Backlash leads Reid to postpone anti-piracy vote
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called off a scheduled vote next week over a contentious online anti-piracy bill after several co-sponsors withdrew support amid mounting public and corporate...
View ArticleRomney to Gingrich: Release ethics records
Going on offense after Newt Gingrich demanded he release his tax returns, Mitt Romney called on the former House speaker to publicly disclose all the records he submitted to the ethics committee back...
View ArticleGingrich backs portion of Dream Act
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Newt Gingrich on Friday backed at least a portion of the Dream Act, saying that he would grant a path to citizenship to illegal immigrant youths who agree to sign up and serve in the...
View ArticleBoehner wants oversight of Obama policies
As rancorous and partisan as Congress was in 2011, Capitol Hill looks to be even more politically charged this year, as House Republican leaders plan a sustained attack on the Obama administration's...
View ArticleGingrich makes play for gold vote
Newt Gingrich has moved to capture some Republican voters who lean toward Ron Paul and other Republicans who were Jack Kemp followers by naming two gold bugs to the Gingrich future team of advisers....
View ArticlePrimary day at hand, South Carolina voters have their say
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Primary day at hand, fast-climbing Newt Gingrich told South Carolinians on Saturday that he was "the only practical conservative vote" able to stop front-runner Mitt Romney in...
View ArticleObama's State of the Union: Jobs, re-election time
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vilified by the Republicans who want his job, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night determined to frame the election-year debate on his terms, promising...
View ArticleGingrich surges in latest South Carolina polls
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Newt Gingrich has opened up a significant lead over Mitt Romney in the two latest polls as South Carolina's voters lined up at polling places on Saturday for an open-to-all primary...
View ArticleGingrich wins South Carolina's GOP primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Riding a surge of sentiment against Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich soared to a runaway victory in South Carolina's primary Saturday, solidifying himself as the chief conservative...
View ArticleRomney tells supporters to ready for a long fight
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told supporters Saturday he's going to compete for every vote in every state after Newt Gingrich beat him in the South Carolina...
View ArticleSantorum says he's pressing on to Florida
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Vowing to go forward, Republican Rick Santorum cast his disappointing third-place finish in this state's primary as a hiccup and pledged Saturday to continue with a campaign...
View ArticlePaul says his campaign's momentum will continue
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Brushing off his poor last place finish in the South Carolina primary Saturday, Republican Ron Paul promised supporters the momentum around his libertarian-leaning campaign would...
View ArticleHURT: Drama king Newt Gingrich shines in Southern Gothic
ANALYSIS/OPINION: COLUMBIA , S.C. — It is always here in the birthplace of the Civil War that things go bump in the night for presidential campaigns. In 2000, John McCain's surge for the GOP nomination...
View ArticleFlorida suddenly within Gingrich's grasp
Mitt Romney has long had the edge in money and staffing in Florida, but Newt Gingrich's big win Saturday night in South Carolina has blown the Jan. 31 primary in the Sunshine State wide open. "With...
View ArticleRomney will release tax returns on Tuesday
On the morning after a big loss in South Carolina, a chastened Mitt Romney began trying to restart a stalled presidential campaign, saying he intends to move quickly to correct a "mistake" he made in...
View ArticleGingrich applauds Romney's decision to release returns
A beaming Newt Gingrich, fresh off a 12-point win in South Carolina's Republican primary on Saturday night, applauded rival Mitt Romney's decision to release his tax returns, saying the focus in the...
View ArticleSeniors a key constituency for Romney in Fla.
Needing to stanch the bleeding after South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney couldn't ask for a better state than Florida, which holds the next GOP primary and happens to have a...
View ArticleU.S. to keep 11 aircraft carriers to show sea power
ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Saturday told sailors aboard the country's oldest aircraft carrier that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a fleet of 11 of the...
View ArticleGiffords says she's resigning from Congress
WASHINGTON — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little...
View ArticleInside the Beltway
SEEKING A NEWT MOMENT Mitt Romney needs a "Newt moment" to woo voters who now revere Newt Gingrich for his attack on CNN anchor John King in the last Republican presidential debate. The 19th bout looms...
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