Obama hits back at GOP detractors of energy policies
As gas prices rise and President Obama faces growing criticism from the right on his energy policies, he aggressively — and at times angrily — defended his drilling and clean-energy record at a speech...
View ArticleFormer Romney aide's company paid $2 million by super PAC
The pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future has spent $25 million in donated funds on ads excoriating Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, but with the exception of two advertising firms, the biggest...
View ArticleSolyndra abandons efforts to go clean and green
Federal officials hailed Solyndra LLC's plan to create clean energy when they awarded the company more than a half-billion dollars in loans, but the solar-panel maker's abrupt closure now threatens to...
View ArticlePostal Service seeks to cut processing centers
With no financial relief in sight, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with planned cuts to more than 260 mail-processing centers around the nation, part of a billion-dollar cost-cutting effort...
View ArticleInside the Beltway
NOT THE LAST ONE The mainstream media is bored with Republican presidential discourse and already has declared that CNN's big debate on Wednesday was the "last one." It was not. The final sanctioned...
View ArticleEdwards sex tape to shredder; federal trial looms
RALEIGH, N.C. — The sex tape of John Edwards and his mistress is headed to the shredder, but a long list of criminal charges still hangs over the former presidential candidate over the extramarital...
View ArticleSpecter: Santorum candidacy not 'realistic'
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said Friday that ex-Senate colleague Rick Santorum is "so far to the right" that it's not realistic for him to win the presidency. "I do not think it is realistic...
View ArticleAriz. Gov. Brewer likely to skip Senate hearing on immigration
PHOENIX — Democrats on Thursday invited Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to testify to the Senate in April on her state's tough immigration law, but her spokesman said she's not likely to attend "a publicity...
View ArticleMaher pledges $1 million to Obama support group
WASHINGTON — Faux news host Stephen Colbert isn't the only comedian with a super PAC connection. Political satirist Bill Maher got into the act Thursday night, pledging $1 million to a political...
View ArticleRomney pitches Mich. voters with economic plan
Mitt Romney returned home Friday to give Michigan voters a glimpse of his plans to get the nation's fiscal house in order and to strengthen the economy, as he worked to court voters in one of the...
View ArticleSessions: Obama 'defeatist' on rising gas prices
President Obama's indignant defense this week of his administration's energy policies has done nothing to deter GOP critics, as gas prices continue to rise amid worries that their continued climb could...
View ArticleObama pledges continued pressure on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday declared the U.S. and its allies would use "every tool available" to stop the slaughter of innocent people in Syria, using his most forceful words to date...
View ArticleGingrich: Washington same-sex law the 'right way'
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich declined Friday to outright reject a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington state, saying if it is approved by voters...
View ArticleSantorum benefits from mistaken religious identity
Rick Santorum's political good fortune in the Republican presidential primaries has come about in large part because of his appeal to evangelicals. A Roman Catholic, he is a beneficiary of more than...
View ArticleObama: No magic bullet to lower gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says there is no easy answer to the problem of rising energy prices, dismissing Republican plans to address the problem as little more than gimmicks. "We know...
View ArticlePlans to drug test welfare recipients get momentum
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Conservatives who say welfare recipients should have to pass a drug test to receive government assistance have momentum on their side. The issue has come up in the Republican...
View ArticleDown to the wire in 2-man GOP race in Michigan
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney fought Saturday to prove he is the strongest challenger to President Obama, an increasingly difficult task given the tight race in his native state of...
View ArticleArizona's Gov. Brewer endorses Romney
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday, saying he is the most electable candidate in the field. "He's the man that can...
View ArticleRomney makes no apologies for his cars
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, criticized by some for his unprompted comments Friday on the number of cars his family owns, said Sunday he can't please everyone on the campaign trail. "I can't...
View ArticleSantorum: Obama's apology showed 'weakness'
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said President Obama's apology to Afghanistan for the burning of Korans on an American base demonstrates "weakness." In an appearances Sunday on ABC's...
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