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Pawlenty resigns from Romney campaign to lobby
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has resigned as a national co-chairman of Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to lobby for Wall Street.
Obama boosted by upbeat housing reports, new polls
Fresh signs of a national housing rebound and growing support in public opinion polls boosted President Barack Obama's bid for a new term in the White ...
Romney's comments ripple across battleground map
Mitt Romney's offhanded comment that as a candidate he doesn't worry about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no income taxes has quickly entered the ...
In Virginia, rivals for Senate talk up cooperation
Democrat Tim Kaine talks a lot about Republicans — the ones in his family, the ones he's worked with and the ones he hopes will help him bridge the ...
High court won't stop Texas voting map
The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use congressional districts that were drawn by a lower federal court for the November election. The court ...
Analysis: Romney sharpens differences with Obama
Republican Mitt Romney, in describing nearly half of Americans as being docile dependents of the state, and saying it's a "foreign concept" for ...
With Alaska's higher costs, dividends won't go far
This is the day Alaskans crow about to their brethren in the Lower 48, trying to make them jealous that the government gives them money to just live ...
Pa. high court wants review of voter ID access
Pennsylvania's highest court on Tuesday told a lower court that it should stop a tough new voter photo identification law from taking effect in this ...
Syrian war looms over UN meeting of world leaders
Hovering over this month's annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is the international community's failure to end the escalating war ...
AP Exclusive: Mass. inmate lauds sex-change ruling
A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge's decision to grant her request for sex-reassignment surgery is "the right thing to do." U.S.
Free speech, religion clash over anti-Muslim film
While the man behind an anti-Islam movie that ignited violence across the Middle East would likely face swift punishment in his native Egypt for ...
French small business faces job-creation hurdles
Europe needs jobs, and French entrepreneur Daniel Joutard wants to create them, hiring more employees for his skin-care products company. Yet he can't ...
Romney: 'Victims' comment not elegantly stated
Republican Mitt Romney is trying to head off a new distraction for his campaign after a video surfaced showing him telling wealthy donors that 47 ...
RI governor open to seizing 2003 club fire site
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday he was open to using eminent domain to seize the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people so ...
Lugar will not campaign for Mourdock in Ind.
Sen. Richard Lugar says he will not campaign for the man who vanquished him in May's Republican primary. Lugar told conservative Indiana blogger Abdul ...
In Arkansas, a last stand by embattled Democrats
When top Arkansas Democrats talk about their priorities in the 2012 election, they hardly mention the race for the White House or the fight for the ...
Senate GOP spending $650K in tight Ind. battle
Senate Republicans are jumping into Indiana's Senate race with a new ad, outdoing a recent buy from national Democrats as the parties battle for ...
Slow rebound may determine whether NC really swung
In many ways, Keith Fountain's personal economic odyssey is North Carolina's. After a decade at Lucent Technologies, Fountain was making $22 an hour ...
Senate race gives ND a taste of intense politics
Hustling to finish his wheat harvest, farmer Mark Nesheim was repairing his combine recently when his cellphone rang. The caller wanted to know if ...
AP source: Dems pour $516K into Ind. Senate battle
Senate Democrats will place a $516,000 bet next week that Rep. Joe Donnelly can beat Republican Richard Mourdock in the race for Indiana's open seat.
Tax on Amazon purchases in California
Online retailer Amazon.com has tried to become all things to all consumers, but in California, it is about to take on a role it has fought against for ...
'Rancher' has pros, cons for Fischer's Senate run
With roughly 35 million head of cattle grazing on nearly half the state's land, ranching retains an iconic status in Nebraska. So it's no surprise ...
Colorado shooting victims demand fund arbitrator
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper should take a $5.2 million victims' fund away from a private group so that assistance can more quickly be distributed, ...
Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike
Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations ...
Foreclosure starts fell on annual basis in August
The evolution of the U.S. foreclosure crisis is increasingly diverging along state lines. On a national level, fewer homes were placed on the ...