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Navy close on deal to help avoid blackouts
LOS ANGELES — The Navy is nearing a first-time agreement to curb electricity use at its sprawling San Diego-area bases if power runs short in Southern California this summer, a deal intended to...
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A former critic, Bill Clinton stumps for Obama
Campaigning with President Obama for the first time, former President Bill Clinton said Sunday night the economy is recovering faster than expected under Mr. Obama but that "full employment" could...
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Plan to cut oil taxes hits wall in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Oil long has been king in Alaska, but the state's Republican governor is having trouble finding support for a tax break he thinks critical to ensuring it remains so. With a stunning...
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Leaving woes at home, Japanese prime minister visits White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in his Monday meeting with President Obama, will look to reaffirm Japan's strong alliance with the U.S. and boost his leadership credentials as...
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Obama team announces new campaign slogan: 'Forward'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama has a new campaign slogan: "Forward." Mr. Obama's re-election team unveiled its new motto in a video released Monday morning. The seven-minute video begins by...
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Obama criticizes GOP in speech to union members
WASHINGTON — President Obama is rallying union workers by painting a bleak portrait of America's infrastructure. He blames Republicans for focusing on tax cutting rather than creating jobs by updating...
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Wife of Edwards aide breaks down on witness stand
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using...
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Obama woos unions for election drive
Striking a conciliatory election-year tone, President Obama told an audience of labor union officials that he hasn't been "a perfect president" but had always stayed true to his pledge to work on their...
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Clemens' lawyer attacks 2008 congressional hearing
WASHINGTON — A federal court jury saw snippets of Roger Clemens denying steroid use at a now-famous 2008 congressional hearing, then listened Monday as Clemens' lawyer tried in fits and starts to...
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EPA official resigns over 'crucify' remark
Embattled Environmental Protection Agency official Al Armendariz, under fire after being caught on video bragging that he'd "crucify" oil and gas companies in order to send a message to the industry,...
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Obama denies celebrating bin Laden raid
President Obama on Monday said he and his team are not guilty of "excessive celebration" when it comes to the killing of Osama bin Laden and repeated questions in one of his political ads about whether...
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Inside the Beltway: Still occupied
"May Day, 2012. Take to the streets! Wherever you are, whoever you are: no work, no chores, no banking, no shopping, no school. Block the flows, be the crisis," proclaims the official Occupy Wall...
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Inside Politics: Massachusetts Senate race raises questions on heritage
BOSTON — Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott P. Brown and his chief Democratic rival, Elizabeth Warren, are trading jabs over her statements about her American Indian heritage. Mrs. Warren says she's...
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Farm subsidy reform could backfire
A Senate proposal to end direct federal payments to farmers and replace it with a new subsidy program gambles that crop prices will remain at historically high levels, a tactic that could backfire and...
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Obama insists he's not trumpeting bin Laden's death for votes
Under fire for playing politics with Osama bin Laden's killing, President Obama defended himself Monday and repeated questions in a campaign ad about whether Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid...
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Obama pays a few women big bucks
President Obama's top female White House aides earn more on average than their male counterparts, a reversal from the pattern in the George W. Bush administration, The Washington Times found in an...
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Campaign donors squeezed at end of month
It was the end of the month and the wheedling, pleading, demanding and outright begging were at full throttle as political parties, racing the latest fundraising deadline, tried to shake every nickel...
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Secret Service chief surviving agency scandal
The director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan, could have retired from government nearly 10 years ago and avoided the scandal of the White House gate-crashers and, more recently, the one involving...
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Closing Part D hole saved seniors $3.4B
Highlighting a top selling point of President Obama's health care overhaul, his administration said Monday that seniors have saved $3.4 billion on prescription drugs as the law begins to close the...
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Planned Parenthood OK'd for funds
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Monday stopped Texas from barring Planned Parenthood from state funds through the Women's Health Program, but the state immediately appealed. U.S. District Judge Lee...
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