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Mitt Romney, presumptive GOP nominee, has begun his search for a running mate. This time around, it's clear what one rule will be: The vice presidential nominee needs to be qualified to be president.

Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with bodies of suspected Afghan urgents, published Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times, depict behavior that "absolutely violates" U.S. regulations and values, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

Mitt Romney got another expected but key endorsement Wednesday before heading to North Carolina to speak in the city where Democrats will nominate President Barack Obama for a second term later this year.

CNN's Anderson Cooper looks at how political theater is playing on the presidential campaign trail.

Fred Bayles: With Mitt Romney's candidacy now assured, the question is: Which Mitt will be running against Obama?

After devoting seven years and tens of millions of dollars trying to convince conservatives that he is one of them, Mitt Romney finally has a firm grip on the Republican presidential nomination.

Senate Democrats take their turn Wednesday on the General Services Administration's $800,000 boondoggle -- a simmering political scandal involving wasteful spending at a Las Vegas conference.

The White House defended the Secret Service and its director Tuesday amid an embarrassing investigation into whether several agents brought prostitutes back to their hotel in Colombia ahead of a presidential visit.

Five members of America's elite Army Special Forces are among those under investigation in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two U.S. officials said Wednesday, as the controversy continues to swirl in both countries.

Lawmakers grill General Services Administration officials about a lavish conference in Las Vegas. Dana Bash reports.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the new measures he announced to limit speculation in oil markets will make amends to consumers for congressional Republicans blocking an end to subsidies for oil corporations.

At the hearing exploring the GSA spending scandal, Rep. Jeff Denham vows that people will be held accountable.

John Avlon says simplification and reform of the byzantine tax code runs into a partisan brick wall every time it's tried. Taxpayers? They get nothing.

Under pressure to bring down the high price of gas, President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will outline a proposal Tuesday to increase federal supervision of the oil markets in an effort to clip the wings of speculators who are profiting off the volatility of the oil market.

The president outlines his plan for protecting the oil market from speculators and manipulators.

More details emerge in the tale of spending and travel abuses at the General Services Administration, including an $800,000 conference at a Las Vegas casino, fake award ceremonies to get around regulations and "scouting visits" to Las Vegas by officials and family members.

A baby endures President Obama, President Bush proves he is literate and Rick Santorum eyes his next objective.

Well over a year after Congress voluntarily imposed a ban on pork barrel spending, the number and cost of earmarks have dropped dramatically, a report said Tuesday -- but the snouts are not out of the trough altogether.

CNN explains the importance and stress of tax day, when it originated and what happens if you don't take it seriously.

In Hollywood movies, they're often portrayed as danger-dodging men with dark glasses, smoothly working behind the scenes to protect the president at any cost.