Akin proves "all politics is local" is no more

Senate candidate mired in controversy aims to stay in the race but is bogged down by nationwide criticism

• Aug 21, 2012

Curt Schilling calls R.I. Gov. Chafee a "dunce"

Schilling continues to blame Chafee for the collapse of the former pitcher's video game company

• Aug 20, 2012

Obama camp spent more than they took in for July

President's re-election effort has so far been losing the money race to Romney and the Republicans

• Aug 20, 2012

Randomly chosen or familiar faces?

Romney made no indication that he personally knew two of his questioners at a town meeting in N.H. Monday

• Aug 20, 2012

Romney, Scott Brown rebuke Akin's rape comments

Todd Akin, a Republican Senate candidate, sparked a furor and earned a rebuke from Mitt Romney's campaign after controversial comments on rape and abortion

• Aug 20, 2012

Romney to Obama on taxes: Start telling the truth

GOP ticket fields foreign policy questions together for the first time

• Aug 20, 2012

Akin apologizes; Obama says "rape is rape"

GOP Senate candidate won't drop out despite building GOP pressure; Obama says incident shows gulf between Democrats and Republicans

• Aug 20, 2012

Obama attack ad refocus on the economy

Restore Our Future is spending $10.5 million, its largest advertising buy, on television ads in 11 swing states leading up to the Republican convention next week

• Aug 20, 2012

Obama: Attacks on Romney not "out of bounds"

President defends tone of his campaign during news conference, says Romney is crossed the line with false welfare attack

• Aug 20, 2012

Romney hits Obama on welfare, again

This is the second time this month the Romney campaign has launched an offensive criticizing the president on welfare

• Aug 20, 2012

Report: GOP chided for booze, nudity in Israel

At a privately-funded Israel trip last year, several freshman GOP pols drank and swam in the Sea of Galilee, Politico reports

• Aug 20, 2012

Garrett: Rape remark makes Romney camp "nervous"

National Journal's Major Garrett said the Obama camp will argue that Romney's VP is "more extreme" than Romney on abortion

• Aug 20, 2012

Romney abortion view overrides Ryan in Akin response

In their response to Todd Akin's controversial remarks about rape, the GOP ticket stresses that Romney's views trump Ryan's

• Aug 20, 2012

Mo. Rep. Todd Akin: Rape rarely leads to pregnancy

Mo. GOP senate candidate says in an interview the female body "has ways to shut that whole thing down" after a rape

• Aug 20, 2012

Romney rebukes Akin rape remark

Says he disagrees with statement from Mo. Rep. Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate, who said women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of rape

• Aug 20, 2012

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