2012 Elections

CHICAGO -- President Obama arrived in his hometown of Chicago Saturday night looking to collaborate with European allies at the NATO summit on bringing the war in Afghanistan to a close, but the shadow of the Eurozone economic troubles is sure to blanket the talks....

Following a Rangel endorsement rally Saturday in East Harlem, the embattled congressman's campaign team made an unlikely confession to the New York Post -- they had strong-armed state Senator Bill Perkins for an endorsement. 

This city is on high alert after three terror arrests on the eve of the NATO summit, so average citizens are not supposed to get anywhere close to President Obama and the other visiting world leaders.   That's why there are a string of humongous dump trucks lined up outside the president's hotel...

The NAACP announced Saturday the 103-year-old black civil rights group is supporting marriage equality.

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will remain at Camp David Saturday evening after the G8 Summit ends. While the other leaders will return home or head to Chicago for the NATO Summit, Obama and Merkel will hold a bilateral meeting the White House announced Saturday....

Twenty-six is a magical number in the debate over health care reform....

President Obama brought women's issues – a major topic in the 2012 presidential campaign -- into world politics Saturday, when he said world leaders at the G-8 summit assembled to discuss Afghanistan, the European debt crisis and other international issues, but also talked about "female...

In their first working dinner of the two day talks, the G-8 leaders spent more than two hours discussing a broad range of security issues. But the majority of their first meeting as a group focused on Iran and Syria....

When world leaders arrive at Camp David Friday evening to begin the G8 summit, they will add a new chapter to the history of the rural retreat that is an iconic part of the presidential past. The hideaway tucked into the Catoctin Mountains in western Maryland has never hosted a meeting of this...

Both sides agree the 2012 presidential election has the potential to be a nail biter. In such a contest ground game efforts often prove to be a critical, sometimes even a deciding, factor. To that end the Republican National Committee is getting out into the crucial battleground states early wit...

President Obama will host the 38th G8-Summit at Camp David Friday, but the group will look quite different than their last meeting. Of the eight countries represented for the two day talks, four have elected new leaders since the summit hosted by France last year. France, Italy, Japan & Russ...

The Mitt Romney campaign released a TV ad on Friday outlining what the GOP presidential candidate would do on his first day in the White House, if elected in November.

The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind.