Powell standing by Obama in 2012 presidential race

Obama resumes campaign marathon in Florida

President Barack Obama has resumed his campaign marathon in Florida, delivering doughnuts to a firehouse less than five hours after he wrapped up the previous day's campaigning in Las Vegas.

Obama and Bill Clinton to campaign together

President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together next week in three of the most competitive battleground states.

President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together Monday, opening the final full week before Election Day with a three-state battleground blitz.

Guns, climate, gays missing in presidential race

Some high-profile issues have been largely absent from the presidential campaign this year. Of the many words spoken in this month's three presidential debates, none were "climate change," ''global...

Of the roughly 50,000 words spoken in this month's three presidential debates, none were "climate change," ''global warming" or "greenhouse gas."

AP poll: Romney erases Obama advantage among women

Remember the gender gap separating Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney?

What gender gap?

WWII vet dies at age 93 after casting last ballot

A World War II veteran whose effort to vote from his deathbed inspired thousands has died a week after casting his final ballot.

Absentee voting's rise means more risk of problems

Election experts and researchers say the rise in popularity of mail-in absentee voting around the country is increasing the risk of mistakes, lost votes and even fraud.

Because of a printing error, somewhere around 27,000 absentee ballots already cast by voters are being painstakingly copied by hand in Palm Beach County to make sure they can be read by a scanning machine.

Powell standing by Obama in 2012 presidential race

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year's election.

Obama talks 2nd term; Romney zeroes in on economy

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are showing the urgency of the campaign's final stretch. The incumbent alone is set to cover 5,300 miles Wednesday in the busiest single day of his re-election...

President Barack Obama is confidently predicting speedy second-term agreement with Republicans to reduce federal deficits and overhaul immigration laws, commenting before setting out Wednesday on a 40-hour campaign marathon...

Ryan: Poverty winning in 'war on poverty'

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will be telling poor voters they would be better off if he and Mitt Romney win the White House.

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said Wednesday that, "in this war on poverty, poverty is winning" and he called for a retooled approach to help the 46 million people who are living in it.

Swing-state voters hit with mail ad barrage

Television commercials may be king, but millions of dollars a week are fueling mail ads that are burying swing-state voters in appeals from the presidential candidates, political parties and their allied groups.

Around lunchtime each day, the latest missives promoting or pillorying Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney arrive in Diane Ouradnik's mailbox. Before long, they're in her trash.