Articles filed under U.S. President
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Jobless rate now a leading political indicatorJun 01, 2012 5:51 am - WASHINGTON — Every four weeks between now and November, a single number issued from a spare, windowless room in the heart of the federal bureaucracy will set the battle ...
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Romney, Obama ramp up attacks on economic recordsMay 31, 2012 5:13 am - REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — President Barack Obama’s campaign is ramping up criticism of Republican Mitt Romney’s record in Massachusetts, while the Republican nominee is con...
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Romney clinches nomination, but Trump overshadowsMay 30, 2012 9:39 am - LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential nomination after years of fighting, though his triumph was partially overshadowed by the celebrity businessma...
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Romney clinches GOP nomination with Texas winMay 29, 2012 8:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up shor...
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Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after TexasMay 29, 2012 10:00 am - CRAIG, Colo. — Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formali...
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Fact-check: Crossroads GPA ad exaggerates Obama’s debtMay 28, 2012 7:16 am - “Obama started spending like our credit cards have no limit . . . his health-care law made health insurance even more expensive.” — voiceover of new Crossroads GPS telev...
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Search for Romney running mate in audition phaseMay 24, 2012 6:55 am - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a p...
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Early political spats suggest nothing off-limitsMay 18, 2012 10:30 am - WASHINGTON — The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate’s former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other’...
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Obama crushes Romney in campaign donations by Ivy League facultyMay 17, 2012 10:42 am - President Barack Obama has received $17,869 in donations for his re-election efforts from 18 members of Brown University’s faculty, including Ruth Simmons, who is s...
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Romney, Republican Party raise $40M in AprilMay 17, 2012 10:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and his party raised a combined $40.1 million in April. The figures put the likely GOP nominee's fundraising...