Romney focuses on Obama, Gingrich on Romney in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with...
View ArticleObama urges Congress to fix housing problem, tax banks
President Obama told underwater homeowners Saturday that their ability to refinance their mortgages is in the hands of a do-nothing Congress. "In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of...
View ArticleRomney, Gingrich expect Romney to win Nevada vote
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A confident Mitt Romney is looking past his GOP opponents and Nevada's caucuses the day the state votes. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is bracing for defeat in a state the former...
View ArticleRomney seeks to maintain momentum in Nevada vote
HENDERSON, Nev. — It was chaos, but voting began Saturday in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses as Mitt Romney sought to continue his momentum and three other candidates tried to derail his bid....
View ArticleSantorum, Paul look past Nevada caucuses
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — Republican Rick Santorum said Saturday he wants to "endanger" rival Newt Gingrich while presidential rival Ron Paul claimed "the American people are waking up," both campaigning...
View ArticleGingrich says he will not drop out of the race tonight
Newt Gingrich will stay in the Republican presidential nomination contest despite an expected loss to Mitt Romney in Saturday's Nevada caucuses, the former speaker told The Washington Times late...
View ArticleVirginia, Maryland governors agree to disagree
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley traded some friendly — albeit pointed — jabs in a joint appearance Sunday, as Mr. McDonnell eases his way into the newfound role of...
View ArticleGingrich: Super Tuesday is the goal
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Sunday brushed off his loss to Mitt Romney a day earlier in Nevada's Republican caucuses, saying his campaign will go forward and he is looking ahead to...
View ArticleObama could alter stance of federal appeals courts
WASHINGTON (AP) — A second term for President Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop for...
View ArticlePro-life supporters balk at Obama's new coverage rule
President Obama has elicited an election-year backlash from Catholics and voters of other faiths with his administration's decision to require religious hospitals, universities and other organizations...
View ArticleInside the Beltway
THE NEXT 100 YEARS Happy 101st birthday to one Ronald Wilson Reagan, still an inspiration for those who believe in the liberty, strength and optimism of the nation, and the inner mettle of Americans....
View ArticleThe super PAC to end all super PACs?
In a sign that super PACs are the new normal, two highly unlikely groups established the vehicles known for unlimited corporate contributions last week: an Occupy Wall Street super PAC and another...
View ArticleRoad, rail bill hailed, scorned
A House Republican's transportation bill aimed at dealing with the nation's crumbling road, bridge and rail systems has been attacked not only by Democrats but some conservatives and government...
View ArticleInside Politics
MICHIGAN Senate hopeful's Super Bowl ad draws criticism LANSING — The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra...
View ArticleGOP freshman slams Obama's costly anti-obesity ad campaign
A freshman Republican congressman from Tennessee is fighting back against anti-obesity ad campaigns initiated by the Obama administration and congressional Democrats that target sugary soft drinks and...
View ArticleRomney rivals brush off losses in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney's victory in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses Saturday set him up for a delegate-rich run through February, but did nothing to whittle down the field of four who say...
View ArticleCURL: Obama's made-up jobless numbers
ANALYSIS/OPINION: When it comes to the unemployment rate, it's nice to be president. Sure, it wasn't so nice for President Obama in October 2009, when the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics declared...
View ArticleGOP voters belie Gingrich's claim to conservative mantle
Newt Gingrich says he is the conservative choice in the 2012 presidential race, but five states into the campaign, Mitt Romney has won more self-identified conservative voters, according to an analysis...
View ArticleLawmakers react to biggest job gain in months
Fresh off news of the biggest U.S. job gain in nine months, policymakers and lawmakers took to the airwaves Sunday morning to offer their spin on the plodding economic recovery - and to say whether...
View ArticleObama: U.S. working to keep Israel from striking Iran
President Obama said Sunday he is determined to work with Israel in "lock step" to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and tried to allay concerns that Israel is preparing to carry out a...
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