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Inside Politics: Jackson statement alludes to 'mood disorder'
HOUSE A statement from the office of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the Chicago Democrat is receiving "intensive medical treatment" for an unspecified "mood disorder." The statement Wednesday gives no...
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GOP gets Democrat support in bid to kill health law
The House voted Wednesday to repeal all of President Obama's health care law, acting where the Supreme Court declined to, in a vote that both sides said is doomed to fail in the Senate but was designed...
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Officials from 12 states press feds for help in cleaning up voter rolls
DENVER — For the past year, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has been asking Homeland Security officials to check the names of thousands of possibly illegal voters in his state against a...
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Jackson's 'mood disorder' disclosure raises more questions
CHICAGO — Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr.'s disclosure that he is suffering from a "mood disorder" still leaves many questions about his secretive medical leave and whether the Illinois congressman has...
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Obama talks up middle class in video to NAACP
HOUSTON (AP) — President Obama on Thursday asked NAACP members to keep standing with him as he seeks re-election and sells his message of helping the middle class. Mr. Obama appeared in a taped video...
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At NAACP, Biden hits Romney adviser Bork over civil rights
Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Thursday attacked former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, an adviser to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, for plotting to roll back civil rights gains if Mr....
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Discrimination costly to Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Bank, the largest residential home mortgage originator in the United States, agreed on Thursday to pay $175 million to settle allegations it discriminated against qualified black and...
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Campaigns trade charges of lying; Romney camp seeks apology
President Obama's campaign said Wednesday that Mitt Romney either lied to voters or to federal regulators about how long he ran his company, while the GOP candidate's team said the "felony" accusation...
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Clinton pushes China on maritime pact
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that she hopes China will work diplomatically with its regional partners toward "finalizing a code of conduct" for resolving territorial disputes...
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Obama's POTUS seal makes campaign comeback
President Obama has reversed his practice of not using the presidential seal on his podium at campaign events. Mr. Obama spoke from a podium adorned with the official government seal on Friday at a...
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Obama says he failed at persuasion
President Obama, whose skills as an orator are credited with helping him win the presidency in 2008, said in an interview Thursday that he has failed in office to communicate effectively with the...
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Inside Politics: Website sued by Obama camp pulls disputed goods
A website sued by President Obama's re-election campaign for selling T-shirts and other merchandise with the campaign's signature "O" logo is taking down the offending merchandise. A judge in...
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Workers' tax burden ends almost a month early
The day when Americans stop working to finance the government is coming a month earlier this year, but anti-tax activist Grover Norquist warns President Obama doesn't deserve any credit. "Things are...
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Relaxing of airport screening regimen coming in fits, starts
More than a decade after terrorists used planes to attack the United States, the Transportation Security Administration slowly has carved out a series of exceptions to its strict airport-screening...
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Uncowed by ethics probe, Nevada's Berkley hits hard in ads
Shelley Berkley showed Thursday why she's better known for her offense than her defense. Three days after she was stung by a House Ethics Committee investigation, the Nevada congresswoman fired back...
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Both sides reject rival plan for tax cuts
The Senate on Thursday rejected rival Democratic and Republican plans for cutting taxes on businesses, with both parties refusing to yield ground in their election-year struggle over how best to spark...
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Inside the Beltway: Romney wealth: Who cares?
Three fourths of the nation's voters don't care. No really. They don't. New Gallup research reveals that 75 percent of all registered voters say Mitt Romney's personal worth of some $250 million makes...
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These three fact-checkers keep candidates in line
The emergence of fact-checkers is one of the major stories of the 2012 presidential campaign, with the self-appointed arbiters of truth inserting themselves into all of the thorniest issues. The...
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Federal obstacles hamper battle on wildfires
The fire didn't care what kind of federal land it was burning, but for sheriff's deputies hovering over a blaze in northwestern Nevada last week, it made all the difference: If it was Bureau of Land...
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Obama Va. visit sparks GOP attacks
Republicans blasted President Obama Friday for campaigning in Virginia near the largest U.S. naval base while ignoring their proposed solution to avoid looming defense cuts. "The president has remained...
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