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  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 4:14 PM EST2012-02-22 21:14:22 GMT
    Twenty-seven days. That's how long it has been between the 19th and 20th Republican presidential debates.

  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 12:11 PM EST2012-02-21 17:11:10 GMT
    The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to tackle another election-year blockbuster and will decide whether the University of Texas' race-conscious admission policies violate the rights of white applicants.

  • Monday, February 20 2012 5:45 PM EST2012-02-20 22:45:56 GMT
    The United States and Mexico agreed Monday to work cooperatively on exploring and developing oil and natural gas reserves along their maritime border.

  • Monday, February 20 2012 12:25 PM EST2012-02-20 17:25:34 GMT
    In no particular order, here are four things you should watch in this week's desert debate: Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich.

  • Monday, February 20 2012 10:50 AM EST2012-02-20 15:50:31 GMT
    The latest results from Gallup's daily tracking poll indicate Rick Santorum has overtaken Mitt Romney nationwide and now leads the former Massachusetts governor by an eight-point margin.

  • Sunday, February 19 2012 4:48 PM EST2012-02-19 21:48:33 GMT
    Silicon Valley has a hot new startup setting up shop: President Obama's re-election campaign. The organization is opening a field office in San Francisco.

  • Sunday, February 19 2012 4:40 PM EST2012-02-19 21:40:05 GMT
    Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Sunday railed against critics who say the recent birth control controversy reflects a Republican Party that holds suppressive views toward women.

  • Sunday, February 19 2012 4:35 PM EST2012-02-19 21:35:35 GMT
    In the Virginia House of Delegates, Republican Robert Marshall is a longtime abortion opponent who has tried repeatedly to pass legislation in his state that would give rights to the unborn.

  • Sunday, February 19 2012 4:30 PM EST2012-02-19 21:30:46 GMT
    The government should never require health care providers to fully cover the cost of prenatal testing such as amniocentesis, which can determine the possibility of Down syndrome or other problems in the fetus, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said Sunday.

  • Saturday, February 18 2012 10:42 PM EST2012-02-19 03:42:59 GMT
    Welcome to the culture wars 2.0, where the front lines now are religious freedom and contraceptives. Abortion? Gay marriage? Those are so last year.

  • Saturday, February 18 2012 10:40 PM EST2012-02-19 03:40:10 GMT
    The United States economy is on the road to recovery, the White House said Friday, with stronger job growth expected this year.

  • Saturday, February 18 2012 10:36 PM EST2012-02-19 03:36:54 GMT
    An ongoing political dispute over the Obama administration's new mandate on contraceptive coverage has reached the federal courts, with the Justice Department on Friday urging judges to stay out of the controversy until a compromise can be worked out.

  • Saturday, February 18 2012 9:57 PM EST2012-02-19 02:57:41 GMT
    Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's "Google problem" is well documented.

  • Friday, February 17 2012 5:27 PM EST2012-02-17 22:27:53 GMT
    The Texas Education Commissioner announced Friday the new Texas STAAR test will not count against students grades for high school students across the state.

  • Friday, February 17 2012 12:05 PM EST2012-02-17 17:05:59 GMT
    The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan deal Friday morning extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while also avoiding a Medicare fee cut for doctors for the rest of the year.

  • Thursday, February 16 2012 1:21 PM EST2012-02-16 18:21:26 GMT
    Rick Santorum's latest four years of tax returns show he earned more than a total of $3.6 million, according to spokeswoman Alice Stewart.

  • Thursday, February 16 2012 1:16 PM EST2012-02-16 18:16:33 GMT
    Congressional negotiators have resolved all differences on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare doctors for the rest of the year, leaving only technical issues to sort out.

  • Wednesday, February 15 2012 5:15 PM EST2012-02-15 22:15:58 GMT
    In a federal court hearing Wednesday, the Texas attorney general has reportedly come to a temporary compromise with minority groups agreeing on the state senate map.

  • Wednesday, February 15 2012 12:40 PM EST2012-02-15 17:40:28 GMT
    Rick Santorum blasted President Barack Obama's administration as "elite" for dismissing the so-called Ryan Plan, using a word that tends to play well with conservative audiences.

  • Wednesday, February 15 2012 12:38 PM EST2012-02-15 17:38:34 GMT
    Congressional negotiators reached a tentative deal Tuesday to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare doctors, according to Republican legislators and aides.

  • Tuesday, February 14 2012 12:22 PM EST2012-02-14 17:22:11 GMT
    President Barack Obama stepped up his push Tuesday to get Congress to extend the payroll tax cut for the rest of the year, arguing that a failure to do so could derail the economic recovery.

  • Tuesday, February 14 2012 11:29 AM EST2012-02-14 16:29:55 GMT
    The race for the Republican presidential nomination appears to be all tied up between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, according to two new national surveys.

  • Monday, February 13 2012 7:08 PM EST2012-02-14 00:08:23 GMT
    President Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget request Monday that hikes taxes on the rich, spends new money on infrastructure and education, but does little to reform the entitlement programs that pose the biggest long-term threat to the federal budget.

  • Monday, February 13 2012 5:36 PM EST2012-02-13 22:36:32 GMT
    The Pentagon spelled out in billions of dollars on Monday precisely how it wants to save nearly half a trillion dollars in defense spending over the next five years, as the Department of Defense and other parts of the American national security apparatus sought to rebalance their books to account for new areas of concern.

  • Monday, February 13 2012 5:28 PM EST2012-02-13 22:28:57 GMT
    COLLEGE STATION (KCEN)- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is making her way to College Station. Pelosi is set to speak on Presidents Day at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush

  • Monday, February 13 2012 11:30 AM EST2012-02-13 16:30:36 GMT
    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ended what had been the worst week of his campaign with a quick one-two Saturday -- winning the Maine caucuses hours after placing first in a closely watched straw poll of conservative leaders and activists.

  • Saturday, February 11 2012 5:23 PM EST2012-02-11 22:23:13 GMT
    Presumed GOP front-runner Gov. Mitt Romney has won a straw poll of Republican voters at the American Conservative Union's annual CPAC conference in Washington.

  • Friday, February 10 2012 12:22 PM EST2012-02-10 17:22:21 GMT
    The White House announced a compromise Friday in the dispute over whether to require full contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions.

  • Friday, February 10 2012 11:49 AM EST2012-02-10 16:49:18 GMT
    Congressional Democrats and Republicans escalated their rhetorical war Thursday over a pending federal rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women -- one day after hints emerged of a possible compromise between the White House and conservative religious critics.

  • Thursday, February 9 2012 6:44 PM EST2012-02-09 23:44:04 GMT
    Ten states are being granted waivers to free them from parts of the No Child Left Behind law, the White House said Thursday.

  • Thursday, February 9 2012 2:59 PM EST2012-02-09 19:59:20 GMT
    In the largest deal to date aimed at addressing the housing meltdown, federal and state officials on Thursday announced a $26 billion foreclosure settlement with five of the largest home lenders.

  • Thursday, February 9 2012 11:58 AM EST2012-02-09 16:58:26 GMT
    On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, we took a look at the Republican candidates' standing in the social-media world -- comparing everything from Facebook "likes" to Twitter followers to YouTube channel views.

  • Thursday, February 9 2012 11:55 AM EST2012-02-09 16:55:04 GMT
    A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington State voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, putting Washington on the path toward becoming the seventh state in the nation to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

  • Wednesday, February 8 2012 11:17 AM EST2012-02-08 16:17:13 GMT
    Rick Santorum awoke to a new reality Wednesday after sweeping all three Republican presidential contests a day earlier, reshaping the contest that will decide who runs against President Barack Obama in November.

  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 11:31 AM EST2012-02-07 16:31:52 GMT
    According to several participants on a conference call with major bundlers late Monday night, Barack Obama's re-election campaign encouraged donors to fundraise for a Democratic super PAC supporting the president, marking an about-face on Obama's position toward outside spending groups.

  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 11:22 AM EST2012-02-07 16:22:45 GMT
    Moments after the energetic Madonna entertained fans during the halftime show at Sunday's Super Bowl, millions of television viewers got an emotional jolt back into reality.

  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 11:18 AM EST2012-02-07 16:18:46 GMT
    Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of infringing upon Americans' religious rights in a fiery address to more than 2,500 supporters Monday in Colorado.

  • Monday, February 6 2012 2:43 PM EST2012-02-06 19:43:56 GMT
    AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today issued the following statement on the proposed interim redistricting maps for Texas' 2012 elections: "The proposed maps minimize changes to the redistricting

  • Monday, February 6 2012 11:46 AM EST2012-02-06 16:46:46 GMT
    Mitt Romney won Saturday's Nevada caucuses with his highest portion of a state's vote yet, just over 50%, according to certified results released Monday by the Nevada Republican Party.

  • Sunday, February 5 2012 5:19 PM EST2012-02-05 22:19:43 GMT
    The two trailing contenders in the recent Florida primary and Nevada caucuses said Sunday they would stay in the GOP presidential race and criticized front-runner Mitt Romney and main challenger Newt Gingrich as flawed candidates.

  • Sunday, February 5 2012 4:25 PM EST2012-02-05 21:25:15 GMT
    He may be a non-gambler, but Mitt Romney had a good night in Vegas. He left town as the night's big winner, capturing his second strong victory in a row.

  • Friday, February 3 2012 11:09 AM EST2012-02-03 16:09:25 GMT
    One day after Mitt Romney took heat for a comment he made about the poor, the Republican presidential candidate characterized his remark as a "misstatement."

  • Thursday, February 2 2012 5:07 PM EST2012-02-02 22:07:21 GMT
    Firings and charges against Justice Department officials who oversaw the agency's flawed gun-running operation are likely to come in the next six months, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday.

  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 12:44 PM EST2012-01-31 17:44:05 GMT
    After one month and three contests, it may be up to Florida to finally add some clarity to the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 12:41 PM EST2012-01-31 17:41:48 GMT
    Closing arguments in the fight over redrawing Texas' political maps will start Tuesday in Washington, D.C. At issue – whether the GOP-drawn maps violate the federal Voting Rights Act.

  • Monday, January 30 2012 11:09 AM EST2012-01-30 16:09:37 GMT
    The four survivors of the Republican primary process intend to keep on keeping on after Florida. They all see the White House from their campaign headquarters.
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