Paul plans to continue presidential bid
Rep. Ron Paul, in an appearance Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," said he has no plans to drop out of the Republican presidential field despite being the only remaining candidate who has not won a...
View ArticleGingrich: Michigan is do-or-die for Romney
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich hinted Sunday that if rival Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney loses the primary election in his home state of Michigan, he should drop out of the race....
View ArticleSantorum criticizes 'radical environmentalists'
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum took a shot at environmentalists on Sunday. "I think that a lot of radical environmentalists have it backwards," he told CBS' "Face the Nation." "This...
View ArticleU.S., Britain urge Israel not to attack Iran
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear program as the White House's national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing...
View ArticleAriz. sheriff says he's gay after misconduct claims
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A nationally known sheriff resigned from presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's Arizona campaign committee and acknowledged he was gay amid allegations of misconduct made by a man...
View ArticleSantorum questions Obama's 'world view,' not faith
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man" and requires insurers to pay for...
View ArticleCURL: GOP field not exactly the Fab Four
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Mitt, Rick, Ron and Newt. Seriously? There are roughly 158,842,912 Americans 35 and older, making them eligible to run for president. Of the total, 75,637,212 are men — halve that you...
View ArticleInside Politics
WHITE HOUSE Obama campaign shifts to targeting Santorum President Obama's campaign team has shifted gears to consider the possibility that his GOP opponent will be Rick Santorum instead of Mitt Romney....
View ArticleFood industry frets about federal dioxin-risk report
Food and agricultural groups are worried that the release of a long-awaited federal study on the health effects of dioxins will lead to new regulations from the Obama administration on what Americans...
View ArticleGOP presidents are top nuke reducers
The Obama administration's consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism — "reckless lunacy" in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record...
View ArticleStolen Valor Act under review
Xavier Alvarez was in good company when he stood up at a public meeting and called himself a wounded war veteran who had received the top military award, the Medal of Honor. Mr. Alvarez was lying about...
View ArticleObama stays on 'message,' gets boost in ratings amid GOP strife
President Obama's rising job-approval ratings are the result of a go-it-alone strategy against Congress and a bitter Republican presidential primary, political analysts say. In two polls last week, Mr....
View ArticleRomney shows trouble keeping supporters from 2008
Mitt Romney's second go-round at a presidential run is not going so well. Nine states have voted so far, and in six of them the former Massachusetts governor has shed supporters who voted for him in...
View ArticleInside the Beltway
PLANET PAUL High noon, Presidents Day, the Washington Monument: a highly charged venue for Veterans for Ron Paul, who will march in military formation from monument to White House on Monday to show...
View ArticleObama takes tougher stance on higher education
WASHINGTON — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a...
View ArticleMcCain: U.S., Egypt 'must remain friends'
CAIRO — Sen. John McCain said Monday U.S. relations with Egypt are changing a year after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak but the two countries "must remain friends." McCain was speaking at a business...
View ArticleCorporations make first political donations — and it’s not through checks
Corporations have made some of their first significant political donations since the advent of super PACs — and surprisingly, they're not monetary. Some companies have discovered a more cost-efficient...
View ArticleLatino Mormons speaking out against Romney
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home." The Catholic-educated Ms. Packard, who grew up in...
View ArticleMcCain: Egypt working to resolve NGO crisis
CAIRO — Sen. John McCain on Monday said Egypt's military rulers have reassured him that authorities are working "diligently" to resolve a criminal case against U.S. pro-democracy groups that has...
View ArticleIn San Diego, a high-stakes battle over pensions
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has spent more than six years in office trying to dig the city out of a fiscal mess his predecessors and the global economic crisis helped to create, and the city workers'...
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