(Reuters) – Political groups that took advantage of loosened campaign-finance rules spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. This year,...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After millions of Americans vote next week, it’s possible that one or two men will decide which party controls...
(Reuters) – U.S. voters’ readiness to face tough issues such as pension reform rather than simply kick the can further down the road will be...
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A former history and African Studies professor at historically black Delaware State University blames President Obama for undermining the education of black students....
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Total spending in North Carolina’s tight Senate race has topped $100 million. That makes it the first Senate contest...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the stuff of a campaign manager’s dream: The sitting vice president, in the midst of his own run...
BILL BARROW, Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Michelle Nunn’s difficult political balancing act as she seeks Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seat was on full display...
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s next mayor will be a straight-laced, button down moderate conservative — almost the polar opposite of current Mayor...
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama is fighting his last campaign mostly at staid Democratic fund-raising events in hotel ballrooms and the private homes of donors,...
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(Reuters) – Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to...
Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST CLEVELAND (The Washington Post)—It was an at-times tense but by all accounts probing conversation when a few hundred gathered here...
BILL BARROW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Senate race boils down to a battle of extremes. At least that’s how Democratic Sen. Kay...
(Reuters) – U.S. officials are debating whether to tighten controls on the border with Canada and make it easier to revoke the passports of suspected...
(ABC News) – The latest fence-jumping incident at the White House has brought not only the Secret Service into scrutiny again but the fence itself. The bottom line: Is...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government investigation Wednesday criticized a bizarre Secret Service assignment that pulled agents from their duty near the White...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a charmed life of newspapering, Ben Bradlee seemed always to be in just the right place. The raspy-voiced,...
(Politico) – Democratic candidates and campaign operatives don’t want to talk about it, but President Barack Obama is quietly being deployed as a sleeper element of...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lesson from President Barack Obama’s brief trip home, straight out of Shakespeare: What’s past is prologue. While his...
By Daniel White Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the sixth grade, Allyson Carpenter, then-10 and the youngest student...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Conservatives and liberals not only have different political views, they diverge sharply on what news sources they...
(Politico) – Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, had surgery in Chicago last week for a spinal condition and will return to Washington on...
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)— The confidential memo from a former pollster for President Obama contained a blunt warning for Democrats. Written this...
