Jeremy White

Ten days after Newt Gingrich dealt Mitt Romney a stinging defeat in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Romney captured some key voter blocs that had backed Gingrich en route to a decisive win in the Florida primary.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be on the verge of a convincing victory in the Florida primary, but his opponents are working to ensure that outcome will not be a knockout blow.

The federal budget deficit will dip to the still substantial sum of $1.1 trillion in 2012 as the economy continues to grow slowly, according to a projection by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Mitt Romney appears poised to win decisively in Florida on Tuesday, bolstering his chances of winning the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

More than a year after a wave of popular uprisings swept across the Arab world, the White House spent Monday responding to the chaos the Arab Spring has unleashed in Syria and Egypt.

Newt Gingrich's rapidly deflating Florida poll numbers suggest the former Speaker of the House is headed for a decisive defeat, but he shows no signs of giving up the fight.

An Occupy Oakland protest once again spiraled into mass arrests and property destruction on Saturday, underscoring the city's reputation for hosting some of the most tumultuous and occasionally violent demonstrations of the Occupy movement. That volatility reflects both the tactics used by Occupy Oakland and the Oakland Police Department's tendency to resort to heavy handed enforcement.

The Occupy movement entered a tumultuous new phase this weekend, with a violent weekend protest by Occupy Oakland resulting in 400 arrests and Occupy D.C. facing a noon Monday deadline to leave McPherson Square.

A day after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer approached President Barack Obama on an airport tarmac, setting off an acrimonious exchange that made national headlines, she has released the letter she handed to the president.

President Barack Obama made natural gas a central part of the energy plan he detailed in his State of the Union address, taking a firm stance in a highly polarized debate about the method for extracting the fuel.

The Indiana right-to-work bill's supporters trumpeted the argument that making Indiana a right-to-work state would encourage businesses to relocate there. But a survey of the available data suggests that the link between right-to-work and job creation is not as clear as its proponents claim.

The landmark Massachusetts health care law signed by then-governor Mitt Romney has extended coverage to more residents and boosted self-reported health but has done little to control mounting costs, a new report found.

The Navy SEALs strike that rescued two Western aid workers on Tuesday, coming as the Pentagon begins detailing how it will adapt to massive budget cuts, reflects a shifting emphasis toward elite, nimble units that can carry out targeted operations.

When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer confronted President Barack Obama on a tarmac and thrust an accusing finger at him, it was a small skirmish in a larger battle between Brewer and the Obama administration.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are locked in a statistical tie in Florida with less than a week to go until the state's primary, a new poll shows.

Immigration has once again roiled the Republican presidential primary, as Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney trade barbs while courting Latino voters in Florida.

School lunch standards received their first overhaul in 15 years on Wednesday, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released standards that would increase the amount of fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods served to 32 million students.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) confirmed on Wednesday that she will seek a fourth term in Congress, ending speculation that she use springboard from an unsuccessful presidential run to a media role.

With Congressional approval ratings mired at historic lows, Obama has increasingly sought to bolster his re-election chances by criticizing Congress as ineffective and paralyzed by runaway partisanship. He invoked that theme in the State of the Union address.

Newt Gingrich's resurgent presidential campaign owes much to the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, who have in the last few weeks given a combined $10 million to the pro-Gingrich Super PAC Restore Our Future. With two separate infusions of $5 million, the Adelson have played an outsize role in shaping the outcome of the Republican presidential primary, raising questions about who Sheldon Adelson is and why he is motivated to back Gingrich so aggressively.

Mitt Romney elaborated on his immigration policies during Monday night's debate in Florida by calling for a system of self-deportation, embracing a concept that was tested and subsequently discarded under President George W. Bush.

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass, and Elizabeth Warren, his main Democratic challenger, will have difficulty enforcing a pledge to limit third party spending in what is likely to be a closely watched and bruising Senate race.

A Marine accused of participating in the slaughter of 24 unarmed Iraqis in Haditha, Iraq has accepted a plea deal, ending a criminal case against U.S. troops for an incident that became an enduring symbol of violence during the Iraq war.

Mitt Romney has gone on the offensive in the wake of a stinging loss to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, citing the ethics investigation that tarnished Gingrich's waning days in Congress and calling on Gingrich to release documents that could show he engaged in wrongful activity while working as a consultant.

Throughout the nominating contest, self-avowed Tea Party backers have oscillated between different candidates as they searched for an alternative to Mitt Romney, helping to drive the rapid ascents of Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Perry. The results in South Carolina indicate that those voters coalesced behind Gingrich.

As the United States seeks to mobilize international support for a tough new set of sanctions on Iran, some experts are warning that tightening the economic vise could backfire and embolden the ruling regime.

A federally mandated review of pending deportation cases in Denver found that nearly a sixth of those cases could be closed, presaging a national change in how immigration courts function.

Almost half a century later after President Lyndon Johnson signed the U.S. Voting Rights Act with the Rev. Martin Luther King present, a debate has emerged over whether the powers the legislation confers on the federal government are still necessary.

The candidates vying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination agree that the first imperative is to halt the flow of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. But the relentless focus on the border obscures the fact that the rate of cross-border migrations is decreasing.