Nebraska state Attorney General Jon Bruning holds a 16-percent point lead over his nearest rival in the race for the Republican nomination for the state's open Senate seat, a new poll shows. Published May 7 2012
Former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw said Sunday that the glitzy annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner is damaging the perception of the press among the American public. Published May 6 2012
Republicans next week will grill Health and Human Services Department officials over a controversial prevention fund the GOP wants to slash to pay for keeping student loan rates low. Published May 4 2012
Democrats are having fun rehashing some of the stinging criticism Rick Santorum's leveled at Mitt Romney in the GOP nomination race, just hours before the former rivals are scheduled to try to bury the hatchet during a private meeting in Pittsburgh. Published May 4 2012
The presidential race is now down to just a few hundred candidates now that Newt Gingrich has staged his finale and left the campaign trail. Yes, it’s true. There are still 380 hopefuls on the list of those who pine to be president, according to the Federal Election Commission. Published May 3 2012
The Republican National Committee is getting ahead of President Obama's official campaign kickoff in Ohio and Virginia on Saturday with a media blitz labeling his re-election drive the "Hype & Blame" tour. Published May 2 2012
President Obama is launching an aggressive new push to move more stalled judicial nominees through the Senate. Published May 2 2012
President Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday morning to offer condolences on the death of his father, historian and author Ben-Zion Netanyahu, who died Monday at age 102. Published May 2 2012
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he "certainly" would have given the green light to the Navy SEAL operation that led to the death of Osama bin Laden and that it is "inappropriate" for President Obama to politicize the event. Published May 1 2012
Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has joined the chorus of concern about the politicization of Osama bin Laden's killing a year ago Tuesday. Published May 1 2012
The Obama campaign began airing an ad Tuesday that portrays Mitt Romney as a man who outsourced jobs and tried to hide a Swiss bank account. Published May 1 2012
By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
