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New nonprofit to promote Obama agenda
In an unprecedented move, President Barack Obama's vaunted political organization is being turned into a nonprofit group — funded in part by corporate ...
Obama calls for research on media in gun violence
Hollywood and the video game industry received scant attention Wednesday when President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping proposals for curbing gun ...
Violence baked into popular culture
Well aware that the television audience may be particularly sensitive, the Showtime network aired a disclaimer warning audiences of violent content ...
Shooting renews argument over video-game violence
In the days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a shell-shocked nation has looked for reasons. The list of culprits ...
Obama, GOP leaders lay down markers on budget deal
Taking little time to celebrate, President Barack Obama is setting out to leverage his re-election into legislative success in an upcoming showdown ...
Obama's campaign ends where it all began
For President Barack Obama, it ended where it all began. Obama closed his 2012 campaign with a nighttime rally Monday in Iowa, where his 2008 caucus ...
Final days of Obama campaign steeped in nostalgia
Tuesday's election results may be uncertain, but President Barack Obama and the tight circle of advisers who have surrounded him through years of ...
Obama on the road: a study in self-assurance
In his days in the state Senate in Springfield, Ill., Barack Obama was known as a pretty good poker player. While he might have known how to mask a ...
Obama tours storm damage, Romney mutes rhetoric
President Barack Obama soberly toured the destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy on Wednesday in the company of New Jersey's Republican governor and ...
Obama aims to project leadership as storm hits
President Barack Obama the candidate stepped aside Monday so the commander in chief could take over. In the waning days of his re-election bid, the ...
East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left ...
Obama makes closing case to late-breaking voters
Battling to win late-breaking undecided voters, President Barack Obama is pressing a closing argument that balances economic optimism with second-term ...
Obama, Romney pumped for dash to the finish
With just two weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama on Tuesday began a cross-country rush to hold onto office in tough economic times with ...
Obama, Romney allies square off on foreign policy
On the eve of their final presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama — through their allies — squared off Sunday over which candidate would ...
Romney ups criticism of Obama's second-term plans
Heading into the campaign's final weeks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is upping his criticism of President Barack Obama's plans for ...
Obama strategy post-debate highlights women, Libya
President Barack Obama's campaign moved swiftly Wednesday to try to capitalize on his spirited debate performance, making an aggressive push on ...
THE RACE: Hofstra debate critical to both sides
The presidential contest is razor close. From now on, even little things can have big consequences — making Tuesday night's debate at Hofstra ...
Lindsey Graham alleges cover-up on Libya
A senior Republican senator on Sunday accused President Barack Obama's aides of deliberately covering up the details of the Sept. 11 attack in Libya ...
Romney seeks Ohio votes as Obama preps for debate
Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan went back to school on Saturday to rally college students in all corners of all-important Ohio and hammer at ...
Biden likely to play 'hardball' in VP debate
Four years ago, Joe Biden was careful not to appear overly aggressive in his vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin, then a newcomer to the ...
SPIN METER: An improbable reach for the high road
Suddenly it's all about honesty. Seriously? President Barack Obama, who's been peddling a nonexistent peace dividend for a year, and Mitt Romney, ...
Romney: 'Victory is in sight' after first debate
Buoyed by a powerful debate showing, Mitt Romney said Thursday he offers "prosperity that comes through freedom" to a country struggling to shed a ...
Romney shifts to center as his confidence grows
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is shifting sharply to the political center as he begins to deliver a closing argument aimed at a slice ...
After debate, Obama campaign signals 'adjustments'
His performance panned, President Barack Obama is changing his debate strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, aides conceding the president must find ...
Debate viewers learn that Romney can be wonky, too
Both men relish the wonky talk in their own way. Mitt Romney, like an executive making a forceful sales pitch, shows an easy confidence that suits a ...