Leon Panetta: Obama "has got to get into the ring" with Congress

The former Defense Secretary says the country can't afford two more years of stalemate

• Oct 12, 2014

GOP lawmaker: "Eliminate the threat" of Ebola in West Africa

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, says the U.S. should consider suspending visas for West Africans to come to the U.S.

• Oct 12, 2014

CDC chief on second Ebola case: There was a breach in protocol

Thomas Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, said there will be a full investigation of how a health care worker in Texas may have contracted the virus

• Oct 12, 2014

7 great apps for political junkies

Track the political news and campaigns you care about with these smart mobile apps

• Oct 12, 2014
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First lady flubs Democrat's name in campaign speech

The first lady was campaigning for Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley, who's running for the Senate against Republican Joni Ernst

• Oct 11, 2014

Democrat's ad attacking disabled foe features wheelchair

Wendy Davis, a Democratic state senator running for Texas governor, is trailing badly in the polls

• Oct 11, 2014

Jobs, social issues dominate Wisconsin governor's debate

Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democrat Mary Burke talked the economy and abortion in their first debate on Friday

• Oct 11, 2014

Scott Brown: Elect Republicans to make America "safer"

Republican Senate candidate from New Hampshire says President Obama's lack of leadership is putting America at risk

• Oct 11, 2014

Rand Paul: GOP's "biggest mistake" was not courting black voters

In Ferguson, Missouri, Kentucky senator says his party needs to do a better job of reaching out to minority communities

• Oct 10, 2014

New Clinton documents shed light on Monica Lewinsky fallout

The papers are the last in a series of releases from the National Archives about former President Bill Clinton's White House

• Oct 10, 2014

Army War College revokes Sen. John Walsh's master's degree

Walsh, a Democrat from Montana, plagiarized large portions of a thesis submitted to earn the degree

• Oct 10, 2014

Did Alison Lundergan Grimes vote for Obama?

The Democrat running against Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was repeatedly asked that question by a Louisville newspaper

• Oct 10, 2014

Oregon governor's fiancee admits to secret green card marriage

The first-lady-to-be says she didn't tell Gov. John Kitzhaber because she was "ashamed and embarrassed"

• Oct 10, 2014

Tight governors' races heading into final weeks

CBS News Battleground Tracker shows close contests in Florida, Kansas, Colorado, Wisconsin

• Oct 10, 2014

Clinton, Christie bring star power to Pennsylvania governor's race

The New Jersey governor and former secretary of state, both eyeing 2016 presidential bids, are keeping a busy midterm campaign schedule

• Oct 10, 2014

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