Puerto Ricans opt for statehood in referendum
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A slim majority of Puerto Ricans sought to change their ties with the United States and become the 51st U.S. state in a nonbinding referendum that would require final...
View ArticleELECTION 2012: Text of Barack Obama's speech after re-election
President Barack Obama's speech in Chicago after his re-election Tuesday night, as transcribed by Roll Call:___Thank you so much.Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to...
View ArticleELECTION 2012: Text of Mitt Romney's concession speech
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's concession speech Tuesday night in Boston, as transcribed by Roll Call:___Thank you.I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his...
View ArticleHURT: Obama victory means four more years with no hope of change
ANALYSIS/OPINION:WASHINGTON — All that for nothing. It was the billion-dollar election that did not decide one single damned thing.Republicans control the House. Democrats control the Senate. And the...
View ArticleObama lies low as calls for fiscal action grow
President Obama's first full day in Washington after his reelection was one of his least visible in memory, even as cries intensified on Capitol Hill for action to deal with the government's looming...
View ArticleBoehner says House will act on immigration bill
House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that his chamber will tackle a broad immigration bill in the next Congress — a nod to the growing power of Hispanics, but a move that's likely to produce a...
View ArticleHouse race in South Fla., 7 other contests drag on
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Conservative Republican Rep. Allen West is still fighting for votes two days after Election Day. But now he's doing it in the courtroom.West is the tea party-idol from South...
View ArticleObama to visit Myanmar this month
President Obama will make history later this month by becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, which after nearly five decades of military rule has shaken off...
View ArticleCBO says fiscal choice is pain now, or bigger pain later
As Congress prepares to try negotiate ways to avoid the fiscal cliff, its own scorekeeper has some stark analysis: There will be pain no matter what, but ducking choices now will mean an even worse...
View ArticleObama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
WASHINGTON — Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening America's approach to Iran and Syria...
View ArticleObama, GOP leaders lay down markers on budget deal
WASHINGTON — Taking little time to celebrate, President Barack Obama is setting out to leverage his re-election into legislative success in an upcoming showdown with congressional Republicans over...
View ArticleSchumer: Put cost of superstorm on U.S. tab
New York's senior senator said Thursday that Congress likely will need to pass an emergency spending bill to help the recovery effort from Superstorm Sandy, and he said that money should be tacked onto...
View ArticleFischer returns Nebraska Senate seat to GOP fold
In an election filled with disappointments for Republicans, the closely watched U.S. Senate race in Nebraska provided a rare bright spot.Republican Deb Fischer, just months ago a little-known state...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: What Romney intended
"Smaller, simpler, smarter. Believe in America," reads the official motto emblazoned upon "Office of the President-Elect," a website launched by Mitt Romney's campaign through a Utah-based software...
View ArticleInside Politics: SEAL Team 6 members punished for leaking classified info
Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, have been punished for disclosing classified information, senior Navy officials said...
View ArticlePentagon releases timeline of Benghazi attack
The Pentagon on Friday released a timeline of its response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, pushing back arguments that the Defense Department did not move...
View ArticleCIA chief Petraeus in shock resignation over affair
CIA Director David H. Petraeus has resigned due to having had an extramarital affair, ending the government career of one of the nation's highest-profile leaders in the decade-long war on terror and...
View ArticleObama plans Asia trip amid budget fight
With just a month and a half left for Washington to avoid an impending fiscal crisis that could drive economic recovery into a tailspin and unemployment rates even higher, President Obama will break...
View ArticleAshley Judd: Actress doesn't rule out run for U.S. Senate
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Actress Ashley Judd isn't ruling out a run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.The former Kentuckian is active supporter of Tennessee Democrats. She said in a statement Friday that she's...
View ArticleObama: Extend middle-class tax cuts now
In his first public appearance since his re-election Tuesday night, President Obama called on Congress Friday to extend tax cuts for the middle class immediately as part of a deal on deficit reduction...
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