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Berlin unveils plaque to Reagan's 'Wall' speech
Berlin's mayor has unveiled a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's call to the Soviets to "tear down" the wall ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Taxes
The issue: Just about every U.S. taxpayer is facing a significant tax increase next year, unless Congress and the White House can agree on a plan to ...
Republicans: Bad gets worse for Romney
A bad stretch for Mitt Romney just got worse, and Republican insiders now are growing increasingly pessimistic about the GOP presidential nominee's ...
GOP focuses on monthly jobs report, but do voters?
The government's monthly jobs report has become Washington's most anticipated and studied economic indicator, pounced upon by politicians, economists ...
AP sources: Obama launching China trade case
President Barack Obama will launch a new trade enforcement case against China Monday, using the power of incumbency to counter Republican Mitt ...
Thousands in SKorea attend funeral for Rev. Moon
Tens of thousands of mourners sobbed, sang, prayed and vowed to cherish the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's teachings Saturday as they said goodbye to their ...
Autumn surprise can transform a presidential race
Septembers shock, Octobers surprise, early Novembers can knock a campaign sideways. In a presidential race's waning weeks, almost anything can happen ...
THE RACE: Dynamics of presidential contest shifted
This year, the "October Surprise" that sometimes erupts late in presidential cycles came a month early. Attacks on American diplomatic outposts in ...
Bear hugs, biker babe: Campaign 2012 gets physical
Barack Obama goes airborne in a doozy of a bear hug with a pizza guy in Florida. Joe Biden cozies up with a biker chick in Ohio. Paul Ryan encircles ...
Does racial bias fuel Obama foes? How to tell?
Is it because he's black? The question of whether race fuels opposition to President Barack Obama has become one of the most divisive topics of the ...
In campaign, a battle over owning America's story
Over and over, they spun different versions of the same notion. We are telling America's story, they said. We are redefining, recapturing, reframing ...
Fall's must-see political TV: Obama-Romney debates
Finally, the fall season offers the matchup sure to attract the biggest audience of the campaign: President Barack Obama going one-on-one with ...
Romney, Obama in battle for working-class whites
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are working feverishly for an increasingly smaller but crucial slice of the electorate — ...
CONVENTION WATCH: An appraisal, Mitt who?
Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...
ESSAY: Deconstructing Barack Obama the orator
Barack Obama goes before his convention with a reputation as a great orator. But is he? Certainly, there have been moments that soared: his address ...
Clinton boosts Obama in rousing convention speech
In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention, former President Bill Clinton proclaimed Wednesday night, "I know we're ...
How weak is US job market? Depends on your numbers
Is the U.S. job market dismal as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says? Or is it steadily improving as President Barack Obama contends? Not ...
ESSAY: Bill Clinton and the ex-president conundrum
Every political party has had leaders it would like to exalt and leaders it would like to forget. Bill Clinton has managed to be both. He is the ...
Ex-presidents can be a burden or a blessing
Bill Clinton's in, George W. Bush is out. Jimmy Carter gets only a cameo. Ronald Reagan is ever-present, almost a quarter century after his presidency ...
Mass. inmate sex-change ruling praised, condemned
A ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery to an inmate is being praised by advocates as important ...
Better off? Dems say yes, cite health law, autos
Better off than four years ago? Even some of President Barack Obama's biggest fans have to work to get to "yes," but they expect him to make the case ...
Political conventions highlight Hispanic split
The Hispanics with the highest profiles in this year's political conventions, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, ...
CONVENTION WATCH: Michelle's words, Julian Castro
Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...
Judge: Mass. must pay for killer's sex change
State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, because it is ...