OKLAHOMA CITY -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon and suggested...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is telling gay and lesbian supporters that there's more work to do to ensure fairness for all. But he says he couldn't be prouder of accomplishments like overturning the ban on gays serving openly in the military -- and he says the remarkable thing is how readily the public has gone along.
WASHINGTON -- Eager for Europe to contain its economic troubles, President Barack Obama praised Italian Premier Mario Monti on Thursday for his efforts to lead Italy out of its fiscal quagmire. The president said Monti has boosted confidence in Italy throughout Europe and in the marketplace.
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney might find surprisingly good news in the packed hallways of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.
WASHINGTON -- FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple founder Steve Jobs reveal a man so driven by power that he sometimes lost sight of honesty.
WASHINGTON -- The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia.
WASHINGTON -- The window for the United States and its allies to stop Iran from building a bomb is quickly closing, raising the specter of a war with the Islamic republic to the top of the Obama administration's national security worries in the midst of an election year.
PHOENIX -- A top aide to former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who suffered shots to his leg and face in the Tucson rampage that also left the congresswoman severely wounded announced Thursday that he will seek to replace her in a special election.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- She did some wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns and pulsing fist pumps.
WASHINGTON -- Two senators say the campaign finance system is so broken that a constitutional amendment is needed to rein in runaway spending in elections.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is concentrating on local energy issues as he works his way through natural-gas rich Oklahoma.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students.
CLEVELAND -- Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner.
WASHINGTON -- Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals provide employees with free contraceptives as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."
WASHINGTON -- Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to find that 27 percent re-engaged in terrorist or insurgent activities, according to a report by Republicans on the investigations panel of the House Armed Services Committee.
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain says the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American "boots on the ground."
BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Joseph Kennedy III has moved to a different Boston suburb ahead of an expected congressional bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.
ATLANTA -- The Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman from the state for two decades. Rival Mitt Romney is signaling that the biggest prize on Super Tuesday next month could be up for grabs.
ALLEN, Texas -- One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum filed Wednesday to get on Indiana's primary ballot even though he has not been certified by local election officials.
