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AP Top Political News At 12:32 p.m. EDT
Updated: 12 years 23 weeks ago

THE RACE: Exiting presidential race can be painful

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
Dropping out is hard to do. It's been especially hard for Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul....

White House: 'Silver spoon' words not about Romney

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama wasn't talking about Republican Mitt Romney when the president said he "wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth."...

Sen. Rubio refers to himself as 'vice president'

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he does not want to be vice president now and possibly never. But then he referred to himself as ... vice president....

Romney is Liberty University commencement speaker

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to deliver this year's commencement address at Liberty University, the evangelical Christian institution founded by the late televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr....

THE RACE: Polls show Obama-Romney race very close

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
Polls go up and polls go down. That's a common refrain from politicians, usually from those with sinking numbers. But it could be said today by either President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in a clearly tightening presidential race - but one with conflicting poll numbers....

GOP Sen: Scandals expose Obama leadership weakness

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Southern Republican is raising questions about whether President Barack Obama is capably leading the government....

GOP Sen: Scandals expose Obama leadership weakness

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Southern Republican is raising questions about whether President Barack Obama is capably leading the government....

Ann Romney emerging as husband's political weapon

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
BOSTON (AP) -- She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as "Mamie," a former stay-at-home mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But do not be fooled: Republicans and Democrats alike see Ann Romney as an effective political weapon....

GOP Sen: Scandals expose Obama leadership weakness

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Southern Republican is raising questions about whether President Barack Obama is capably leading the government....

Romney: Obama shouldn't be tried for treason

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney says he doesn't think President Barack Obama should be tried for treason....

Lawmaker: More firings likely at US Secret Service

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top lawmaker briefed on the investigation into a Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings would follow the forced ouster of three agency employees....

Napolitano: Secret Service scandal 'inexcusable'

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conflicting portraits of the Secret Service and new questions about the military's role in an embarrassing prostitution scandal in Colombia emerged Wednesday. Senators on Capitol Hill challenged Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to reconcile the image of agents who protect the lives of America's president with the dozen officers and supervisors implicated in the sordid affair....

Ann Romney emerging as husband's political weapon

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
BOSTON (AP) -- She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as "Mamie," a former stay-at-home mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But do not be fooled: Republicans and Democrats alike see Ann Romney as an effective political weapon....

Secret Service tries to quell furor over scandal

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell a prostitution scandal that has given President Barack Obama's critics political ammunition, forcing three agents out of government less than a week after the embarrassing incident came to light. Lawmakers welcomed the move but said more needed to be done....

Stronger Mich. economy could hurt Romney's chances

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

Stronger Mich. economy could hurt Romney's chances

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

Stronger Mich. economy could hurt Romney's chances

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

Stronger Mich. economy could hurt Romney's chances

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

3 agents out in wake of Secret Service scandal

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Barack Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to hold people responsible for the tawdry episode but warned "it's not over."...

3 agents out in wake of Secret Service scandal

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Barack Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to hold people responsible for the tawdry episode but warned "it's not over."...