WASHINGTON — 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 high jinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. - Veteran Sen. Richard Lugar's loss in the Indiana GOP primary provides warnings for President Barack Obama and his Democrats as well as Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans six months before the November election. In one state at le...

He’s one of just two from the state of Illinois and one of just 100 in the country. So the release Tuesday of a video of Sen. Mark Kirk, showing how far he has come since his stroke 15 weeks ago is a welcome addition to the reports we’ve b...

INDIANAPOLIS - The face of Indiana politics for nearly four decades, Republican Sen. Richard Lugar is battling for political survival against a Tea Party-backed GOP challenger who says the senator has become more interested in compromising with libe...

MEXICO CITY - The front-runner in Mexico's presidential race fended off rivals' attempts to paint him as a liar with corrupt backers, emerging from the first of two debates with analysts saying his large lead appeared safe. Enrique Pena Nieto, the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — God forgives people for their “oops moments” even if the American electorate does not, failed Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Wednesday at a breakfast to celebrate the National Day of Prayer. The Texas governor famo...

By Ken Harney WASHINGTON — How do you stack up as a potential mortgage candidate in this year’s increasingly tough underwriting environment? Do you have the right stuff — credit score, debt-to-income ratio, equity or down payment — to get you throug...

Mitt Romney’s electoral trouble with women — more precisely with college-educated women — is real enough. Recent polling has Romney trailing President Obama by 18 points among this group in Ohio, with similar gaps in other battleground states. The m...