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WASHINGTON, DC (by Dana Hughes/ABC News) -- A U.S. official confirms to ABC News that U.S. has concluded that Syria has used ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's ...
(By MATTHEW MOSK, JAMES GORDON MEEK and LEE FERRAN/ABC News)The source of a series of top secret leaks from the National Secu...
TALLAHASSEE (by Rick Flagg and Alan McBride/FLA. NEWS NEWORK) -- A mixed bag of results in the latest batch of test scores fr...
WASHINGTON (ABC News) — The IRS agents in Cincinnati who were involved in the targeting of conservative groups were &ld...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.Sco...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The ...
WASHINGTON (ABC News) -- When it became clear last fall that the CIA’s now discredited Benghazi talking points were fla...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chao...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford revived a scandal-scarred political career b...
BEIRUT (AP) — From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as ...
HOUSTON (AP) — National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation ...
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida Democratic leaders want Republican Gov. Rick Scott to veto the state budget or call a special ses...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The House amended an elections bill that will expand early voting days and sites and sent it b...
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning from its incoming ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's order to lift all age limits on ...
WASHINGTON (By AARON KATERSKY, STEVEN PORTNOY, DANA HUGHES and LEE FERRAN/ABC News) -- The FBI has released new images of thr...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if ...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After weeks of fiery rhetoric, military posturing and threats that it's willing to st...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Furloughed air traffic controllers will soon be heading back to work, ending a week of coast-to-coast...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traff...
WASHINGTON, DC (By ALEXANDER MARQUART/ABC News) -- The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons i...
DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised his predecessor at the dedication of his library for showing s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested po...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks...
GAINESVILLE -- Former 2-term city councilman Ed Braddy is the new Gainesville Mayor, winning Tuesday's runoff election ov...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says a letter containing ricin or another poision was sent to the o...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Rep...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyan...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to ...
WASHINGTON April 10, 2013 (AP) -- Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the De...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had "powerful str...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two pivotal senators announced a bipartisan deal Wednesday on expanding background checks to more gun...
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida couple suspected of kidnapping their two sons from the woman's parents are in Cuba, authori...
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's "Iron Lady," who died today at 87, was a trailblazer. The first women to be the he...
Margaret Thatcher, the first woman ever to serve as prime minister of Great Britain and the longest-serving British prime min...
WASHINGTON, DC (ABC News) -- When news began to emerge from the White House Friday that President Obama’s budget next w...
President Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for referring to her as the &...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Securit...
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decades-lo...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weap...
DENVER (AP) — Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that r...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A House panel has passed a bill creating a statewide ban on texting while driving.The House Ec...
PANMUNJON, S. KOREA (Martha Raddatz and Luis Martinez, ABC NEWS)-- Gen. James Thurman, the top U.S. commander in South Korea,...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it will escalate production of nuclear weapons material, including r...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's leader responded Friday to America's use of nuclear-capable B-2 bombers...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unp...
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators crafting a sweeping immigration bill vowed Wednesday that they wou...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court turned Wednesday to a constitutio...
A bill that would outlaw internet cafes blew through the state House of Representatives in record time.TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Flo...
KABUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unity bet...
KABUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unity bet...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israelis and Palestinians to get back to peace talk...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network) -- No love for the gov in a new poll from Quinnipiac University.Rick Scott trails fo...
MARY BRUCE and JONATHAN KARLTEL AVIV, Israel (ABC NEWS) -- Arriving here this morning for his first presidential visit to Isr...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot lawmakers have rejected a critical draft bill that would have seized part of people'...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sponsor of a proposed assault weapons ban says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told her tha...
WASHINGTON, DC (ABC NEWS) -- House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, the former Republican vice presidential nominee, took charge at...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama on Monday will nomina...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based missile defense system, refle...
Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association today mocked Vice President Joe Biden for his advice that women fire a shotg...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are sending mixed signals in agreeing to meet with President Barack Obama for talks...
By JORDAN FABIAN (ABC NEWS) -- Sen. Marco Rubio recently slammed Americans who visit Cuba, including some of his Senate colle...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea March 11, 2013 (AP) -- North Korean state media said Mond...
byAmanda DeCarloORLANDO, FLA. (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) --Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is looking into running for president...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed John Brennan to be CIA director Thursday after the Obama administration bowed to...
WASHINGTON, DC (ABC NEWS) -- Senator Rand Paul’s nearly thirteen hour filibuster may have started a conversation about ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United State...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting course in the face of political gridlock, President Barack Obama is making rare overtures to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Severe spending cuts now the law of the land, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans re...
By DEVIN DWYER, MARY BRUCE, SUNLEN MILLER and JOHN PARKINSONWASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013WASHINGTON, DC (ABC NEWS) -- The budget ...
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Bradley Manning, the Army private arrested in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. hi...
ROME (AP) — In a significant policy shift, the Obama administration said Thursday it would for the first time provide n...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broa...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel was sworn in as Defense Secretary, and took charge of the Defense Department with deep bu...
WASHINGTON, DC (ABC News) -- House Speaker John Boehner used some choice words to pressure Senate Democrats to avert the loom...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's protracted budget stalemate could seriously undermine the economy and stall gains ma...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is downplaying its draft immigration proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers do...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to extend a pay freeze for federal workers, already in effect for more than tw...
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will have to stay on the job a little bit longer.Senators failed Thursday night to move tow...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday it's unlikely the Republican-controlled House and Democ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama set up high-stakes clashes with Republicans over guns, immigration, taxes and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tue...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea on Tuesday conducted its third nuclear test in the rem...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The plague of gun violence makes it plain that current firearms restrictions are insufficient and new...
By NED BERKOWITZ and BRIAN ROSS (ABC NEWS)Three years after the White House arranged a hero's welcome at the State of the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans intend to cast President Barack Obama's second-term agenda as more "big governme...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American public will get a competing mix of rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's ...
By GLORIA RIVIERA and AKIKO FUJITA (ABC NEWS) -- North Korea says it has successfully tested a miniaturized nuclear device Tu...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator is threatening to hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama&...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rubio is taking center stage as Republicans search for a new leader.In the nearly 100 days sinc...
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director-designate John Brennan's vigorous defense of drone strikes to kill terror suspects &...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with "...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nominated to head the CIA, John Brennan told a protest-disrupted Senate confirmation hearing Thursday...
byAlan McBride (Florida News Network)WASHINGTON, D.C.--House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnel...
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country cannot hold meaningful talks with the U.S. on Tehra...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA faces a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmatio...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday laid out a grim list of spending cuts the Pentagon will h...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to buy time and avoid economic pain, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to pass t...
WASHINGTON -- A new government report is predicting the budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday the challenges he f...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Armed Services Committee says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issu...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said there will be repe...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotiona...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez's office said that he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel's air force launched a rare airstrike on a military site inside Syria, the Syrian government a...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring "now is the time" to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesda...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public suppo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is sending a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims to Pres...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhau...
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two senators at the center of negotiations over comprehensive immigration reform, Sen. John McCain, R-A...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrat who's introduced an assault weapon ban acknowledges the measure faces an "uphil...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an earlier era, a move like the one engineered by House GOP leaders to pass a "no budget, no ...
OCALA — Sheriff’s officials are investigating a threating package that was delivered to the Marion County Sheriff...
By Arlette Saenz/ABC NEWS -- With an AR-15 and nine other guns on her left, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced a bil...
Two high-ranking officers in the Marion County Sheriff’s department have been demoted, after an internal affairs invest...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third n...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Kerry, on a smooth path to confirmation as secretary of state, is likely to face...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's decision to lift the ban on women serving in combat presents a daunting challenge ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's approval of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline puts t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday in an intimate s...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The militants had filled five jeeps with hostages and begun to move when Algerian government at...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders Friday offered President Barack Obama a three-month reprieve to a looming, m...
PARIS (AP) — The bloody three-day hostage standoff at a natural gas plant in the Sahara took a dramatic turn Friday as ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding "this will be difficult," President Barack Obama urged a reluctant Congress on We...
By JONATHAN KARL, DEVIN DWYER and MARY BRUCEWASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC NEWS) -- Flanked by four children from across the country, ...
By JONATHAN KARL, DEVIN DWYER and MARY BRUCEWASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC NEWS) -- Flanked by four children from across the country, ...
By John Parkinson (ABC NEWS) -- Seventy-nine days after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Northeast, the House of Representati...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama demanded on Monday that lawmakers raise the nation's $16.4 trillion fe...
By JULIE PACE/WASHINGTON, DC January 14, 2013 (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's reviewing a list of proposals from...
By Matthew Larotonda (ABC NEWS) -- President Obamadivulgedtoday that the U.S. military played a role in a failed attempt by F...
Sunday morning morning on ABC's “This Week,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relation...
Jordan Fabian (ABC NEWS) AUSTIN, Texas -- A key Republican senator said Thursday that he wants to demonstrate that the U.S.-M...
Vice President Joe Biden described his meeting with the National Rifle Association Thursday as “productive” and s...
By ARLETTE SAENZ (ABC NEWS) -- The National Rifle Association blasted Vice President Joe Biden after a meeting Thursday after...
By ARLETTE SAENZ/(ABC News) -- Vice President Biden, meeting today with outside groups on gun safety, told reporters he has a...
President Obama today will name his current chief of staff, Jack Lew, to serve as the nation’s next treasury secretary,...
WASHINGTON, DC (ABC News) -- The pushback against Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s new nominee for secretary of Defense, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides are saying it was a productive meeting after Florida Gov. Rick Scott sat down with the Oba...
By DEVIN DWYER and JONATHAN KARL (ABC NEWS) -- Two weeks before his inauguration, and with more "fiscal cliffs" on ...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., Sunday said he will not accept any new revenue in future deals with congress...
BEIRUT (AP) -- President Bashar Assad called on Syrians to defend their country against religious extremists seeking to destr...
By JONATHAN KARL and DEVIN DWYER/ABC NEWSWith the "fiscal cliff" crisis behind him, President Obama is poised to na...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonpartisan scorekeeper for Congress says the legislation passed earlier this week to avert the &...
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, The Associated PressInjecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation's contentious healt...
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed the bill that boosts taxes on the wealthiest Americans, while preserv...
By DEVIN DWYER, JOHN PARKINSON and SUNLEN MILLER/ABC NEWS -- The Republican-dominated House of Representatives has approved a...
By MARY CLARE JALONICKWASHINGTON (AP) -- A potential doubling of milk prices will be averted as part of the compromise that W...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation to block the impact of across-the-board tax increases and spending ...
By JON KARL, SUNLEN MILLER, JOHN PARKINSON and MATTHEW LAROTONDA/ABC NEWSDec. 28, 2012Washington brinkmanship appears to have...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is closing its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordering its diplomat...
H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the general credited with leading U.S.-allied forces to a victory in the first Gulf War, has died at a...
from ABC NewsTen days remain before the mandatory spending cuts and tax increases known as the “fiscal cliff” tak...
from ABC NewsThose hoping the United States Senate may get a little less gray and a bit more celebrity-studded won’t be...
By PAMELA SAMPSON AP Business Writer(AP) --Heightened uncertainty about the outcome of budget negotiations in Washington amon...
By JONATHAN KARL, MARY BRUCE and Z. BYRON WOLF / ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama will today nominate Sen. John Kerry ...
The defeat of his Plan B — Republicans pulled it when it became clear it would be voted down — is a big defeat fo...
By Dana Hughes and Martha Raddatz/ABC NEWSFour State Department officials have been “relieved from their duties” ...
By DEVIN DWYER, MARY BRUCE, JOHN PARKINSON and SUNLEN MILLER/ABC NEWSWASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012Invoking the somber aftermath o...
By Jonathan Karl/ABC NEWS -- House Speaker John Boehner told House Republicans this morning that even as he tries to strike a...
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security WriterINCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey December 14, 2012 (AP) -- The U.S. will send two batteri...
TAMPA (AP) -- Indiana's recently ousted state school superintendent was hired Wednesday as Florida's new education co...
By GLORIA RIVIERA, JOOHEE CHO and AKIKO FUJITA/ABC NEWSUnited States officials confirm that North Korea appears to have carri...
from ABC NewsAs the clock ticks toward a tax hike on all Americans in 20 days, President Obama predicted Republicans would jo...
By JOHN FLESHER and JEFF KAROUB Associated PressLANSING, Mich. December 10, 2012 (AP) --The Republican-led Michigan House has...
By Sarah Parnass/ABC NEWSTexas is waiting for President Obama’s reaction to a petition demanding it be allowed to seced...
By LEE FERRAN/ABC NEWSDec. 10, 2012An Iranian military commander claimed Monday that the country has stolen all the secrets h...
(WASHINGTON) -- For the first time in more than three weeks, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met face-to-face ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush remains in stable condition in his third week of hospitalization in Ho...
By GARY FINEOUT/TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state's chief executive as a R...
By Elizabeth Hartfield/ABC NEWSAnother week comes to a close with seemingly little progress in the on-going “fiscal cli...
Elizabeth Hartfield/ABC NEWSDec. 5, 2012How does one come up with $4 trillion in revenue and spending cuts?That's the...
By ARLETTE SAENZ and MICHAEL FALCONE/ABC NEWSDec. 5, 2012WASHINGTON -- Hardly a month has passed since the end of presidentia...
By Mary Bruce/ABC NEWSDecember 3, 2012President Obama today warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that the use of chemical ...
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran December 4, 2012 (AP)Iran's state TV said Tuesday that the country'...
By Jonathan Karl/ABC NEWSDec. 3, 2012Republicans are seriously considering a Doomsday Plan if fiscal cliff talks collapse ent...
By Elizabeth Hartfield/ABC NEWSNov. 30, 2012The outlook for reaching some sort of bipartisan agreement on the so-called &ldqu...
By Mary Bruce and Matthew Larotonda/ABC NEWSNov 30, 2012HATFIELD, Pa. — President Obama today accused Republicans of pu...
MIAMI (AP) — Florida health advocates are urging the federal government to run the state health exchange, saying Florid...
By Ann Compton/ABC NEWSFormer President George H. W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for the past week with what his st...
By MARY BRUCE, DEVIN DWYER, JOHN PARKINSON and SUNLEN MILLER/ABC NEWSNov. 29, 2012President Obama and Mitt Romney met face to...
ANALYSIS By MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER/ABC NEWSNov. 28, 2012Both Democrats and Republicans are doing lots of posturing an...
By Mary Bruce/ABC NEWSNov. 28, 2012Guess who’s coming to lunch. President Obama will meet privately with former Republi...
from ABC NewsFormer Senate Republican Leader and presidential nominee Bob Dole has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medi...
By DEVIN DWYER, JOHN PARKINSON and SUNLEN MILLER/ABC NEWSNov. 27, 2012'Tis the season for spreading holiday cheer and, th...
By Alexander Marquardt/ABC NEWSNov. 27, 2012CAIRO – Waves of protesters poured into Cairo’s Tahrir Square today t...
from ABC NewsThe two-party tango that is negotiations over the "fiscal cliff" took a turn Monday as two more Republ...
from ABC NewsUN Ambassador Susan Rice will be on Capitol Hill this week to meet with individual members of Congress to discus...
Jake Tapper/ABC NEWSNov. 26,2012-- As President Obama enters his second term, preparations have begun for the traditional shu...
By COLLEEN CURRY/ABC NEWSNov. 21, 2012A cease-fire was reached today in the bloody clash between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Eg...
By ALEXANDER MARQUARDT/ABC NEWSGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Nov. 20, 2012Hopes for a ceasefire between between Israel and Islamic mi...
By ALEXANDER MARQUARDT/ABC NEWSGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Nov. 20, 2012A ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will be announced toni...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tea party firebrand Allen West is finally giving up his fight to remain in Congress.West s...
By ALEXANDER MARQUARDT, ANTHONY CASTELLANO and KEVIN DOLAK/ABC NEWSGAZA CITY, Gaza, Nov. 19, 2012An Israeli strike on a Gaza ...
By MICHAEL FALCONE/ABC NEWSNov. 17, 2012Republicans are over it.And most of them aren't doing much mourning for Mitt Romn...
By ALEXANDER MARQUARDTGAZA CITY, GAZA, Nov. 17, 2012In the early hours of Saturday morning, Israel's Air Force reduced th...
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has rejected Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West's request for a recount of more than ...
By PHILIP ELLIOTT— Nov. 16 4:23 AM ESTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana's Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Part...
from ABC NewsRep. Ron Paul, the iconic libertarian congressman from Texas, has delivered what will most likely be his final a...
from ABC NewsGood afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat.I hear you have some questions for me -- (laughter) -- but let -- ...
By Elizabeth Hartfield and Sunlen Miller/ABC NEWSNov 14, 2012President Obama was visibly angry today after Sens. John McCain ...
By SARAH PARNASS/ABC NEWSNov. 14, 2012While the FBI was investigating the director of the CIA, a top U.S. general and a Flori...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama is backing Gen. John Allen, the commander of American forces in Afghanistan and the second top m...
from ABC NewsDespite a devastating loss last week, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan rejected Democratic claims ...
from ABC NewsIt isn't taking long for memories of the 2012 election to fade as Washington now fixates on both a scandal a...
from ABC NewsAmid continuing tensions with its neighbors and the U.S., Iran has revealed a new domestically produced hovercra...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Labor unions and other liberal groups are urging that Florida expand early voting days and sit...
By LUIS MARTINEZ, Z. BYRON WOLF and MARTHA RADDATZ/ABC NEWSNov. 9, 2012CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned his position,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling budget and tax negotiations, said Friday ...
By ALYSSA PONENov. 8, 2012Bradley Manning, the Army soldier accused of leaking more than a half million confidential U.S. doc...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama's victory Tuesday means he will pivot almost immediately to shoring up the team of top aides...
from ABC NewsA day after holding onto his speakership and the House Republican majority, John Boehner signaled openness today...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NEWSNov. 7, 2012The last ballots are being counted here in Florida, but a re-elected President Obama i...
By CHRISTINA NG/ABC NEWSNov. 7, 2012As marijuana supporters across the country rejoice at Colorado and Washington becoming th...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NEWSNov. 6, 2012President Obama won a second term tonight as ABC News projects he will be re-elected, ...
By JOHN PARKINSON/ABC NEWSWASHINGTON, Nov 6, 2012House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican colleagues will secure enough ...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NEWSNov. 6, 2012President Obama won a second term tonight as ABC News projects he will be re-elected, ...
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Analysis By MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER/ABC NEWSNov. 6, 2012NOTE: Listen to 97.3 The Sky starting at 7pm for complete elec...
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from ABC NewsThere are 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and here is a look at 25 of the top match-ups worth watchin...
from ABC NewsElizabeth Warren (D) vs. Sen. Scott Brown (R)MASSACHUSETTSThis contest is the most expensive Senate race so far ...
Chris Blair, who took Dan Kuhn's place on the ballot as the Republican nominee for Marion County Sheriff, takes on Consti...
Gregory J. Krieg/ABC NEWSNov. 5, 2012The candidates are spending the final 24 hours of this long presidential race bouncing a...
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Days before the verdict on his bid for a second term, the bad news for Barack Obama is that most likely voters think the coun...
By ABBY D. PHILLIP/ABC NEWSNov. 1, 2012The political détente declared during superstorm Sandy is over as President Oba...
from ABC NewsNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has earned high marks for his handling of the unprecedented disaster his state ha...
By ARIANE DEVOGUE and LAUREN PEARLE/ABC NEWSOctober 30, 2012Superstorm Sandy has given rise to suspensions in campaigning by ...
ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports:With exactly one week to go before Election Day, the Romney and Obama campaigns are b...
Mitt Romney has matched Barack Obama on the question of who’s presented a clearer economic plan, a measure on which the...
By Gary Langer/ABC NEWSMitt Romney has advanced to a slight lead over Barack Obama in trust to handle the economy, and Obama ...
from ABC NewsWhile the OctSurprise turned out to be nothing but a gag that has since disappeared from cyberspace, Donald Trum...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (@GoldmanRussell)Oct. 22, 2012President Obama was on the offensive during the third and final presidential...
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated PressWASHINGTON October 23, 2012 (AP)Voters didn't always get the straight goods when Presi...
By ABC NEWS/ABBY D. PHILLIPPresident Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in the third presidential debate, face ...
Mitt Romney carries newfound competitiveness in trust to handle international issues into the final presidential debate, comb...
from ABC NewsPresident Barack Obama will be sitting down with Jay Leno on the set of "The Tonight Show" Wednesday, ...
from ABC NewsThere are 15 days and one presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney and the general election.W...
By ABC NEWS/HUMA KHANOct. 21, 2012George McGovern, longtime senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic presidential nomine...
OCALA -- Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke before an enthusiastic crowd in the Downtown Square, touting pl...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NEWSCircling each other like boxers at times and looking one another in the eye, President Obama and M...
from ABC NewsIt's not all hippies backing November's marijuana legalization votes in Colorado, Oregon and Washington....
from ABC NewsSecretary of State Hillary Clinton accepted blame for the security lapses before the attacks on the U.S. Consula...
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON October 12, 2012 (AP)The federal budget deficit has topped $1 trillion...
from ABC NewsPartisan Democrats had a lot to be happy about last night’s vice presidential debate. Vice President Joe B...
from ABC NewsThe European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe ...
By ABC NEWS / SARAH PARNASSOct. 11, 2012Martha Raddatz has interviewed world leaders and four-star generals, walked among the...
from ABC NewsTime running short, Vice President Joe Biden faces the greater burden in his debate with Republican Paul Ryan as...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama says the “fundamentals” of the 2012 presidential race remain unchanged following a w...
from ABC NewsThe size and "lethality" of the attack on the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, that left Am...
By Gary Langer/ABC NEWSOct 9, 2012 6:00amMitt Romney reached his highest personal popularity of the election campaign among r...
from ABC NewsNorth Korea on Tuesday warned that the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles, and said Washington's ...
A new Pew Research Center poll which covers the days immediately following the first presidential debate (Oct. 4-7), shows Mi...
By KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressLEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney said Monday the risk of conflict...
from ABC NewsPresident Hugo Chávez has retained power in Venezuela, after defeating opponent Henrique Capriles, by a c...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney plans to deliver a foreign policy speech today in which he will try to reverse some of his perceived...
from ABC NewsWith President Barack Obama knocked off stride and the election looming, the government is issuing new unemploym...
from ABC NewsLooking to rebound from his uninspired performance in Wednesday night's debate, President Obama today mocked...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney for the first time characterized his comments during a fundraiser that were surreptitiously filmed a...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney came out swinging in the first presidential debate, challenging President Obama over his health care...
from ABC NewsOn the eve of the first presidential debate, the conservative website The Daily Caller Tuesday circulated previo...
By ABC NEWS/GREGORY J. KRIEGOct. 2, 2012On the eve of his first debate with President Obama, Mitt Romney indicated that he wa...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama and Mitt Romney are going camping. With less than 72 hours to go until Wednesday night's deb...
from ABC NewsNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, never one to be shy when it comes to speaking his mind, today predicted that Mit...
from ABC NewsNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused President Obama of lying this morning after I showed him anadvertisementb...
By RUSSELL GOLDMANSept. 27, 2012The world must immediately draw a clear "red line" to prevent Iran from completing ...
from ABC NewsMadonna was in the nation’s capital last night for her MDNA Tour, where she delivered an odd endorsement o...
By ABC NEWS/NICK SCHIFRIN and MATTHEW McGARRYSeptember 25, 2012As Iran and the United States trade diplomatic jabs before a g...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney today accused President Obama of “trying to fool” voters into thinking Romney believes i...
By ABC NEWS/EMILY FRIEDMANLAS VEGAS, Sept. 21, 2012After receiving months of criticism for his lack of transparency when it c...
By LARRY MARGASAK Associated PressWASHINGTON September 20, 2012 (AP)California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters won't be cha...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama appealed to Latino voters for a second term at a Univision-sponsored event today, and blamed Rep...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney sought to repair the damage from his "47 percent" remarks, saying here today he is concern...
from ABC Newsfrom ABC NewsPresident Obama wasn't laughing when he visited funnyman David Letterman's Late Show last n...
from ABC NewsFour American service members were killed by an Afghan policeman early today, the third attack on coalition forc...
By ABC NEWS/LEE FERRAN and CINDY GALLISept. 14, 2012The U.S. government got a step closer to punishing those who lie about mi...
BY ABC NEWS/ANTHONY CASTELLANO and KEVIN DOLAKSept. 14, 2012The U.S. embassy in Tunisia was enveloped in a cloud of black smo...
from ABC NewsRepublican vice presidential nominee received a warm welcome from his GOP colleagues when he made his first retu...
from ABC NewsSecretary Clinton delivered a powerful and personal speech about religion at an Eid ul-Fitr reception, marking t...
The bright trails of two missiles on a collision course lit up the early morning western sky Thursday, prompting concerned ca...
from ABC NewsOutrage over the anti-Muslim film "Innocence of Muslims" has spread across the Middle East as proteste...
from ABC NewsU.S. officials say the Pentagon is moving two warships to the Libyan coast, in the aftermath of the attack in Be...
By ABC NEWS/KEVIN DOLAK, DEAN SCHABNER, ENJOLI FRANCIS and ANTHONY CASTELLANOSept. 12, 2012U.S. ambassador to Libya Christoph...
from ABC NewsTwo American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya after militants stormed the U.S. consulat...
from ABC NewsANALYSIS: President Obama now leads Mitt Romney 50 percent to 44 percent among registered voters in the latest A...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney raised some eyebrows today when he said, "I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform.&...
from ABC NewsWhen lawmakers return to Washington on Monday, they face big issues, including taxes, spending cuts and the pros...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama, greeted by tumultuous cheers of Democratic Party stalwarts, promised to lead America to a "...
from ABC NewsMoments after convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa gaveled in day two of the Democratic Convention, the hall...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama emerged from offstage to bear hug Bill Clinton at the Democratic National convention tonight mom...
from ABC NewsWith 63 days to go to the election, President Obama says he still deserves an “incomplete” – r...
from ABC NewsFirst lady Michelle Obama lit up the Democratic National Convention tonight, telling the nation in an emotional ...
from ABC NewsDemocrats defended President Obama as a man who is "betting on the American worker" and lampooned Mitt...
from ABC NewsThe chairman of the California delegation to the Democrats’ convention was criticized by both parties for ...
from ABC NewsStarting Tuesday, the Obama campaign gets their chance to make its case to the American public. Unlike 2008, whe...
from ABC NewsInthe climax to the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney accepted his party's presidential nomination...
from ABC NewsOne-time GOP primary front-runner Herman Cain, who exited the race amid spiraling allegations of sexual infideli...
from ABC NewsRepublican officials are getting a lesson in how to squeeze a national convention into just three days.In a conf...
from ABC NewsFormer Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he's backing Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race.The former Re...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Republican officials abruptly announced plans Saturday evening to scrap the first day of their national c...
from ABC NewsCalifornia evangelist Rick Warren, senior pastor to more than 20,000 at his Saddleback Church, has ditched plans...
from ABC NewsThe White House is pointing the finger at Republicans in Congress after the Congressional Budget Office warned t...
from ABC NewsDemocrats todayunveiled a list of 10 new activists and politicians – all women – scheduled to speak ...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney will reveal new energy policy today that will hinge on states, and not the federal government, being...
By GREGORY J. KRIEG, JONATHON KARL and EMILY FRIEDMAN/ABC NEWSAug. 21, 2012In a last ditch effort, Mitt Romney asked Rep. Tod...
from ABC NewsPressure mounted on Rep. Todd Akin to quit his Missouri Senate race today despite his repeated refusals to step ...
from ABC NewsFor the third consecutive month, the Obama campaign spent more than it raised, assumed new debt and substantiall...
A group of House Republicans visiting Israel as part of an official Congressional delegation last summer enjoyed a late night...
from ABC NewsA U.S. service member was killed in southern Afghanistan today on a patrol with Afghan security forces when one ...
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida's unemployment rate increased to 8.8 percent in July. It was the first time in several months...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney said today he has not paid less than a 13 percent taxes during the past ten years. The candidate had...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney took another crack at resetting the Medicare debate today, calling an impromptu press conference on ...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama has been known to quibble with his vice president for upstaging him on matters of policy or comm...
from ABC NewsAlthough he predicted it would not happen, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said today it would be “wise” ...
(AP) - Twelve-term Florida Congressman Cliff Stearns has conceded a tight Republican primary to Ted Yoho, the local veterinar...
from ABC NewsChelsea Clinton may follow in her parents’ footsteps after all. After years of shooting down rumors that s...
from ABC NewsFormer governor, Health and Human Services Secretary, and momentary ’08 presidential candidate Tommy Thomp...
from ABC NewsChris Christie, the sometimes abrasive but always entertaining governor of New Jersey, is set to be announced Tu...
By ABC NEWS/JONATHAN KARL, SHUSHANNAH WALSHE and EMILY FRIEDMANNORFOLK, Va., Aug. 11, 2012Top Republicans close to Mitt Romne...
from ABC NewsLanny Davis, a former top adviser to President Bill Clinton, today issued a scathing rebuke to a controversial n...
from ABC NewsThere has been a surge in mentions about Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s potential running mate in recent ...
from ABC NewsTrailing rival Mitt Romney in a new Colorado poll, President Obama today kicked off a two-day swing through the ...
from ABC NewsI’m rubber, you’re glue. Welcome to the 2012 presidential campaign, aka ‘Romney Hood‘ vs...
from ABC NewsUnveiling a new zinger against his opponent, President Obama tonight said Mitt Romney’s tax plan amounts t...
from ABC NewsThe White House on Monday all but ruled out the possibility that President Barack Obama would make a push for ne...
from ABC NewsSen. John McCain, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are among t...
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus called Sen. Harry Reid a “dirty liar” this morning on “T...
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from ABC NewsAmerican author and playwright Gore Vidal, who unsuccessfully ran for political office twice, has died at the ag...
By ABC NEWS / GREGORY J. KRIEG (@gregjkrieg) and EMILY FRIEDMAN (@EmilyABC)WARSAW, Poland July 31, 2012A top aide to Mitt Rom...
By ABC NEWS/EMILY FRIEDMAN -- JERUSALEM July 29, 2012A top adviser to Mitt Romney said Sunday that the Republican presidentia...
By ABC News/MICHAEL FALCONE, ELIZABETH HARTFIELD and CHRIS GOODLONDON -- July 27, 2012LONDON -- Say what you want about the B...
from ABC NewsJust hours after the Senate voted to extend tax cuts for the middle class, President Obama accused House Republi...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney will display his foreign policy prowess this week when he embarks on the first foreign trip of his c...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama warned a Florida rally today against what he predicted would be a flood of negative ads from Rep...
ABC News/From Emily Friedman in Roxbury and Mary Bruce at the White HouseMitt Romney went to a Massachusetts truck repair sho...
from ABC NewsMore than a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans, some for...
from ABC NewsThe race for the White House remains a dead heat, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, despite sever...
from ABC NewsSen. Marco Rubio today got the nod to be the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee — from the nation&r...
Joe Raedle/Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Obama may get no more than a gentleman’s C for the ...
from ABC NewsThe White House hit back hard late Tuesday, criticizing a study by accounting firm Ernst and Young that charged ...
from ABC NewsOne of Barack Obama's promises during the 2008 campaign involved "cap and trade," the system envir...
from ABC NewsSen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Monday announced that Democrats are willing to allow a slew of tax cuts and spend...
from ABC NewsRepublicans continue to call on President Obama and his campaign to give an apology for questioning Mitt Romney&...
The deadline for Florida residents to vote in upcoming state primary elections or change their party affiliation is today (Ju...
GENEVA July 15, 2012 (AP)The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to b...
By By CHARLES BABINGTON – 12 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Republicans, the federal government has ...
By Emily Friedman/ABC NewsJul 14, 2012 2:12pmWOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney spent part of his Saturday morning sitting i...
By Jon GarciaJul 14, 2012 3:26pmObama Campaign spokesperson Jen Psaki today defended using rhetoric that includes words like ...
from ABC NewsThe Drudge Report, the conservative website,reports Thursday night that there is a new frontrunner to be Mitt Ro...
US Congress candidate James Jett will be on the Bob Rose Show this morning at 8:35AM. Mr. Jett is facing 3 other Republicans ...
from ABC NewsA Guantanamo detainee described as Osama bin Laden's one-time driver and bodyguard has been transferred to S...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney said after being booed at the NAACP today that he "expected" the strong objection in respo...
Congressman Cliff Stearns was on the air this morning with Bob Rose talking about repealing Obamacare, Bush-era tax cuts, his...
from ABC NewsIn an interview tonight with New Orleans CBS affiliate WWLTV, President Obama vowed to veto any bill that extend...
The downward slide appears to be over. The price of a gallon of a gas in Florida rose by 7 cents a gallon in the past week. A...
President Obama said Monday he wants Congress to extend tax cuts for families earning under $250,000 annually but let the...
from ABC NewsSix American troops were killed in a roadside blast today in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. official told ABC News....
from ABC NewsAfter months of casting himself as a warrior president battling a stubborn Congress, President Obama is claiming...
from ABC NewsAt a fundraiser held right before the July 4 holiday, House Speaker John Boehner was asked by an attendee, &ldqu...
from ABC NewsAuthorities in London arrested six possible terrorists -- subduing one with a stun-gun -- as part of a months-lo...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney steered his campaign message back in line with other top Republicans today, insisting that the healt...
President Obama is focusing on boosting voter turnout in Florida's university towns, Hispanic enclaves like the Puero Ric...
By ABC News/MATT NEGRIN (@MattNegrin) AND ARIANE DE VOGUE (@Arianedevogue)June 28, 2012In a landmark ruling with wide-ranging...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama today demanded lawmakers act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling on July 1,...
from ABC NewsSen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., became the second senator to call for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the ...
A new Qunnipiac poll shows President Obama now leading Mitt Romeny by four points in the Sunshine State. Romney led by six po...
from ABC NewsA House committee voted Wednesday along party lines to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress...
On a strict party line vote, the Attorney General was voted in contempt by a House committee for failing to turn over Justice...
The Miami Herald is reporting.......George LeMieux is quitting the race for Senate. That means that Rep. Connie Mack is all b...
from ABC News - Jonathan KarlYesterdaymorning, I reported that Mitt Romney had not asked Marco Rubio to take the first steps ...
from ABC NewsFormer Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was rushed to a military hospital after suffering a stroke today, stokin...
from ABC News Even before the Republicans chose a presidential nominee it was widely assumed that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., w...
from ABC NewsPresident Barack Obama’s love of golf hit a milestone yesterday as he marked his 100th time on the links. ...
from ABC NewsJapanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread...
from ABC NewsThe Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential el...
ABC/ Ida Mae Astute(CORNWALL, Pa.) — Pennsylvania Republicans Marty and Ciri Daigle didn’t get the candidate they...
from ABC NewsAmid the bustle of President Obama’s surprise stop for barbecue Wednesday the White House apparently overl...
from ABC NewsPresident Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gave economic speeches at almost the same time in Ohio today. But their a...
from ABC NewsFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush today said that both Ronald Reagan and his father, George H.W. Bush, would have a h...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney will head out on a five-day bus tour of six key battleground states on Friday, his first major campa...
from ABC NewsThe Justice Department has sent a letter to the Florida Secretary of State regarding its voter list maintenance ...
In Alachua County three Republicans will battle it out in the primary for the County Commission District 1 seat. Mike Byerly ...
By MATTHEW JAFFE (@matthewbjaffe) , Elizabeth Hartfield (@LizHartfield) and Z. BYRON WOLF (@zbyronwolf)MILWAUKEE, June 5, 201...
from ABC NewsIn a battle viewed largely as a barometer for November's showdown between President Obama and Republican cha...
The former presidentail hopeful was found not guilty of one count of campaign fraud and the jury was deadlocked on the other ...
from ABC NewsThis afternoon, the House debated a bill that would ban sex-selection abortions in the United States, pitting Re...
from ABC NewsA sharp advance among women has boosted Mitt Romney to his highest favorability rating of the presidential campa...
from ABC NewsIn the days leading up to the Republican National Convention, Tampa could see a very different political gatheri...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney has clinched the Republican presidential nomination.The Associated Press has projected he has won th...
from ABC NewsUnemployment checks will run out this summer for many people who’ve been hit the hardest by the recession:...
from ABC NewsThe 2004 version of Barack Obama, who captured the nation with a dazzling speech about unity and went on to win ...
from ABC NewsThe candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a run-off election, according to partial results F...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney’s victories tonight in Arkansas and Kentucky may have been foregone conclusions, but besides t...
A Gainesville City Commission committee has given their stamp of approval to have city elections held the same date as county...
from ABC NewsNewark Mayor Cory Booker slammed the Obama campaign's ad criticizing Mitt Romney's record as the head of...
from ABC NewsAfghan President Hamid Karzai thanked the United States today for shouldering much of the cost for the decade-ol...
from ABC NewsWhat began as the resurrection of one of the most animated characters in the 2008 campaign on Thursday ended wit...
from ABC NewsThe death of Mary Richardson Kennedy is another sad event in the long arc of the Kennedy family's story.The ...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney has the support of George W. Bush.“I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this m...
from ABC NewsRon Paul’s presidential campaign isn’t over, but it’s grinding to a semi-halt.The candidate an...
from ABC NewsA New York Times/CBS News poll released Monday night shows the possible political perils of President Obama'...
from ABC NewsJust days after affirming his support for same-sex marriage, President Obama today declined to say whether he wo...
from ABC NewsANALYSISIn the 2012 edition of the culture wars, a new side is starting on offense.President Obama’s move ...
That financial help is coing to an end because Florida is being cut off from government help because unemployment in Florida ...
from ABC NewsMilwaukee mayor Tom Barrett effortlessly won the recall nomination Tuesday night and is now headed for a rematch...
She's sometimes been controversial. Marion County School Board member Jackie Porter will try to beat out Wally Wagoner an...
from ABC NewsWithout mentioning his opponent by name, President Obama took clear political aim at Mitt Romney on Monday, cont...
from ABC NewsAnalysisWho needs to be cool when all your friends are?Welcome to the tryout stage of the veepstakes race. Monda...
from ABC NewsThe top congressional leadership was out in full force today as leaders from both political parties in both cham...
from ABC NewsAbout 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam...
from ABC NewsWith Gov. Jan Brewer sitting in the audience, the Supreme Court today heard the Obama administration’s cha...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama wrapped up his two-day college tour this afternoon with an impassioned pitch for Congress to fre...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney took the reins of the Republican Party here tonight, vowing to put an “end to the disappointme...
from ABC NewsFive Northeasternstates hold their primaries today: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connectic...
from ABC NewsNewt Gingrich suggested Monday that the end may be near for his struggling presidential campaign.In an interview...
from ABC NewsFrancois Hollande, a mild-mannered French Socialist, is heading into a presidential runoff election with the upp...
from ABC NewsDays after he adamantly said he would turn down Mitt Romney if he offered him a spot on the GOP ticket this fall...
from ABC NewsSo you want to be the vice presidential nominee? Here’s a tip: start by saying you don’t.On a hot Au...
from ABC NewsThe Secret Service dropped thier inquiry into rocker Ted Nugent today after meeting with the controversial conse...
from ABC NewsRock guitarist, conservative activist and Mitt Romney supporter Ted Nugent says he stands by his provocative ran...
from ABC NewsThe United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next y...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama said today that he expects a "thorough" and "rigorous" investigation of alle...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama strongly disagreed with Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen’s controversial comment about A...
from ABC NewsNorth Korea state media acknowledged that the long-range test rocket that the country launched in defiance of U....
from ABC NewsChanneling country music legend Kenny Rogers, former President George H.W. Bush officially endorsed Mitt Romney ...
from ABC NewsBy a mostly party-line vote, the House of Representatives approved Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity&r...
from ABC NewsFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio officially threw his support behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Wedne...
from ABC NewsSenators on both sides of the aisle sounded off today afterhearingarguments before the Supreme Courton the const...
from ABC NewsRick Santorum said he understands the financial pressures that led Newt Gingrich to cut a third of his staff and...
from ABC NewsSupreme Court justices aren’t fools. They know the public hangs on their every word, trying to figure out ...
from ABC NewsSEOUL, South Korea — At the tail end of his 90 minute meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Monda...
The Marion County School Board votes Tuesday on Francis Marion Military Academy's request. Meanwhile the school hopes to ...
from ABC NewsRick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican primary over the weekend. Santorum picked up 49% of the vote while fr...
from ABC NewsEnergy Secretary Steven Chu defended his agency today against allegations the Obama administration cut corners t...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney today regained some of his footing as the leader of the Republican race for the presidential nominat...
Taylor, Bean and Whittaker , based in Ocala, had been one of the nation's largest private mortgage companies. Now Delton ...
from ABC NewsThe GOP primary has begun to resemble a tennis match in the past month. Mitt Romney will take one victory, Rick ...
from ABC NewsRick Santorum’s number crunchers are under no illusions that they are facing a tooth-and-nail fight with M...
from ABC NewsGOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum lambasted Mitt Romney this morning on ‘This Week,” calling ...
from ABC NewsU.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to meet with troops, commanders and Afgh...
from ABC NewsIt isn’t exactly Super Tuesday today, but the four candidates for the Republican nomination for president ...
from ABC NewsWith the price of gas becoming an increasingly critical issue on the campaign trail, President Obama admitted to...
ORALNDO (AP)- It's Sunshine Week, and journalists and advocates of public access are celebrating with a forum at the Univ...
Marion County's Dan Kuhn won't have to resign and he can still run for Sheriff. Last month he was told he couldn'...
One of the Republican opponents of Cliff Stearns fighting for the new congressional seat claims Stearns tried to bribe him to...
Police in Austin, Texas have arrested 26-year old John Peter Bateman of Austin in connection with Monday morning's bomb t...
from ABC NewsFour years ago, Sen. John McCain used a slew of victories on Super Tuesday to all but clinch the Republican nomi...
from ABC NewsHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, officially threw his support behind Mitt Romney Sunday morning, b...
from ABC NewsAnalysisThe Republican presidential race is about to slow down.Super Tuesday’s frenzy of voting across 10 ...
from ABC NewsVladimir Putin is headed back to the Kremlin after winning today’s Russian presidential election, accordin...
The second in command at the Marion County Sheriff's Office now has until next Thursday to work out a deal with the feds ...
from ABC NewsThe Michigan Republican Party voted to break a delegate tie Wednesday night, awarding 16 delegates to Mitt Romne...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney has won Wyoming’s presidential caucus vote, a series of county straw polls that took place ove...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney’s wins in Michigan and Arizona helped him pick up a big chunk of delegates, but more important...
Former Gainesville City Commission Lauren Poe has bested Republican Nathan Skop to win the At Large seat with about 57 percen...
from ABC NewsAfter more than two weeks of quiet on the primary calendar, although certainly not on the campaign trail, the bi...
from ABC NewsHouse Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, criticized President Obama Monday for his comments praising TransCanada Corp...
from CNNLess than 48 hours before primaries in Arizona and Michigan, Mitt Romney received a key endorsement from Arizona'...
from FOX NewsMitt Romney defended his economic policy on Sunday from criticisms on both the right and left, saying he is not ...
from FOX NewsPresident Obama pressed with confidence about his future at the White House saying, "I've got another f...
from CNNIn a whispering campaign not ready to go public, some senior Republicans are so anxious about the state of the GOP ra...
from CNNA bipartisan agreement to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare ...
from Wall Street JournalThe White House and Pentagon are considering several proposals that would deeply cut the nation's...
from FOX NewsThe United States and Europe are considering unprecedented punishment against Iran that could immediately crippl...
from FOX NewsBipartisan negotiators hammered out a tentative deal Tuesday to extend the payroll tax cut for the rest of the y...
from Fox NewsRick Santorum's banner election performance Tuesday night has exposed the risk in Newt Gingrich's plan t...
From ABC NewsRick Santorum won all three Republican voting contests Tuesday night, breaking Mitt Romney's winning streak ...
from Fox NewsNevada Republicans early Monday released the final results of their Saturday morning caucuses.As projected, Mitt...
from ABC NewsRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is preparing to challenge the Republican Party of Florida after ...
From Fox NewsDonald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, saying he's impressed by the Republican candidate&...
ByHUMA KHAN(@humaik)Jan. 31, 2012Mitt Romney will win the Florida Republican primary, ABC News projects, based on the exit po...
ByHUMA KHAN(@humaik)Jan. 31, 2012Mitt Romney will win the Florida Republican primary, ABC News projects, based on the exit po...
ByHUMA KHAN(@humaik)Jan. 31, 2012Mitt Romney will win the Florida Republican primary, ABC News projects, based on the exit po...
from CNNAfter one month and three contests, it may be up to Florida to finally add some clarity to the race for the Republica...
from CNNNew polls released over the weekend show Mitt Romney maintaining a lead over this three Republican presidential rival...
from FOX NewsMitt Romney, armed with a string of polished comebacks, aggressively sparred with Newt Gingrich on Thursday in t...
from ABC NewsLongstanding tension between Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Democratic President Barack Obama flared int...
from ABC NewsPresident Barack Obama tonight presented an argument for his presidency and a second term with a State of the Un...
Tune in to the Bob Rose Show tomorrow (Wednesday January 25) at 7:45AM for an interview with Republican Presidential Candidat...
from FOX NewsGOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid a 14% effective income tax rate in 2010 after making $3 million ...
from ABC NewsHere are some things to watch for this evening during the State of the Union [SOTU] address:Date Night — A...
from FOX NewsAfter getting trounced in South Carolina being unwilling to face a similar outcome in Florida, Mitt Romney went ...
from ABC NewsThe three-term Democrat announced Sunday that she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on re...
fropm CNNAfter a spirited week of campaigning and debating in South Carolina, all eyes are now on Florida as the GOP presiden...
from ABCNewsNewt Gingrich defeated Mitt Romney to win the South Carolina primary, boosted by a fiery debate performance this ...
from ABCNewsNewt Gingrich will defeat Mitt Romney to win today's South Carolina primary, according to ABC News projections b...
from CNNCharleston, South Carolina (CNN) -- The four remaining GOP candidates played to their individual strengths on Thurs...
from FOXNewsThe remaining four Republican presidential candidates pummeled each other Thursday at the final debate before th...
from CNNCharleston, South Carolina (CNN) - Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid Thursday for the Repu...
from CNNTune in Thursday at 8 p.m. ET for the CNN/Southern Republican Presidential Debate hosted by John King and follow it...
from Fox NewsPresident Obama announced Wednesday that he will deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, blaming Republican...
The Republican-controlled Florida Senate has passed a plan to redistrict the 40-member chamber. All but one Republican voted ...
from ABCNewsJon Huntsman will drop out of the Republican presidential race on Monday, a campaign spokesman told ABC News.A so...
from CNNA federal judge on Friday ruled against four Republican presidential candidates seeking a spot on Virginia's March 6...
from ABCNewsTwo assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the car of an Iranian university professor working at...
from CNNAll six Republican contenders are heading to South Carolina on Wednesday to contest the next presidential primary de...
from CNNIt's Round 2 in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.While most polling places in New Hampshire don't ...
from CNNA reshaped Republican presidential race shifted to New Hampshire on Wednesday as Mitt Romney won the endorsement of ...
From ABCNewsDES MOINES — Regardless of whether Rick Santorum ultimately takes the top prize in Iowa, he’s alread...
fom ABCNewsMitt Romney won the first presidential preference contest of 2012 by a mere eight votes Tuesday, narrowly edging ...
From CNN.comDes Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- After six months of campaigning, 13 Republican presidential debates, and millions of d...
from FOXNewsTEHRAN – Iran's navy said it test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile on Monday during a drill in i...
From ABCNewsSome Republican presidential candidates today turned their attacks on Rick Santorum’scongressional voting ...
from CNNWith five days to go until the caucuses, a new poll is really shaking things up in Iowa.Six of the major Republican p...
from ABCNewsCutting off the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, a small waterway that borders Iran, could disrupt roug...
From CNNMoneyNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The year couldn't end without a final word about the nation's debt ceiling.President Obam...
From ABCNewsJust eight days away from the Iowa caucus, Republican candidates are taking their campaigns to the Hawkeye state...
from ABCNewsIt was a year of popular uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Syria, of devastation from drought and tsunami, and at ho...
From CNNVatican City (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI prayed for peace in Syria, reconciliation in Myanmar, and comfort in flood-s...
from ABCNewsAfter a week of testimony, Pvt. Bradley Manning's fate for now lies in the hands of a military officer who will ...
from ABCNewsHouse Speaker John Boehner announced today that Republicans have decided to accept a short-term extension of the...
from ABCNewsWith just nine days before a payroll tax break for 160 million Americans expires, President Obama today will ste...
From CNNBaghdad (CNN) -- A wave of explosions in Baghdad Thursday killed at least 63 people and wounded 185, authorities say...
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