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Downgrade of U.S. rating fails to wreak havoc
The rating agency Standard & Poor's stunned the world a year ago by stripping the U.S. government of its prized AAA bond rating. The downgrade of long-term U.S. Treasurys threatened to sow chaos in...
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Voter-ID laws rock the youth vote
CHICAGO — Gone are the days when young voters weren't taken seriously. In 2008, they helped propel Barack Obama into the Oval Office, supporting him by a 2-1 margin. But that higher profile also has...
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Inside the Beltway: Remembering August 6
"A most sobering anniversary: August 6. It marks the most serious and heaviest loss of life for our SEAL community in their illustrious service to our country," says Rep. Scott E. Rigell, who reminds...
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Social Security not a ‘good deal’
People retiring today are part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in Social Security taxes during their careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. It's a historic...
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ZOGBY: President Obama's weekly report card (July 30-Aug. 5)
Grade D+ "President Obama didn't get to celebrate the creation of 163,000 new jobs because the (perhaps) all-important unemployment rate ticked up and rounded off to 8.3 percent, up from 8.2 percent...
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Is Pentagon spending good for the economy?
In a time of deep deficits and tight budgets, President Obama says the Defense Department cannot be entirely spared the scalpel. But Mitt Romney, his likely opponent in November's election, says the...
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Biden diversifying his 2012 campaign portfolio
Once considered primarily the Obama campaign's designated attack dog, Vice President Joseph R. Biden has adopted a role that is lower in profile but more versatile on the stump in this election season....
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Obama taps Hollywood for campaign cash to match Romney’s haul
Beaten in the money chase by Republican challenger Mitt Romney for the third straight month, President Obama on Monday turned again to one of the Democratic Party's most lucrative and reliable sources...
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Obama backs bill to exempt taxes on Olympians
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama supports a measure that would exempt U.S. Olympians from taxes on their prizes. Press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that Obama would do...
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Carney: GOP criticism of Plouffe's $100K speaking fee purely 'political'
The White House is brushing aside a report that one of President Obama's top aides and a key member of his inner circle was paid $100,000 in speaking fees from an affiliate with a company doing...
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Obama: U.S. 'heartbroken' over Sikh temple deaths
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says "all of us are heartbroken by what happened" this weekend during a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Obama told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday...
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Obama: Wis. shootings should prompt 'soul-searching'
President Obama said mass shootings like the one in Wisconsin over the weekend are becoming far too commonplace and should prompt some "soul searching" by all Americans. "All of us recognize that these...
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Romney's July cash haul brightens GOP mood
Erasing all doubts about his fundraising abilities, Mitt Romney on Monday announced that he and his allies raked in $100 million for the second straight month, again topping President Obama and handing...
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Treasury to receive $750M more from AIG stock sale
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says it expects to receive $750 million more from the latest sale of stock held in American International Group. The sales are part of an effort to recoup taxpayer...
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GOP states run risk with delay in establishing health care markets
Republican governors who have balked at creating new private insurance markets under President Obama's health care overhaul may end up getting stuck with the very thing they're trying to avoid. Unless...
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McCaskill waits for GOP foe in Missouri
Three Republicans hungrily eyeing Claire McCaskill's Missouri Senate seat have spent the past few months trying to tarnish each other's conservative credentials while polishing their own — a tactic...
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Inside the Beltway: Not in the script
"The president's top celebrity supporters have benefited from outsourcing, Hollywood-style," says ABC News political correspondent Jon Karl, who points out that President Obama's uber-fundraisers in...
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Romney ad blitz focuses on economic trust
Mitt Romney and his presidential campaign are invading living rooms in key states across the country through a barrage of television ads that aim to convince voters that their economic well-being...
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Inside Politics: Bernanke says tough times still felt by many
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said data that show the U.S. economy in recovery don't fully capture the tough times felt by many. Mr. Bernanke said that while measures of consumer spending,...
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Empty Miami courthouse seen as emblem of U.S. problem
MIAMI — The historic but empty federal courthouse in downtown Miami is a costly symbol of the government's sluggishness at selling or finding new purposes for some 14,000 vacant or underused properties...
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