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Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency
Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new ad promoting "Day One" of a potential Romney presidency, describing which of President Barack Obama's ...
Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 5th day
As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial get set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read ...
Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
Egyptians say they want their next leader to be honorable, smart, a knight, a man with a heart, a military man, a religious man, one who goes down and ...
Egyptians vote in presidential election's 2nd day
In a wide-open race that will define the nation's future political course, Egyptian voted Thursday on the second day of a landmark presidential ...
In Iowa, Obama touts election-year energy plan
President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to encourage renewable energy along with a more immediate ...
Search for Romney running mate in audition phase
Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a ...
Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival ...
Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary ...
Clinton: US wars with al-Qaida on the web
The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads ...
Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace ...
As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows
John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of ...
Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of ...
THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique
President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume. He risks reinforcing criticism that he's ...
Obama to graduates: 'A new feeling about America'
President Barack Obama declared Wednesday the world has a "new feeling about America" and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes ...
Primary sweep has Romney 1 win from GOP nomination
Mitt Romney swept all the delegates in GOP primaries in Kentucky and Arkansas and picked up more endorsements from party leaders, putting him one win ...
Romney defends record at Bain Capital firm
Mitt Romney is defending his work at the private equity firm he co-founded and says it's part of why he's qualified to be president. Romney told Time ...
Faces in the crowd in Egypt's election
Egyptian voters of many ages, occupations and beliefs stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots for a new president. The winner would ...
Romney says Congress should wait to act on economy
Mitt Romney says that if elected Congress should wait until he takes office to block automatic spending cuts and to keep tax cuts from expiring.
Egyptians vote in first free presidential election
More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for ...
A nation-by-nation look at Arab Spring's progress
On Wednesday, Egypt began its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak, ...
Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is airing two new ads, one focusing on his work with veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and ...
Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus
At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. The leading Hamas activist has been enrolled for eight ...
Competitive Senate race shaping up in North Dakota
North Dakota's prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a ...
Romney oil adviser also a big super PAC donor
Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm didn't wait long to make a nearly $1 million donation to a group supporting Republican presidential candidate ...
Why Egypt's presidential election matters
Egyptians on Wednesday and Thursday vote to elect their first president since the fall of Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011 after 29 years of his ...