FEMA has $3.6B for Sandy relief
While Congress is facing several unresolved issues in a potentially busy post-election lame-duck session, finding additional disaster relief money for Hurricane Sandy likely won't be on the list, as...
View ArticleBattery firm’s bankruptcy threatens high-end carmaker
The recent bankruptcy of battery maker A123 Systems after it won a nearly quarter-billion-dollar federal grant threatens the business prospects of another well-known government-backed company: luxury...
View ArticleTwo GOP senators criticize stimulus for battery company
Each job created with federal stimulus cash through the Obama administration's advanced battery manufacturing program cost more than $158,000 and many of them likely were temporary, according to an...
View ArticlePols see polls point to Romney triumph; 'hidden vote' to crush Obama
The tidal wave of anti-debt, anti-big-government voters that swamped Democrats in the 2010 congressional elections is readying itself again, poised to sweep Mitt Romney into the Oval Office, some...
View ArticleIndependents wooed as win-makers
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Political mailers are stuffed in their front doors, and the phone rings nonstop. Under a fall canopy of crimson and golden leaves, the battle for independent voters is being waged...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of jobs go to immigrants
Two-thirds of those who have found employment under President Obama are immigrants, both legal and illegal, according to an analysis that suggests immigration has soaked up a large portion of what...
View ArticleDetermined challenger is no challenge for Ryan
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Rob Zerban spent his morning on his hands and knees scrubbing a toilet in a homeless shelter. Half a country away, Paul Ryan stood under a spotlight in Virginia talking about why he...
View ArticleRILEY: From breadbasket of the world to debt-basket
ANALYSIS/OPINION: American exports are booming — if you consider U.S. Treasury securities sold to foreigners to be exports. Unfortunately, sales of debt are not counted as exports. Even more...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: Wave with Johnson
"Waste your vote on me," begs Gary E. Johnson to curious or disenchanted voters everywhere. The Libertarian Party candidate is calling on fierce local fans to amplify his message with grass-roots...
View ArticleInside Politics: Gingrich: Akin vote would be signal to GOP establishment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says Missouri voters can send a powerful signal to "the moneyed Republican establishment" by electing Rep. W. Todd Akin over Democratic Sen....
View ArticleGOP Louisiana incumbents in bitter face-off for survival
LAFAYETTE, La. — Even in a state known for its colorful political contests, the battle between two incumbent Republicans in Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District may go down as one of the nastiest...
View ArticleRavaged states start cleanup, add up losses
BRIGANTINE, N.J. — Giant cities and small neighborhoods across the eastern half of the country took stock, mourned their losses and began the first tentative efforts to restore normalcy Wednesday as...
View ArticleObama gets firsthand look at storm devastation
BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — President Obama inspected the devastation from superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, flying high over flooded neighborhoods, sand-strewn streets and a burning fire that charred homes...
View ArticleObama's endgame: Hard sell of record, ridicule of rival
In the homestretch of his final campaign, President Obama has ditched the language of lower expectations once prominent in his stump speech, focusing instead on a repackaged jobs plan and adding a...
View ArticleBiden calls Romney auto ad an 'outrageous lie'
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Joseph R. Biden is calling advertising released by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney "an outrageous lie" for asserting that automakers General Motors...
View ArticleRomney stumps in Florida, pledges to 'bring real change'
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — For the first time since superstorm Sandy walloped the East Coast, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney returned to full campaign mode Wednesday in the key battleground...
View ArticleIn storm's wake, Romney faces scrutiny on disaster aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's nothing like a natural disaster to test the depth of politicians' preference for small government. And so it turns out that after after superstorm Sandy battered the East...
View ArticleOfficials race to get polls ready
NEW YORK — Election officials were ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as Tuesday's presidential election became the...
View ArticleBartlett fights uphill battle to retain Maryland seat in Congress
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett of Maryland talks like a man who knows his days in office might be numbered. The 86-year-old Republican is fighting an uphill battle to keep the seat he has held for 20 years....
View ArticlePoll shows Obama, Romney in a dead heat
President Obama and Mitt Romney are deadlocked with each holding 49 percent support nationally as they head into Tuesday's election, though Mr. Romney holds a lead on enthusiasm, according to this...
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