AUSTIN, Texas — A friend is barely able to pay for a child’s education. Another nearly loses her business. Yet another nearly loses his home. And for those who lose good...
Waving from the stage Thursday night, Mitt Romney concluded a Republican National Convention that was sobered by a running mate he chose (Paul Ryan) and one he didn’t (H...
TAMPA, Fla. — Welcome to Mitt Romney.
With his speech to the Republican National Convention Thursday night, the enigma running for president finally cleared some of the ...
Presidential campaigns and political conventions are supposed to help voters understand how a candidate would govern. If the past few weeks are any indication, Americans...
There’s nothing really new about the federal fuel economy standards that were finalized Tuesday — they were announced more than a year ago and have changed little since ...
TAMPA, Fla. — The conventional wisdom is that this week’s Republican National Convention needs to make Mitt Romney more “likable” — to replace his image as a frosty bill...
Priests are in the praying business, and political conventions long have invited men and women of the cloth to seek God’s blessing on their deliberations. But in asking ...
WASHINGTON — Larry Summers knows better. In a column in the Washington Post and Financial Times, the Treasury secretary under President Clinton and former adviser to Pre...
WASHINGTON — Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
What’s...
The presidential campaign has already become nasty. Both candidates knowingly misrepresent the other side’s position, hoping to scare or anger voters. With two months le...
