Obama Campaign Issues First Election Law Challenge, Suing Ohio Over Early Voting
President Barack Obama's reelection campaign has sued Ohio over a law restricting early voting, arguing that the law discourages some Ohioans from being able to cast ballots.
Democrats Seek To Let All Tax Cuts Expire, Putting Republicans On the Spot
Seeking to avoid another extension of Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's top earners, Senate Democrats unveiled a plan to let tax breaks expire for all Americans and then implement a separate tax cut for middle-class Americans.
Chicago Defies Obama Administration On Deportations
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed on Tuesday a measure that would prohibit police officers from turning undocumented immigrants over to federal authorities if the immigrants had not committed crimes.
Texas Voter ID Law Risks Disenfranchising Minorities, Holder Says
A Texas voter identification law currently being argued in court could rob minorities of their right to vote, Attorney General Eric Holder told the National Associated for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesday.
Obama, Romney Tied In Latest Poll
The latest Washington Post/ABC News Poll finds that Obama and Romney are neck-and-neck, tied at 47 percent among registered voters. Neither man has been able to open a significant gap over his rival.
Rick Perry Rejects Medicaid Expansion, Health Exchanges
Texas Governor Rick Perry has rejected two prominent elements of President Obama's health care overhaul, joining an exodus of Republican-led states that are using a Supreme Court decision upholding the law to opt out of some key features.
Egyptian President Morsi Invited To White House As Obama Opens To Islamists
The White House has invited Egypt's recently elected president Mohammad Mursi to visit the U.S. in September, as the latest Obama administration effort to reach out to Egypt's newly empowered Islamists.
Huntsman To Skip Republican Convention, Citing 'Trust Deficit'
Former Republican presidential candidate and Utah governor Jon Huntsman said he will not attend the party's convention this summer, continuing his critique of Republican orthodoxy.
Why Is Mitt Romney Going To Israel?
The trip will provide the presumptive Republican nominee with his latest opportunity to depict himself as a stronger ally of Israel than President Barack Obama.
Romney Sets GOP One-Month Fundraising Record With $100 Million Haul In June
Mitt Romney continued to flex his fundraising muscle in June, combining with the Republican National Committee and the Romney Victory fund to rake in more than $100 million.
Unemployment To Remain High Through 2016: Report
President Obama and Mitt Romney are both campaigning on a promise to revitalize the economy, but a new poll of economists offers a gloomy forecast for the next presidential term no matter who is in the White House.
Scathing Wall Street Journal Editorial Shows Conservative Media Still Distrusts Romney
The strongly worded piece is the latest episode in Romney's fraught relationship with prominent conservative opinion-shapers who have been skeptical from the start of his ideological squishiness.
Chris Christie Open To Being Romney's VP
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not ruling out the possibility of being 2012 Republican Party nominee-designate Mitt Romney's vice president.
Romney Foreign Policy: A 'Replay Of The Bush Administration'?
On several of the foreign policy issues facing the United States, Romney has advocated a path that is closer to the Bush administration, which disdained diplomacy in favor of unilateral action. Here is a sampling.
Romney Won't Be 'Flip-Flopper' On Immigration, He Tells Murdoch
Mitt Romney will not modify the immigration stance he took during the Republican presidential primary, the presumptive Republican nominee told supporters at a private meeting.
Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Health Care Law Approval
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Obama's expansive health care overhaul has increased public support for the law, which nonetheless remained largely unpopular.
Florida Joins Republican Pushback Against Medicaid Expansion
Florida has become the third state to reject the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, taking advantage of a Supreme Court ruling dictating that states cannot be forced to expand the health insurance program's reach.
Holder Contempt Vote: What?s Next?
It now falls to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to send the contempt citation to a grand jury, an unlikely outcome. Here's what might happen instead.
Obama Praises Court Decision, Pledges To 'Keep Moving Forward' With Health Care Law
Declaring that the highest court in the land has now spoken, President Barack Obama vowed to press ahead with implementing the sweeping health care reform law whose constitutionality the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed on Thursday.
With US Health Care Mandate Preserved, GOP Will Turn To Romney
By upholding the individual mandate that is the health care law's linchpin, the Supreme Court has rebuffed Republicans who had hoped to accomplish through the judiciary their goal of dismantling the act.
It's Make Or Break For Infrastructure Money As Transportation Bill Deadline Looms
If lawmakers cannot forge an agreement, they will need to fund projects on the nation's roads and bridges with a stopgap measure for the tenth straight time.
Court Defends Obama's Unprecedented Push For Global Warming Rules
A federal court has defended the Obama administration's unprecedented push to limit greenhouse gas emissions, laying down a marker in the debate over the limits of environmental regulation.
Issa Charges Obama With 'Fast and Furious' Coverup
The Republican chairman of a House panel is accusing President Obama of either obscuring his involvement in the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking program or improperly invoking executive privilege
Romney's Immigration Dodge: Walking A Tightrope, Candidate Stays Vague
The presumptive Republican nominee is caught between conservatives who would like to see immigration laws more strictly enforced and Hispanics who are wary of his position, and as a result he has been exceedingly careful when it comes to immigration.
Obama, Romney Use Arizona Ruling To Call For US Immigration Fixes
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both used the Supreme Court's Monday ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law to reinforce their positions on immigration.
US Supreme Court Blocks Part Of Immigration Law, Keeps Police Checks
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal law invalidates several portions of Arizona's tough immigration law but kept in place a controversial provision requiring police officers to check the status of immigrants they believe to be in the country illegally.
Decisive Time For Obama Administration As Immigration, Health Care Rulings Imminent
The political world is eagerly awaiting not one but two Supreme Court verdicts that could reshape the political landscape for the Obama administration.
Executive Power Shift: How Obama Is Remaking His Presidency To Ignore Congressional Gridlock
From immigration to same-sex marriage to education, U.S. President Barack Obama has been able to advance his agenda without Congress. Here's how.
Obama Touts Immigration Policy At Latino Conference
In a stirring speech to Latino officials reminiscent of his 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama heralded a new policy shielding young immigrants from deportation and called on the U.S. Congress to pass immigration reform.
Mitt Romney Offers Few Immigration Details In Speech To Latino Leaders
Mitt Romney offered few details while articulating his immigration policy during a highly anticipated speech to Latino officials on Thursday.