Ashley Portero

Vice President Joe Biden will attend former Sen. Arlen Spector's funeral; a new poll finds the contraception mandate is helping President Obama with female voters; the White House will reportedly consider a strike against the militants responsible for the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Mitt Romney has an aggregate 5-point lead over President Obama in 12 states; Romney's campaign and the RNC have raised about $700 million this election cycle.

Lloyd Shapley and Alvin Roth have typically supported Democratic causes.

An email from the CEO of ASG Software Solutions suggests employees should fear for their jobs if President Obama is reelected.

Both Joe Biden and Paul Ryan stretched the truth during Thursday night's debate.

Joe Biden and Paul Ryan battled over the economy, Medicare and the Middle East. But Biden's was definitely the performance of the night.

Tonight's Joe Biden-Paul Ryan debate took on vital importance after Mitt Romney's strong performance last week.

Paul Ryan has reportedly been meticulously reviewing Biden's Senate vote and policy positions in the weeks leading up to Thursday's debate.

Thursday's event could shape the narrative of the final weeks of the 2012 presidential campaign.

A pro-Romney advertisement featuring women who are former Obama supporters is funded by a conservative outside-spending group.

The mother of a former Navy SEAL killed during the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi said Romney is using her son's name as part of his "political agenda."

Romney is putting on his Massachusetts-moderate hat -- but he still isn't specifying how he would address key issues that impact female voters.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is holding three campaign events in Ohio; Paul Ryan arrives in Kentucky; Hulu begins airing anti-Obama Citizens United documentary.

President Barack Obama will attend his last fundraiser of the 2012 campaign season on Thursday; Jill Biden will reportedly play a greater role in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.

More than 70 members of Congress have, in recent years, backed legislation that would directly benefit either them or family members, according to The Washington Post.

Obama is now tied with Romney, according to a new national poll. However, Obama's campaign continues to receive record contributions.

Two new polls found the president's edge over Mitt Romney has shrunk since last week's presidential debate; Obama travels to California for a day of a fundraising; Jill Biden urges Pennsylvanians to register to vote.

About 1,400 churches with tax-exempt status will make political endorsements on Sunday in violation of a decades-old IRS rule.

The Illinois Rifle Association announced that all proceeds from an upcoming "shoot for the cure" event will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee raked in $181 million last month.

An Ohio Judge ruled against a state law that aimed to restrict early in-person voting for everyone except military voters.

Surprise! Women with access to free contraception are considerably less likely to experience unwanted pregnancies.

The September unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since President Obama took office, but Mitt Romney says: Don't celebrate.

The national unemployment rate dipped below 8 percent in September; Obama travels to Virginia and Ohio; liberals say Obama needs to take a stronger position on Social Security.

These timely issues were overshadowed by the economy at the first presidential debate of the season.

President Obama travels to Wisconsin as his campaign promises he will get aggressive during his next debate with Romney.

Conventional wisdom says Romney won the first presidential debate. But some political scientists say it probably won't sway the election.

Todd Akin's Senate campaign is standing by the congressman's allegation that women who are not pregnant are being tricked by physicians into obtaining abortions.

Mitt Romney announced a new proposal to cap tax deductions at $17,000 -- but did not say which deductions would be included in that figure.