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$2 billion price tag for presidential election
The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according ...
Leading conservative DeMint resigning Senate seat
Sen. Jim DeMint, patron saint of the tea party and a would-be Republican kingmaker, announced suddenly Thursday he would resign his South Carolina ...
Correction: Bloomberg-Clinton-Mayoral Race story
In a story Dec. 5 about next year's New York City mayoral race, The Associated Press reported erroneously that former Bronx Borough President Adolfo ...
Egypt crisis tests opposition ahead of key votes
Egypt's latest political crisis over a disputed constitution is posing a difficult test for the mostly secular opposition: Can it maintain its ...
THE RESET: Other voices in fiscal cliff debate
They don't have a seat at the talks to defuse a year-end fiscal bomb, yet wield considerable influence. They are wise-cracking debt-reduction duo Alan ...
Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise
New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of ...
Neb. state Sen. Flood exits 2014 governor's race
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Flood leaving race for Nebraska governor
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Ghana election, a democracy test
With five peaceful elections under its belt, Ghana has shed its past of military coups and is poised to choose a president and a 275-seat parliament ...
Poll shows support for raising taxes on the rich
Americans prefer letting tax cuts expire for the country's top earners, as President Barack Obama insists, while support has declined for cutting ...
Islamists battle opponents as Egypt crisis grows
Egypt descended into political turmoil on Wednesday over the constitution drafted by Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi, and at least 211 ...
Analysis: Obama could risk going over 'cliff'
It may be just a bluff or a bargaining ploy, but the White House is signaling that President Barack Obama is willing to let the country go over the ...
Spending cuts shadow Obama meeting with tribes
Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of ...
Barcelona soccer club defends use of Catalan
Long a symbol of Catalan identity, Barcelona soccer club added its voice Wednesday to a simmering political dispute between the region of Catalonia ...
Egypt descends into political turmoil
Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi fought with rocks, firebombs and sticks outside the presidential palace in Cairo on ...
Germany to seek ban of far-right party
German security officials are trying again to ban the country's only significant far-right party, after meticulously collecting new evidence in an ...
Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year
Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012. Traffic for the unlikely pair on ...
THE RESET: Obama faces major foreign policy tests
Debate over the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts is consuming most of the political oxygen in Washington lately.
Georgian president and premier in battle of wills
It is a battle of egos that could not be more visible: The shining palace of the president and the lavish glass villa of the new billionaire prime ...
NYC mayor knocks reports he eyed Clinton to run
Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out Tuesday at reports that he encouraged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to run to succeed him, and he ...
Ryan, Rubio plot party future as 2016 talk starts
Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, two potential 2016 presidential candidates, laid out policy prescriptions for their Republican Party on Tuesday night, ...
Tea party group chief quits, cites internal split
Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential Republican fundraiser, former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left the ...
Official: Warren likely headed to Banking Panel
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee. A Senate Democratic official ...
IOC suspends India over political interference
The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for ...