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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is surrounded by members of the Secret Service as he arrives in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, May 17, 2012.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Romney's playbook on Bain unclear as attacks grow

The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend a quarter-century in the business world that created great riches for him and great hardship, at times, for some American workers. Romney and his aides have struggled to respond consistently to intensifying ...

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell meets with President Barack Obama, in the Oval Office at the White in Washington. Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say whether he's backing Obama, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff demurred Tuesday.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff and Cabinet member under President George W. ...

President Barack Obama pauses during his news conference at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama's preference for talks with Iran faces test

President Barack Obama's preferred path to end the Iranian nuclear standoff faces a stern test this week when world powers sit down with Iran in another bid to press it to meet international demands to prove it is not trying to develop nuclear weapons. Failure will strengthen calls for military ...

Romney's Bain playbook unclear as attacks grow

The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend a quarter-century in the business world that created great riches for himself and great hardship, at times, for some American workers. Romney and his aides have struggled to respond consistently to intensifying ...

President Barack Obama waves before boarding Air Force One during his departure from Chicago O'Hare International Airport after attending the NATO Summit Monday, May 21, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Summit doubleheader short on surprises

A long weekend of economic and security summits was heavy on stagecraft and light on surprises. The Group of Eight gathering in Camp David, Md., and the larger gathering of NATO leaders in Chicago yielded agreements worked out in advance and already made public. Lengthy statements summing up the summit ...

Obama stands by hits on Romney's Bain Capital days

President Barack Obama sought to undermine Mitt Romney's key rationale for his presidential candidacy Monday, sharply attacking his Republican challenger's background as the CEO of a private equity firm and arguing that profit-making alone is not a qualification for the White House. "His main calling card for why he thinks ...

Mich. House Dems aim to regain power lost in 2010

To After the largest Republican sweep in decades sapped Democrats of power in 2010, party leaders in the Michigan House said Monday they're working to regain the majority by focusing on fundraising, candidate training and door-to-door campaigning. Democratic lawmakers and candidates gathered in Lansing to discuss their plans and prospects ...

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democrat challenging Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election next month, holds up a copy of an email at a Milwaukee news conference on Monday, May 21, 2012, that he says shows Walker was aware of illegal activity going on in his office when Walker was the Milwaukee County executive. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)

Wis. recall leaders struggle to gain momentum

Amid signs that the effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker is losing ground, Wisconsin Democrats and union leaders are preparing a fundraising and get-out-the-vote push to regain momentum in the final weeks before the June recall election. Opponents of Walker are concerned that the governor, aided by a huge ...

Cory Booker is latest gaffe-prone Obama surrogate

Add Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker to the long list of political stand-ins for both President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney who've veered wildly off message in a presidential contest notable for its attention-grabbing gaffes. An Obama backer, Booker forced the president's campaign into damage-control mode over the weekend ...

Former appraiser in LA County is charged

Corruption charges were filed Monday against a former Los Angeles County appraiser as part of an investigation into influence peddling claims involving the assessor's office. Scott Schenter, 49, was arrested in Beaverton, Ore., and charged with 60 counts, including falsifying accounts and records. If convicted, he could face up to ...

Jury at Edwards trial ends 2nd day of deliberation

The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards in North Carolina has finished a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. The former presidential candidate faces 30 years in prison after pleading not guilty to six campaign finance corruption charges. The jury began considering its decision Friday, after nearly ...

Mandel, Renacci donations subject of federal probe

Federal officials are investigating questionable campaign contributions to two Ohio officeholders, freshman Rep. James Renacci and state treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel, spokesmen for both Republicans confirmed Monday. Renacci spokesman Shawn Ryan said the U.S. Attorney's Office contacted the campaign four or five months ago with questions about donations ...

FILE - In this May 17, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Jacksonville, Fla. Romney is set to raise about $10 million during a fundraising swing through the northeast. Romney's top finance aide on Monday told donors in New York City that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was set to raise at least that _ and possibly “substantially” more _  during more than a dozen fundraising events in Connecticut and New York over the course of two days. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Romney to raise about $10 million in NY, Conn.

Chasing President Barack Obama's cash advantage, Republican challenger Mitt Romney expects to raise $10 million during a three-day fundraising swing through the New York area that included a video meeting with donors in China. Romney's top finance aide told donors in New York City on Monday that the presumptive Republican ...

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton mingle before the meeting on Afghanistan during the NATO Summit, Monday, May 21, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

THE RACE: Obama and Romney fight over budget goals

The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity and Democratic appeals for more spending to promote jobs and growth with tax hikes on high-income earners. It mirrors a fight raging in Europe. Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has embraced a House-passed Republican ...

A nation-by-nation look at Arab Spring's progress

Starting Wednesday, Egypt is holding its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak, one of four rulers toppled in the uprisings that began 18 months ago across the Middle East and became known as the Arab Spring. But replacing ...

Dallas-area ed board races could tip balance

A once-a-decade opportunity to win seats on the State Board of Education has spurred several socially conservative candidates to run in Republican primaries, including races for two high-profile Dallas-area districts that could alter the balance of power on the board. With crucial decisions on science and U.S. history textbooks and ...

Court refuses to hear Ill. redistricting challenge

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to redistricting in Illinois despite complaints from the League of Women Voters of Illinois that the new congressional and legislative lines are unconstitutional. The high court on Monday turned away the lawsuit that complained the new congressional and legislative maps are unconstitutional ...

New Obama ad challenges Mitt Romney's economics

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is keeping up its effort to paint Mitt Romney as a job-destroying corporate raider at Bain Capital. In a video being released Monday, Obama's campaign zeroes in on a Marion, Ind., company, American Pad & Paper, also known as Ampad. The ad charges that Ampad ...

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers. But with each facing a tough election, neither the presidential candidate nor the U.S. senator is playing up that history, perhaps with good reason. Brown, trying to win re-election in one of ...

FILE - In this July 18, 2006, file photo, Gov. Mitt Romney, right, looks over bolts in the ceiling of a Big Dig tunnel while speaking with Alexander Bardow, center, Massachusetts Director of Bridges and Structures, and Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation John Cogliano in Boston. Romney was at his New Hampshire vacation home on a summer night in 2006 when tons of concrete ceiling panels in one of Boston’s Big Dig highway tunnels collapsed. The debris crushed a car and killed a female passenger. Romney, then in his final year as Massachusetts governor, dashed back to Boston and immersed himself in the crisis. His response offers insights into what kind of leader the expected Republican nominee would be if elected president. Romney has made his management skills a major selling point in his campaign. (AP Photo/David L Ryan, Pool)

Romney faced leadership test in Big Dig tragedy

Mitt Romney was at his New Hampshire vacation home on a summer night in 2006 when 26 tons of concrete ceiling panels in one of Boston's Big Dig highway tunnels collapsed, crushing a car and killing a female passenger. Romney, then in his final year as Massachusetts governor, dashed back ...

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