
A national group that focuses on electing pro-choice women to office launched a "Madam President" campaign Thursday that aims to put the first woman in the White House — an effort that coincides with a poll showing Hillary Rodham Clinton as the overwhelmingly favorite to win the Democratic nomination in 2016.

Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren filed paperwork Thursday to form an exploratory committee and website for a possible challenge to Massachusetts Sen. Scott P. Brown in 2012.
A Democratic women's group is warning voters that a Republican takeover of Congress would mean "a dangerous world."
Gearing up for another midterm battle, women's groups on opposite sides of the abortion debate have a new point of contention - former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and her crop of "mama grizzly" endorsements.