WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is challenging a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized within the Uni...
THE RACE: Endorsements slow as Romney closes in
EDITOR'S NOTE _ With 174 days left until Election Day, here are insights into today's highlights in U.S. politics As Mitt Romney closes in on nailing down the Republican presidential nomination, e...
SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words EDITOR'S NOTE _ An occasional look behind the rhetoric of political candidates. WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable?...
Romney wins Nebraska presidential primary LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Mitt Romney is adding another victory to his win column. Nebraska Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP nomination by choosing Romney in Tuesd...
Nebraska GOP chooses Senate challenger for Kerrey WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska Republicans on Tuesday were choosing a candidate to square off against Democrat Bob Kerrey, a former senator seeking another turn on Capitol Hill in one of the year's mos...
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In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire' DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in...
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US says blind China activist's visa is ready WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says U.S. visas for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (chehn gwahng-chung) and his family are ready for them to travel to America once Beijing gives the green...
GOP kills civil unions in Colorado special session DENVER (AP) — Gay couples who watched as Colorado lawmakers rejected a civil unions measure are taking comfort in the bill sponsor's mantra: It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when civil unio...
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ATLANTA - Today every state agency is to submit a report to Gov. Nathan Deal on the burdensome regulations or duplications that are hampering businesses. He issued an executive order in February a...
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Backers of regional penny sales taxes for transportation held their first big fundraising push outside Metro Atlanta Monday. Governor Nathan Deal spoke at a $500 a head reception a...
EDITOR'S NOTE _ With 176 days left until Election Day, here are insights into today's highlights in U.S. politics JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion-plus trading blunder is reverberating on the preside...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to under...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning "super" political committee wants to bring them to the GOP's side. C...
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DUBLIN (AP) — When voters in Greece and France got the chance, they dealt a resounding "No!" to parties backing austerity measures. The Irish could be next to give the European Union's austerity pl...
BERLIN (AP) — An exit poll indicates that voters in Germany's most populous state have strengthened a center-left regional government which Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives sought to portra...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama delighted his liberal base by coming down on the side of gay marriage, but he cheered the opposition, too. Republican activists now want to use Obama's sta...
GOP lawmakers demand answers from Obama administration for the handling of Ali Musa Daqduq, a purported Hezbollah leader tied to the killings of US soldiers who's now set to be released in Iraq.