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Hurricane upends final week of Mass. Sen. campaign
The powerful storm ravaging the East Coast is upending the final week of campaigning in Massachusetts' grueling U.S. Senate race. Republican Sen.
Superstorm Sandy takes aim at Atlantic coast
Stripped of hurricane status but every bit as dangerous, the weather monster known as Sandy wheeled toward the New Jersey and Delaware coast Monday ...
Mother of Mo. Sen. McCaskill dies at age 84
Betty Anne Ward McCaskill, the mother of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and a political trailblazer in her own right, died Monday at her home in St.
Romney scraps Monday night, Tuesday campaigning
Mitt Romney juggled politics and Hurricane Sandy's fury on Monday as he tweaked his campaign schedule and political rhetoric eight days before most ...
Sandy gains power and aims for Northeast
Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore ...
Mourdock: Cannot 'unring the bell' of rape comment
GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock says he can't "unring the bell" on comments he made last week about rape, and he's joining a national Republican ...
Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end
The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep.
New McCaskill ad declares: 'Todd Akin is scary'
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Monday launched a Halloween-week ad casting her Republican challenger Todd Akin as "scary" because of his remarks ...
Republicans poised for gains in governor's races
Republicans are in position to extend their recent gains among governors as they compete for seats they haven't won in a quarter-century. Of the 11 ...
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 ...
Megastorm could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US
Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare for the first ...
US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations
Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably ...
Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes NH
Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama ...
Obama hits Romney on taxes, Massachusetts record
President Barack Obama is seeking to win over voters in low-tax New Hampshire by criticizing Mitt Romney for raising taxes and fees when he was ...
Emails shed light on Ryan, Walker relationship
Rising political stars and personal friends, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker worked quietly behind ...
Latino House candidates set to make history
It is lunch hour at Barelas Coffee House, in the heart of one of Albuquerque's oldest Latino neighborhoods. Democratic House candidate Michelle Lujan ...
Senate race a tie-breaker for Wisconsin Dems, GOP
Tommy Thompson, four-term Wisconsin governor and Republican Senate nominee, warmed up the audience for the main event — an exuberant, humorous, always ...
Wealthy siblings become forces in Calif. politics
Charles Munger Sr. is best known as Warren Buffett's right-hand man, an investor who has turned his skill at picking winning companies into a ...
Biden: America not in decline, Romney in denial
Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that America is not in decline and that the Republican presidential ticket is in denial about the improving ...
Huckabee to aid Akin in Mo. Senate race with TV ad
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is making another appearance on Missouri television screens in support of Republican Senate candidate Todd ...
Romney won't call on Mourdock to pull ads
A senior aide says Mitt Romney will not call on Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock to pull TV ads featuring the GOP presidential candidate's ...
Kerrey struggling in Nebraska Senate race
Democrats hoped Nebraska's Senate race would be the story of Bob Kerrey's political revival. Instead, the emergence of Republican Deb Fischer, a ...
GOP tries to move past Mourdock comment on rape
Embattled Senate candidate Richard Mourdock and national Republican officials said Thursday they were moving past the uproar over his comments that ...
Eastern utilities brace for expected super storm
Utilities and governments along the East Coast are working to head off long-term power failures as forecasters predict a major storm to hit a region ...
AP Newsbreak: Dems blast $1.1M anti-Mourdock ad
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is spending $1.1 million to keep Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comments about pregnancy ...