BARACK OBAMA

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has supported Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's allegation that Mitt Romney avoided paying taxes for years, giving her imprimatur to a charge that Romney's campaign has dismissed as baseless slander.

Obama will be in Connecticut on Monday on a fundraising jaunt that features two tiers of backers.

About $26 million came from contributions of $250 or less. Six percent of the donors provided the rest.

The controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., wasted no time Sunday in reacting to the tragic death of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid's son, Garrett Reid, and the even more tragic shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Italian comedian-turned-political activist Beppe Grillo, New Gingrich and others have been accused of buying thousands of Twitter followers. What could they get out of this new social media gambit?

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Sunday that a fresh round of monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve would not help the fragile U.S. economy.

Try as he might, Mitt Romney just cannot connect with the average American voter. That point was highlighted this week by a survey that found there are more people with unfavorable views of the Republican presidential candidate than there are people with favorable views of him.

President Obama is one of the youngest presidents in history, coming in only behind Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. The 44th president is spending his birthday golfing and having dinner with the first lady at Camp David. He'll attend fundraising events across the country in the next few days in an attempt to make sure this won't be his last birthday in the White House.

The Republican congressman defended animal fighting -- twice! -- revisited birther conspiracies and declared his preferences for ATM's with English-only options.

Former porn star Jenna Jameson was recently arrested for driving under the influence. Now, she is endorsing Mitt Romney in his presidential campaign.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney fired back at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday, saying the Nevada Democrat needed to "put up or shut up" regarding his claim that Romney had failed to pay taxes.

Another month of inadequate job growth allows prospective Republician Party Mitt Romney to double down on the tactic that has so far defined his presidential campaign: keep the focus on President Barack Obama.

Forty-seven people account for 57 percent of the money raised by super PACs this election cycle -- and most Americans have no idea what this means.

Kofi Annan's decision to resign as UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria has thrown the violence and lack of diplomatic solution into sharp relief.

President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP candidate Mitt Romney shifted their election campaigns to some heavily contested states this week, where polls show Democrats have a narrow lead.

Michael Phelps who set an all-time Olympic record on July 31, claiming the 19th Olympic Gold medal across 12 Olympic Games starting 2000, can also lay claim to the most tweeted athlete ever so far in the games, the Twitter announced August 1.

President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for the Syrian rebels, U.S. sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters.

Pundit and former politician Sarah Palin waded into the culture wars over Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy's recent comments concerning gay marriage, telling Fox News that the protest against the restaurant chain "has a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights."

Ted Cruz's victory, a significant win for the Tea Party, shows the group is gaining momentum. What thta means is that even a President Romney shouldn't expect "get along" votes from the Republican right wing

These elected officials may be distancing themselves from their party leader, President Barack Obama, to boost their own reelection chances.

Disclosure of another lavish party thrown by the U.S. government's buildings and procurement agency prompted fresh attacks on Thursday from Republican lawmakers on wasteful Washington spending under President Barack Obama.