By JACK GILLUM WASHINGTON (AP) — An unmistakable dynamic is playing out in the money game among Republican presidential candidates: New “super” political action committees are growing more powerful than the campaigns they support. For two of the GOP front-runners, their supportive super PACs raised more money and have more cash left in the bank [...]
By Fran Odyniec Editor Tuesday night, President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union Address to the 113th Congress seated in the House of Representatives. While the address featured proposals for business and personal income tax reforms, stronger financial monitoring of Wall Street, increased funding for community colleges that serve as “career centers,” [...]
By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — An Idaho man accused of firing shots at the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he tried to assassinate President Barack Obama. A lawyer for Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez entered the plea on his client’s behalf during a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Washington. Ortega [...]
Senior political adviser David Plouffe said Tuesday morning the president is “happy to have a debate” about his performance.
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will speak Oct. 16 at the rescheduled dedication of a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall. The ceremony had been set for Aug. 28, the 48th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. But the memorial’s organizers agreed to delay [...]
By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press writer WASHINGTON — It took the threat of economic calamity to force Congress and President Barack Obama to finally reach a debt deal. Just like it took a near government shutdown to compel them to strike a budget agreement in April. And the prospect of an unpopular tax hike [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is stepping up his criticism of Syria’s crackdown on protesters, charging that the Syrian president is “completely incapable and unwilling” to respond to what Obama calls the legitimate grievances of the Syrian people. Dozens of people were reported killed Sunday as Syrian security forces escalated their response to protests [...]
