Posted today at 12:11pm
First Read: Mitt Romney, seeking to kick-start his presidential campaign among recalcitrant conservatives, will propose cutting the top income tax for individuals to 28 percent, advisers said.
Posted today at 11:40am
Hard-hitting immigration rhetoric is popular with conservative GOP primary voters, but may be costly in the fall because Latinos seem likely to account for a bigger share of the electorate than four years ago.
Posted today at 10:58am
First Read: Mitt Romney’s campaign machine is keeping him afloat in Michigan and Arizona but Santorum is benefiting from a surge.
Posted today at 7:40am
Millionaire and billionaire executives have unlocked their personal bank vaults to write seven-figure checks to support the campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republicans Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.
Posted today at 7:38am
Republican candidate Rick Santorum is charging that the Obama administration's health care law requiring insurers to cover the tests is a way to encourage more women to have abortions that will "cull the ranks of the disabled in our society."
Posted today at 5:02am
First Read: Latest NBC News/Marist polls show statistical tie in critical Michigan; Romney with comfortable lead in Arizona ahead of Tuesday’s primaries.
Posted yesterday at 9:50pm
Obama belts out the blues with B.B. King, Jagger and Buddy Guy
Posted yesterday at 6:47pm
First lady Michelle Obama tells young musicians Tuesday not to give up on their dreams by telling the story of another young person who overcame obstacles before finding success.
Posted yesterday at 3:42pm
Mitt Romney made an eyebrow-raising claim for a Republican on Tuesday in Michigan, where he argued that spending cuts slow down economic growth.
Posted yesterday at 3:32pm
Rick Santorum told a crowd of Arizona Republicans today that he was "an outsider when he was inside" Washington, arguing he fought corruption and wasteful spending during his 16 years in Congress.
Posted yesterday at 1:25pm
A super political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has refunded a $50,000 donation from a London-based securities firm.
Posted yesterday at 11:39am
Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, waded into contentious waters Tuesday when asked for his views on the religious beliefs of President Obama and the GOP hopefuls.
Posted yesterday at 11:29am
President Barack Obama is urging Congress to "keep going" and work on more measures to help the nation's economy after lawmakers agreed to extend the payroll tax cut.
Posted yesterday at 8:32am
First Read: The next seven days could determine whether Mitt Romney will become the GOP nominee or the Republicans will face a brokered or contested convention in August.
Posted yesterday at 7:14am
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with their values than native son and GOP rival Mitt Romney.
Posted yesterday at 7:07am
The Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?