Santorum fights back ahead of latest primaries
| Rick Santorum is fighting back after a barrage of attacks from rival Mitt Romney ahead of three primary season contests that could give the former Pennsylvania senator his best day on the campaign trail since winning the Iowa caucus. |
Obama on presidency: ‘You get better as time goes on’
| President Barack Obama believes the U.S. has solid intelligence on when Iran becomes capable of developing a nuclear arsenal, but told Matt Lauer Sunday he still believes negotiations are the only way to achieve long-term peace. |
Romney poised to win another state Saturday
| Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, a Mormon with close ties to church leaders, is expected to carry an overwhelming majority of votes Saturday from Nevada members of the church. |
Obama to speak on the economy
| President Barack Obama is to visit a state-of-the-art fire station in a Washington suburb on Friday. |
Senate candidate under fire for racially tinged attack ad
| First Read: Michigan Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra's came under scrutiny Monday for a controversial Super Bowl ad targeting Democratic opponent Sen. Debbie Stabenow. |
Obama prepares to battle Romney
| First Read: President stresses fairness, housing and the auto industry success as he eyes a general election race against Mitt Romney. |
Gingrich takes a while to react to jobs report
| Newt Gingrich had no comment about January's jobs figures at an event late Friday morning in Nevada because, the former House speaker explained, he hadn't seen them yet. |
Fact check: Did Obama make the economy worse?
| Mitt Romney likes to say on the campaign trail that President Obama's policies made the recession worse, but most statistics don't bear that out. |
Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
| Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history. |
Komen reversal illustrates political battle over Planned Parenthood
| A weeklong firestorm over the Susan G. Komen foundation's decision to cut off -- and, on Friday, restore -- a grant to Planned Parenthood marked one of the high points in political battle targeting the finances of the nationwide network of reproductive health clinics. |
Romney shifts focus to Santorum ahead caucuses
| First Read: Mitt Romney's campaign has trained its sights on Rick Santorum over the past 48 hours, demonstrating that Santorum may pose the freshest threat to their frontrunner status. |
Senate approves long-stalled aviation bill
| The Senate voted Monday afternoon to approve a House-passed bill aimed at improving the nation’s aviation infrastructure and modernizing air traffic control systems. |
Obama makes case for second term
| First Read: In an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, President Obama outlined why he believes he "deserves" to win re-election. |
Romney calls birth control rule 'violation of conscience'
| First Read: Mitt Romney injected himself into an ongoing battle between religious groups and the Obama administration, calling a new rule which mandates contraceptive coverage be required in healthcare plans a "violation of conscience" and an infringement upon religious liberty. |
Partisan reaction to jobs data mixes carping and cheering
| In what’s likely to be a boost to President Obama’s chances of winning a second term, nonfarm payroll employment jumped by 243,000 last month as the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since February of 2009. |
Congress may OK short-term stimulus to avoid problems
| Right after Election Day, a lame-duck Congress will face a horrific fiscal train wreck: sharp tax increases, combined with automatic spending cuts. |
Obama campaign reverses stance, urging donations to super PAC
| President Obama's re-election campaign made an about-face late Monday in its opposition to super PACs, encouraging donors to send their unlimited contributions to one such group founded by a former administration spokesman. |
Earmarks fund projects near lawmakers' properties
| Members of Congress have pushed more than $300 million in earmarks and other provisions to projects near their own properties, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. |
