2012 Elections

There was something old, something new, in the misstatements of the candidates Wednesday in what was possibly the last GOP debate.

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, who has emerged as Romney's leading challenger in the Republican presidential race, clashed ahead of a high-stakes debate Wednesday, the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster campaign to challenge President Barack Obama.

In a preview of what is being billed as a major economic speech in Detroit later this week, Mitt Romney doubled down on his economic proposals Wednesday....

TUCSON, Ariz. - Rick Santorum took a pre-debate dig at his GOP rival, claiming Mitt Romney's new tax plan looks an awful lot like the one Santorum has already rolled out....

Two new ads released for broadcast in Michigan Wednesday are hitting Mitt Romney for his opposition to auto-industry bailouts as well as his record on spending....

Mitt Romney leads in delegates but a surge by Rick Santorum in recent days has the Republican presidential frontrunner once again trying to cast an opponent as the flavor of the week -- and stave off a potential loss in a state critical to proving his electability in a general election.

Two U.S. Senate offices received threatening letters Wednesday containing a powdery but harmless substance, Fox News has learned, prompting an e-mailed warning to Senate staff from the office of the Sergeant at Arms. ...

A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization looking to spice up the 2012 election wants to use the latest technology to create the first online-based nominating process for a third and independent candidate to challenge President Obama and the GOP.

Rick Santorum obliquely referenced reports Tuesday about his 2008 remarks at Ava Maria University in Florida in which he claimed Satan has his "sights" on the U.S. in a battle of good versus evil, and said he won't be distracted from his campaign message....

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is drawing a disproportionately high amount of campaign funds from people who have given him the legal maximum, weakening his ability to raise money from such proven donors as the GOP nomination fight drags on.

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PHOENIX, Ariz. - Rick Santorum launched a fierce new attack on the national media for "tearing down" the field of GOP presidential hopefuls. "Will you be the generation that sat on the sidelines and watched as candidate after candidate comes up and the national media takes their a...