumps' comments
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he can't imagine calling the killing of a U.S. ambassador a "bump in the road." His comments Monday ...
ND Senate: Booming economy, close race
Off a dirt road a mile-and-a-half from the nearest town, Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp is standing in the loft of a barn, giving a ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Debt
The issue: A sea of red ink is confronting the nation and presidents to come. The budget deficit — the shortfall created when the government spends ...
Republicans look for voter fraud, find little
Republican election officials who promised to root out voter fraud so far are finding little evidence of a widespread problem. State officials in key ...
THE RACE: Ohio and Florida could be the deciders
It could all boil down to Ohio and Florida. The two states are the sparkling jewels in the swing-state crown. One or the other — or both — could ...
DSCC ups spending in Nev., Ind. Senate battles
Democrats are splitting roughly $1.2 million in new spending between tight races in Indiana and Nevada as they try to maintain control of the Senate.
Akin rebuilding Mo. Senate bid after rape remark
Written off by many in his own party a mere month ago, Republican Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly rebuilding his Senate campaign after apologizing for ...
2012 challenge: Corral undecided likely voters
Loretta Mitchell is 100 percent sure she's going to vote in the presidential race come November. She doesn't have a clue who'll get that vote.
Vote early: Skip the lines, maybe the debates, too
Now it's for real. Every time Mitt Romney or Barack Obama hits a rhetorical high note or commits another blunder, millions of voters watching and ...
Obama ad targets Romney on untaxed Americans
President Barack Obama's campaign is launching its first television advertisement targeting Mitt Romney's comments about Americans who don't pay ...
Obama responds to Romney's tough talk on Mideast
President Barack Obama, defending his foreign policy record at a time of anti-American rage in the Muslim world, fired back at suggestions from ...
Romney says he'll spend less time fundraising
Mitt Romney says he's going to spend less time raising money and more time with voters. The Republican presidential nominee says President Barack ...