Category: Politics

By Meg James, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A huge audience — an estimated 67.2 million people — watched the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on

By Craig Jarvis, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) – RALEIGH, N.C. — New concerns over voter fraud surfaced Wednesday in North Carolina. A Raleigh woman’s party affiliation was changed without her

By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Two days after Mitt Romney vowed to honor the deportation reprieves granted by the Obama administration to many young illegal immigrants, his campaign

By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has overtaken GOP challenger Mitt Romney in what had been an evenly matched television air war for much of the year,

By William Douglas and Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney rhetorically sparred in Wednesday night’s televised debate, both candidates exhibited a propensity toward

By Brian M. Rosenthal, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE—Michelle Obama rallied support for her husband’s re-election campaign Tuesday night in downtown Seattle, recounting his accomplishments and imploring the approximately 700 fundraiser attendees to

By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – DENVER — At a roaring rally inside a Denver airplane museum Monday night, Mitt Romney previewed the argument that he will make in his first debate

By Angela Couloumbis, The Philadelphia Inquirer – HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Commonwealth Court judge ruled Tuesday that Pennsylvania’s controversial new voter ID law can remain mostly intact for the November election, but will

By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s strict new photo ID requirement, which critics said could prevent tens of thousands of eligible voters from casting ballots, will not be

By Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s former private equity firm used a half-dozen companies and partnerships in the tax havens of Luxembourg, Ireland and the Grand Caymans four years

By Laura Green, Palm Beach Post – WASHINGTON — Just as the Super Bowl captures viewers who would rather fold laundry than watch a regular season football game, the appeal of presidential debates

By Michael Holtz, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debate one another for the first time Wednesday night, they may feel as though they’ve already done so. As with

By Lynn Hulsey and Jeremy Kelley, Dayton Daily News – DAYTON, Ohio — Ohio voters on Tuesday cast their first ballots in this year’s hotly contested presidential election, as early voting began across

By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers – PHILADELPHIA — As legal challenges to voter identification laws slowly wind their way through the courts, opponents of the controversial measures aren’t just sitting around waiting

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking three North Carolina hospitals to explain their use of a federal discount drug program after news reports described how the hospitals charge their

President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke on Friday as part of their regular consultations, and to follow up on Secretary Clinton’s meeting with the Prime Minister. The two leaders discussed a

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) In accordance with section 115(c) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, I hereby designate for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism all funding so designated by

By Seema Mehta and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – As Mitt Romney prepares for his pivotal first debate against President Barack Obama, his campaign is struggling to regain its footing. By recalibrating

By John Lantigua, Palm Beach Post – PALM BEACH, Fla. — Investigations into whether a firm hired by the Republican Party of Florida to register voters handed in forged registration forms spread

By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – FORT MYERS, Fla.—Vice President Joe Biden accused Republicans Saturday of hypocrisy over the budget, mocking “how they bleed over the national debt” despite a

By Marc Caputo and Amy Sherman, The Miami Herald – MIAMI—“Barack Obama … Oy vey!” The Republican signs greeted Vice President Joe Biden on Friday as he began campaigning in the heart of

By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – ROLLA, Mo. — Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin compared the recent debate performance of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill to that of a “wildcat,” saying she

By Joseph Tanfani, Matea Gold and Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Election officials in at least 11 Florida counties have uncovered potentially fraudulent voter registration forms submitted on behalf

By Thomas Fitzgerald and Robert Moran, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA—Republican Mitt Romney plans a lucrative breakfast in Philadelphia on Friday, hitting the Union League in Center City for a series of

By Jason Hancock, The Kansas City Star – JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Comments by Republican Todd Akin once again are stirring controversy, this time with a claim that U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill

By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO—First lady Michelle Obama came to Chicago Thursday to tape a television show and make two fundraising appearances for her husband Barack. After arriving in Chicago

By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee on Thursday fired a firm it had hired to register voters in several battleground states after allegations of voter registration

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad announced today that the Central Decatur Community School District and the Saydel Community School District won a grant in partnership with the National Institute for

By Seema Mehta, Maeve Reston and Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – SPRINGFIELD, Va. — President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory in Virginia ended the GOP’s nearly half-century reign over the commonwealth.

By Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party said he filed two ethics complaints against Republican Todd Akin on Wednesday, alleging that the U.S

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) release of two new reports and a proposed revision to an Executive Order

By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Republican nominee Mitt Romney faces a fundamental problem as the presidential campaign moves into its final phase: Voter attitudes about the state of economy

By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — Mitt Romney said Tuesday that the United States must rethink how it awards foreign aid, and should work more with the private sector

By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Undisclosed political money is playing an outsized role in the 2012 election cycle. But as some political donors are seeking to hide their identities,

By Lesley Clark and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – NEW YORK — With the United Nations as a backdrop, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney engaged in a de facto debate

By Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — With two weeks left to register to vote, the number of people on Chicago’s voting rolls is about 225,000 less than it was by the