Politics News

Wed, May 23, 2012

Guessing game begins over next Treasury chief

By Glenn Somerville

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wanted for the Treasury Department: a new boss who can fix trillion-dollar-plus budget deficits, overhaul the tax system and ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Away from presidential race's glare, battles for Congress rage

By Samuel P. Jacobs

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois (Reuters) - Republican Representative Joe Walsh was campaigning recently at a diner in this Chicago suburb when he came ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Romney wins Kentucky primary, leads in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won his party's primary in Kentucky on Tuesday and took a commanding lead in ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

U.S. Secret Service chief: no security breach from scandal

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prostitution scandal in Colombia involving U.S. Secret Service employees did not result in any security breach and ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Romney begins to stir in fight for U.S. Hispanic votes

By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney is launching a push to appeal to Hispanic voters ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Jury to take closer look at evidence in ex-Senator Edwards' trial

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina jury broke from its third day of deliberations after asking on Tuesday for a ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Biden revels in campaign attack dog role

By Ros Krasny

KEENE, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Touting his middle-class roots, Vice President Joe Biden took another swipe at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Obama administration in new push to ratify sea treaty

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy surveillance vessel stumbled into a nerve-racking confrontation with five Chinese ships in 2009 while conducting ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Alabama's Jefferson County votes to skip bond payment

By Melinda Dickinson

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - County legislators for Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County voted unanimously on Tuesday to skip a $15 million payment ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

N.H Republican apologizes for calling former GOP official "stripper"

By Jason McLure

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A Republican New Hampshire legislator has apologized for calling a former state GOP official who endorsed his ...