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By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney shed dozens of stocks and holdings in various foreign companies in the last 10 months, beefing up his
By Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton will stump in Wisconsin on Friday for that state’s Democratic gubernatorial challenger, the latest in a series of high-profile campaign roles for
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Massachusetts statehouse steps became the stage for some unscripted political theater on Thursday when the campaigns of Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — With a stalemate in Congress threatening a student loan interest-rate increase, congressional Republicans proposed a new way to keep federally subsidized loan rates low
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – FREMONT, Calif. — Mitt Romney made a secretive trip to the shuttered headquarters of the Solyndra solar-energy company, arguing it was a symbol of “crony capitalism”
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ruffled some feathers two years ago when he lambasted the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision during a State
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched a $1.4 million ad campaign Wednesday attacking Mitt Romney as “just wrong for women,” injecting the
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today named state Rep. Steve Lukan (R-New Vienna) as the new Director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy. Lukan replaces Mark Schouten, who Branstad named
Dave DeWitte, CR Gazette – WEST BRANCH — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told employees at the Acciona Windpower wind turbine plant here that Congress will probably renew a key tax credit for
By Paul West and Seema Mehta, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — In a footnote to the long and often caustic Republican primary contest, Mitt Romney surpassed the number of delegates needed to
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – CRAIG, Colo. — Campaigning in coal country, Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s administration is hostile to business in general and the energy
From the White House Press Secretary (Jay Carney): With only 37 days left to stop student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1, Senate Republicans still have not proven that they’re
By Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington Bureau – Vice President Joe Biden praised the 972 Army cadets who graduated from West Point on Saturday for their decision to join the military, “knowing full
By Nicole Goodrich, Medill News Service – WASHINGTON — Hispanic voters are a crucial constituency in the presidential election, but reaching young Hispanics will require new tactics — and some experts say
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — This just in from the technology-and-politics desk: A cell phone user who takes a pollster’s call is more likely to be a Democrat.
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Mitt Romney has a new ad out, touting what he’ll do on his first day as president. “Day One,” the narrator intones, “President
By Matthew Schofield, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The United States has been preparing for varying degrees of anti-Americanism with the election of a new Egyptian president. But that doesn’t make it
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Speaking to the families of dead soldiers, Vice President Joe Biden on Friday delivered an emotional retelling of his own family tragedy, the death
Calls Lande a “great Iowan” who “answers the call to service whenever asked” (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad has accepted the resignation of Roger Lande as the director of the
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog office has concluded that two federal prosecutors acted with reckless misconduct in the botched case against then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens
By Miriam Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney brought his plan to improve the American educational system to a West Philadelphia charter school Thursday, and suggested class
By Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said would
By Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Targeting an issue popular with women, a key voter group, Mitt Romney assailed President Barack Obama’s leadership on education Wednesday and blamed teachers unions
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — President Barack Obama pushed back against the idea of U.S. influence being in decline — and against Republican criticism of his stewardship
By Marc Caputo, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Mitt Romney has crept to a 6-percentage point lead over President Barack Obama in Florida, where a new poll shows a majority of registered voters
Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Prescription Drug User Fee Act Reauthorization Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Mr. President, today we will be considering a vital piece of legislation that not only
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times – CINCINNATI — The Rev. Chris Beard is a theological conservative, make no mistake about it. He believes the Bible is the word of God. He
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement to become the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his post this summer,
By Dave Helling, McClatchy Newspapers – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It seems all those whereases and therefores have gone to their heads, or at least to their prose. Folks in Congress use too
By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Almost two weeks after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, polls provide some measure of the impact — zero. Gallup’s tracking
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For centuries, America’s progress has been driven by pioneers who think big, take risks, and work hard. Where their ideas take
By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times – The Supreme Court is about to toss a judicial bomb into the middle of the presidential campaign, and nobody knows what impact it will have.
By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Romney campaign added two noteworthy names to the donor rolls this week: Ann and Mitt Romney. The couple donated a combined $150,000 this
By Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The presidential candidates have just placed their opening bets, and three states stand out as keys to the 2012 election: Ohio, Virginia and, perhaps
By James Rosen, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — For decades, lawmakers helped home-state manufacturers lower the cost of imported materials by crafting tiny bills that reduced or eliminated tariffs on products that range
By Melissa Harris and Rick Pearson, Los Angeles Times – CHICAGO — The long-shot prospect of taxpayer help to renovate Wrigley Field grew more remote Thursday, upended by revelations that the patriarch
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney on Friday launched his first general election ad with an appeal to four key swing states as he tried to set a positive
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s campaign says a wealthy Idaho businessman and major fundraiser for Mitt Romney is “a bitter foe of the gay rights movement,” pointing
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The leader of President Barack Obama’s former church in Chicago has come out against statements by other African-American clergy who condemned the president’s endorsement
By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney pulled in more than $40.1 million for his election effort last month, his campaign said Thursday, a near