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Analysis: A big choice on the government's role
Suspense over the too-close-to-call presidential race has partly obscured the fact that Americans on Tuesday will choose between two dramatically ...
US Air Force keeps fleet of aging warhorses flying
For decades, the U.S. Air Force has grown accustomed to such superlatives as unrivaled and unbeatable. These days, some of its key combat aircraft are ...
Campaigning for victory, Romney speeches shift
From an airport runway on a cold New Hampshire morning, Republican Mitt Romney faced 2,000 supporters and delivered the same speech he had given the ...
Win or lose, Biden may be back in the race in 2016
Two weeks after the election, Vice President Joe Biden will turn 70, with 40 years in elective office. But win or lose, this may not be Biden's last ...
Better off 4 years later? A mixed bag of answers
It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors.
Romney warns against re-electing Obama
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned Friday that re-electing his Democratic opponent would threaten another government shutdown and ...
Solid job growth in last reading before election
The United States added a solid 171,000 jobs in October, and more than a half-million Americans joined the work force, the latest signs that the ...
Most of Congress coming back despite low approval
Listen up, voters, you're the boss. Your employee has barely produced the past two years, has hardly showed up for work, hasn't cooperated with others ...
Romney would bring CEO eye to White House
Should he prevail Tuesday, Mitt Romney would bring a CEO's eye to the White House and a policy agenda based on a general set of principles and focused ...
Hurricane Sandy shuts stock trading for 2 days
Remember when President Grover Cleveland ran for a second consecutive term, Jack the Ripper spread terror in London and Kaiser Wilhelm II became ...
Michigan House race muddled after bizarre start
It seemed things couldn't get more muddled after U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, a Republican who appeared destined for easy re-election in his suburban ...
Why don't these voters decide? Some like to mull
Who are these people who still can't make up their minds? They're undecided voters like Kelly Cox, who spends his days repairing the big rigs that ...
With election near, sober Romney on foreign policy
Mitt Romney abruptly moderated his foreign policy positions in this week's debate on issues like ending the war in Afghanistan and averting another ...
Virginia politics shaped by population shifts
For 10 presidential races in a row, Virginia voted reliably Republican. Then came 2008, and Barack Obama's victory. Now the GOP is battling to take ...
After final debate, a mad rush to home
After Monday's final debate, just two weeks remain. Expect President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney to supercharge their ground ...
McGovern's political career only part of legacy
George McGovern never slowed down, never stopped working — not even after losing the 1972 presidential race in a historic landslide that would have ...
George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid
George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored ...
Ailes re-ups as Fox News chief for 4 more years
News Corp. said Friday that Fox News chief executive Roger Ailes has signed a new four-year contract. Ailes, 72, first joined News Corp. in 1996.
Sin City's pull puts state of Nevada in play
This city's skyline is dominated by an imposing row of high-rises, much like in any American metropolis. What makes politics here different is who ...
Scholars say Jewish shift to GOP a long way off
Like Chicago Cubs fans in spring, Jewish Republicans start every presidential election season hoping this will be their year: American Jews, who have ...
Third parties to Obama, Romney: Leave us alone
What do a Navy mom, Big Bird and AARP have in common? They want President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney to leave them alone. Both candidates ...
THE RACE: Both sides get help from musical friends
Only one campaign debate is left, just 20 days remain and the two presidential tickets are furiously fighting down to what could be a photo finish.
NY evangelical college probes 'Obama' filmmaker
A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing documentary that condemns President Barack Obama is under investigation by the evangelical college he ...
Yankees manager Girardi attends father's funeral
Jerry Girardi was memorialized Monday as a dedicated laborer who built the ranch-style Illinois home where he raised five highly successful children ...
Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning Sunday
As Mitt Romney's campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama's political advisers on Sunday promised the ...