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. |
House ready to consider insider trading ban
| With members of Congress convinced their political survival depends on their image, the House is wasting no time in considering a Senate-passed bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials. |
Industries in limbo as Congress mulls expired tax breaks
| Dozens of American industries and businesses, from biodiesel producers to stock car racing facilities, are urging Congress to quickly revive 60 targeted tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31. |
Boehner downplays report of tensions with Cantor
| House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, denies report that he had to call a "truce" with House Marjority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. |
Obama emboldened by Republican primary race
| President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual Republican nominee battered before the fall election. |
Obama signals an end in Afghanistan
| First Read: Republicans criticize the public stance but Obama may be able to declare an effective end to a second war before November’s election. |
Obama hones pitch to independents amid GOP battle
| The bruising Republican primary has given President Obama and his campaign an opportunity to craft his message for the general election, especially as it relates to winning over independents. |
Trump: It's an 'honor and privilege' to endorse Romney
| Donald Trump formally endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Thursday, describing the former Massachusetts governor as "tough" and "smart" and the best pick in the GOP primary. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
