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Democrats recall Bush more than GOP did
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While Republicans rarely brought up former President George W. Bush at their convention last week, Democrats gleefully have paraded him through theirs, saying he left President Obama...
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In three-way Senate race in Maine, Democrat Dill in a pickle
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Maine delegates in town for the Democratic National Convention remained optimistic about the three-way Senate race in the Pine Tree State, gamely insisting the values of their...
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Democrats' rhetoric driven by auto bailout
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats here clearly think they have a political winner in President Obama's decision to bail out the American auto industry, but numbers on the bailout's cost released this week...
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In DNC prayer room, lots of quiet time
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you want to escape religion at the Democratic National Convention, there is only one place to go: the official Charlotte Convention Center prayer room. Located above a row of...
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Report: Health system wastes $750B each year
The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year — roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — through unneeded care, Byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of...
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AFSCME joins ad-spending fray in Senate races
A public-employees union made three massive advertising buys Tuesday, suddenly transforming a relatively quiet labor group into a major player in critical Senate races — as well as the presidential...
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Jockeying for 2016 begins in earnest at DNC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ambitious up-and-comers used this week's Democratic National Convention to introduce themselves to the nation and began carving a foothold for 2016. While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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Wisconsin contest crucial to Obama, Senate majority
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four years ago, Wisconsin Democrats controlled the governorship and both U.S. Senate seats and turned out in overwhelming numbers to help elect President Obama. Today, the Badger...
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Weak job growth makes bold Fed action more likely
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, a tepid figure that points to the economy's persistent weakness and slowing prospects for the unemployed. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1...
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HURT: Obama's cold leftovers from 2008 are hard to swallow at DNC in 2012
ANALYSIS/OPINION: CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There is nothing sadder than a politician without his balloons. It's like a cowboy, hair slicked down, without a hat. It's especially sad when the cowboy was all hat...
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Unemployment falls to 8.1 percent; jobs up 96K; 368K drop out of market
The unemployment rate last month fell to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent as 96,000 more people found jobs and 368,000 dropped out of the labor market, the Labor Department reported Friday morning....
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Romney: Jobs report a hangover after Obama speech
BOSTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the latest disappointing jobs report shows President Barack Obama's policies are not working and the country deserves new leadership....
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60-day election sprint opens with weak jobs report
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama emerged from the euphoria of his party's convention Friday and ran smack into the harsh reality of a bleak new report on the nation's unemployment outlook....
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Obama, Romney trade political blows on the stump
With 60 days to go before Election Day, Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, returned Friday to the campaign trail and launched a television offensive in key battleground states that aimed...
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Clint Eastwood: Talks about convention chat with chair
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clint Eastwood said the idea to use an empty seat as a prop at the Republican National Convention was a spur-of-the-moment decision when someone backstage asked him if he wanted to...
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Obama: Unemployment report 'not good enough'
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama says news that private employers created just 96,000 jobs last month is "not good enough" and the economy needs to churn out jobs faster. Obama commented...
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GOP senators ask Panetta to make sure troops can vote
Six Republican senators are asking Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta personally to intervene to ensure that U.S. troops stationed away from home get the chance to register and vote in the upcoming...
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US Airways prevents military dog war hero from flying to DNC
A bomb-sniffing military dog that has served two tours in Afghanistan was refused passage on a U.S. commercial flight to the Democratic National Convention last week by a pilot who was concerned the...
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Obama: America not at war with Islam
One day after a disappointing monthly jobs report, President Obama focused his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday on noting the upcoming anniversary of September 11. "The last decade has been a...
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Obama denies nation in decline in Fla., while Romney, in Va., pledges no...
SEMINOLE, Fla. — Kicking off a two-day bus tour across Florida, President Obama on Saturday tried to convince voters that America is not deteriorating, while his opponent Mitt Romney, campaigning in...
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