Politics

  • Biden: America not in decline, Romney in denial

    Updated: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:37 PM

    Vice president Joe Biden is telling Wisconsin voters that America is not in decline and that the Republican presidential ticket is in denial about the improving economy.

  • Romney: Families face a choice

    Updated: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:42 PM

    Mitt Romney is talking today about choices facing American families -- telling a rally in Cincinnati that if President Barack Obama is re-elected, seniors on Medicare will struggle to find doctors, college students will face a huge loan burden, and parents will lose choices about where to educate their children.

  • Obama gets briefing on Hurricane Sandy

    Updated: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:37 PM

    President Barack Obama has been briefed on Hurricane Sandy and the White House is urging people in the storm's path to listen to local officials and monitor weather reports.

  • Obama vows to protect women's health care rights

    Updated: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:34 PM

    Obama has been renewing his pitch to female voters today. In the midst of a marathon, cross-country campaign trip, he made a veiled reference to Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something God intended."

  • Romney's campaign says he still supports Mourdock

    Updated: Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:59 PM

    Republican Mitt Romney's campaign says he still supports Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after Mourdock said "God intended" pregnancies that result from rape, but the campaign has not asked Mourdock to take down a TV ad featuring Romney.

  • Obama: 'Trust matters' in a presidential campaign

    Updated: Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:56 PM

    President Barack Obama says at the start of a 48-hour campaign trip that "trust matters" in a presidential campaign and he has kept the same values throughout his political career.

  • Romney won't say if he's open to 1-on-1 Iran talks

    Updated: Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:12 PM

    Republican Mitt Romney is refusing to say if he would be open to one-on-one talks with Iran if elected president.

  • Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90

    Updated: Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:43 PM

    A family spokesman says former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90.

  • Clintons remember McGovern for anti-hunger efforts

    Updated: Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:45 PM

    Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, say they are saddened by the passing of former presidential candidate and Sen. George McGovern.

  • Obama: McGovern was war hero who championed peace

    Updated: Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:49 PM

    President Barack Obama says the late Sen. George McGovern was "a statesman of great conscience and conviction" who "dedicated his life to serving the country he loved."

  • Biden in Florida: 'Romnesia' spreading to Ryan

    Updated: Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:32 PM

    Vice President Joe Biden is picking up on his boss' new word, telling a crowd in Florida that "Romnesia" must be contagious because it's spreading to Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan.

  • Obama, Romney prep for final debate focusing on international affairs

    Updated: Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:06 PM

    Monday's presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., is the third and final face-off between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney and comes just 15 days before the election.

  • Romney started month with less cash than Obama

    Updated: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:32 PM

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is attending his last fundraiser of the election season as newly released documents show his campaign had $61.3 million to spend at the end of September, less than President Barack Obama's nearly $100 million.

  • Lawyers, CEOs helped Obama win Sept. money battle

    Updated: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:29 PM

    Attorneys, business owners and retirees helped President Barack Obama raise more cash than Republican challenger Mitt Romney last month.

  • Romney and Obama head to their debate prep corners

    Updated: Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:48 PM

    The running mates get to run the campaign this weekend while the presidential candidates retreat from the public eye to prepare for the third and final debate on Monday.

  • Obama promotes positive signs in housing market; GOP cites regulatory overreach

    Updated: Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:51 PM

    President Barack Obama says improvements in the housing industry are encouraging but there are still too many mortgage holders who owe more than their homes are worth.

  • Lauding Obama, Clinton cites 'impatient' Americans

    Updated: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:11 PM

    Former President Bill Clinton says President Barack Obama is facing a tough re-election race because "impatient" Americans haven't fully recognized an economy on the mend.

  • Gun industry thrives during Obama's term in office

    Updated: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:17 PM

    President Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association four years ago that he would be the "most anti-gun president in American history."

  • A complete recap of last night's debate, hot topics

    Updated: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:25 AM

    Here is a comprehensive look back at last nght's second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. We recap the night's heated changes as well as the topics discussed throughout the night.

  • Green Party candidates arrested at debate

    Updated: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:36 AM

    Police say the Green Party candidates for president, Jill Stein, and vice president, Cheri Honkala, were arrested at the second presidential debate.

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