Jeff Zeleny New York Times

Mitt Romney's quest to swiftly lock down the Republican presidential nomination with a commanding finish in the Iowa caucuses was undercut on Tuesday night by the surging candidacy of Rick Santorum, who fought him to a draw on a shoestring budget by winning over conservatives who remain skeptical of Mr Romney.

Sarah Palin is fortifying her small staff of advisers, buying a house in Arizona -- where associates have said she could base a national campaign -- and reviving her schedule of public appearances. The moves are the most concrete signals yet that Ms. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, is seriously weighing a Republican presidential bid.While it ...

President Obama's late-night announcement from the White House Sunday that Osama bin Laden had been killed delivered not only a long-awaited prize to the United States, but also a significant victory for Mr. Obama, whose foreign policy has been the subject of persistent criticism by his rivals.In his presidential campaign four years ago, Mr. Obama ...

As Sarah Palin delivered a weekend address at California, paying tribute to Ronald Reagan on the centennial of his birth, she directed a forceful line of criticism at President Obama and his administration, though she did not mention the crisis in Egypt. But in a subsequent television interview, she took Mr. Obama to task for his handling of the ma...

Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary and close confidante to US President Obama, said on Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the President and his re-election campaign.Mr. Gibbs said that he intends to leave in early February. His successor has not yet been decided, he said, but will likely be announ...

Republicans captured control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, riding a wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Obama just two years after his triumphal victory. But the Democrats retained control of the Senate, with Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, beating back a Tea Party challenge from Sharron Angle. (US m...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the government had sufficient information to uncover the terror plot to bring down a commercial jetliner on Christmas Day, but that intelligence officials had "failed to connect those dots."

Mitt Romney's quest to swiftly lock down the Republican presidential nomination with a commanding finish in the Iowa caucuses was undercut on Tuesday night by the surging candidacy of Rick Santorum, who fought him to a draw on a shoestring budget by winning over conservatives who remain skeptical of Mr Romney.

Sarah Palin is fortifying her small staff of advisers, buying a house in Arizona -- where associates have said she could base a national campaign -- and reviving her schedule of public appearances. The moves are the most concrete signals yet that Ms. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, is seriously weighing a Republican presidential bid.While it ...

President Obama's late-night announcement from the White House Sunday that Osama bin Laden had been killed delivered not only a long-awaited prize to the United States, but also a significant victory for Mr. Obama, whose foreign policy has been the subject of persistent criticism by his rivals.In his presidential campaign four years ago, Mr. Obama ...

As Sarah Palin delivered a weekend address at California, paying tribute to Ronald Reagan on the centennial of his birth, she directed a forceful line of criticism at President Obama and his administration, though she did not mention the crisis in Egypt. But in a subsequent television interview, she took Mr. Obama to task for his handling of the ma...

Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary and close confidante to US President Obama, said on Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the President and his re-election campaign.Mr. Gibbs said that he intends to leave in early February. His successor has not yet been decided, he said, but will likely be announ...

Republicans captured control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, riding a wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Obama just two years after his triumphal victory. But the Democrats retained control of the Senate, with Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, beating back a Tea Party challenge from Sharron Angle. (US m...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the government had sufficient information to uncover the terror plot to bring down a commercial jetliner on Christmas Day, but that intelligence officials had "failed to connect those dots."