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Inside the Beltway: Vacation with the GOP
It's colossal, it's stupendous: the upcoming Republican National Convention is expected to draw 50,000 election-minded revelers to Tampa, where the eager city council has just opted to allow local bars...
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Romney close to Obama in fundraising
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's fundraising is going so well that people are literally trying to tuck checks into his pocket on the campaign trail. "Happens to me every day,"...
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GOP blocks debate on Afghanistan withdrawal
More than 10 years after Congress authorized the war in Afghanistan, American voters and many lawmakers said it's time for troops to come home in an orderly withdrawal — but Republicans denied them a...
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Coburn urges parties to return convention funds
Sen. Tom Coburn on Thursday urged both national parties to voluntarily return millions of taxpayer dollars they received to fund their nominating conventions, saying Democrats and the GOP should show...
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GSA's mentalist also a hit at Alabama Army base
A lavish 2010 Las Vegas conference for federal workers costing taxpayers more than $800,000 famously featured the services of a motivational speaker and mind reader, but it wasn't the trade show...
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G-8 summit to focus on Europe
Shifting players on the international stage will test President Obama's foreign policy mettle at twin summits of world leaders this weekend even though the most pressing problems are out of his hands....
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Postal Service to begin closing processing centers this summer
The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail-processing centers, saying on Thursday it can no longer wait as Congress remains deadlocked over how to help....
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Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round...
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Obama touts $3B plan for food security
President Obama announced a new public-private partnership to help African farmers and fight hunger and malnutrition in a speech Friday ahead of the the Group of Eight summit at Camp David. With Irish...
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House GOP leaders order Holder to cooperate on gun-running probe
House Republican leaders on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. demanding he comply with the GOP's official investigation into Obama administration gun-running operation Fast...
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France's Hollande confirms Afghan pullout
French President Francois Hollande stood by his campaign commitment to pull his country's troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year in his first meeting with President Obama Friday, but pledged...
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G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama and other leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations expressed hope Saturday that Greece will remain in the Eurozone, anxious to keep its economic...
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Small band of Occupy protesters denounces NATO
CHICAGO — A group of Occupy protesters barely had enough members to occupy a small corner of Daley Plaza on Saturday as they shouted anti-NATO slogans under the watchful eyes of dozens of police. About...
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Obama adviser Axelrod: Religion not a campaign issue
President Obama's senior adviser on Sunday pledged that the Democratic campaign won't target Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's Mormon faith. "We've said that's not fair game," said David...
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NATO chief insists no rush to exits in Afghanistan
CHICAGO (AP) — The United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of plummeting...
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Obama: NATO shifting to help peace in Afghanistan
CHICAGO (AP) — The NATO alliance that has fought for a decade in Afghanistan is helping that nation shift toward stability and peace, but there will be "hard days ahead," President Obama said Sunday as...
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CURL: Hillary Clinton will be the 2012 veep candidate
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Show of hands: Who here still thinks Vice President Joseph R. Biden will be on the 2012 ticket? Really? All of you? So wrong. The Great One, Sir Barack Hussein Obama, will replace the...
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Attack Wright? Wrong; Attack Bain? Refrain
The economy remains the driving issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, but both sides have in recent days taken detours to deal with distractions and ghosts from the past. "Stop attacking private...
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Rubio's political past could still be a liability
MIAMI — For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potential vulnerabilities in his personal and political...
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Four GOP lawmakers hit Holder on guns operation
Four senior House Republicans say Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has not fully cooperated with a congressional subpoena seeking information on the botched "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation...
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