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The state Democratic Party here is consumed with an ongoing sex scandal. The embattled governor is so unpopular she decided not to run for a second term. And supporters of same-sex marriage were dealt a crushing defeat.

James Lipton of "Inside the Actor's Studio" gives Mitt Romney some constructive criticism and advises him to relax.

After a high-profile political battle this week over legislation to help victims of domestic abuse, its fate appears to be in limbo. And this policy-dispute-turned-election-year-brawl seems to be far from over.

Alabama's governor on Thursday called in lawmakers for a special session in part to further explore changes to the state's anti-illegal immigration law, considered the country's toughest.

The jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial.

The return of Wright as an issue is a sign the campaign to come will be no-holds barred. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

Vice President Biden says the people behind a planned attack ad on President Obama misunderstand America.

Tommy Starling and Jeff Littlefield say they've slowly been changing minds of people in their community when it comes to what a family looks like.

Mitt Romney said ads that attack personal character are the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign.

Cecile Richards says the candidate promises to kill health reform act and "get rid" of Planned Parenthood, irresponsible threats that affect the well-being of real women.

Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats on Thursday to pass new sanctions against Iran, complaining the final language in the bill, which they had negotiated for months, is not tough enough to deter Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

Predictions of super PAC-fueled campaign ugliness seemed to come to reality on Thursday when reports broke of a potential conservative group's ad campaign aimed at tying President Barack Obama to a controversy put to rest nearly four years ago.

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner drew a hard line in the sand this week, renewing a battle over the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to significant budget cuts during what may be a lame-duck session after the November elections.

Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon.

Timothy Stanley says Obama must stay on the right side of moviemakers if he wants to use their cultural influence--and big donations--to get reelected

Despite the heated campaign, lackluster performance on the economy and negative feelings many conservatives have toward President Obama, many voters still like Obama as a person.

President Obama's re-election team has turned the candidate of hope and change into a ferociously political animal: The outsider who flew above polarized politics now does nothing but campaign and polarize.

The partisan impasse over potential contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder continues following a lengthy letter from the deputy attorney general, and a blunt response from the House Oversight Committee chairman.

Audio captures Howard Dean's car crash during a radio interview.

Closing arguments are set for Thursday in the corruption trial of John Edwards, after his defense team rested its case without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate's ex-mistress to testify.