Will Democrats find some way to make an enduring mark at this week's national convention? Check out five memorable moments from their earlier gatherings.
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plunge into the fall campaign on a two-track mission to convince Americans that the GOP nominee is the right man to fix the economy. President Obama gets ready for the big Democratic show.
Mitt Romney's offshore arrangements enabled his individual retirement account to avoid taxes on its investments and may well have reduced his personal income tax bills, The New York Times reports.
Attorneys who represent whistleblowers have made millions as the Obama administration cracks down on corporate fraud, and are now donating heavily to the president’s re-election campaign. The New York Times reports.
The court kicks off its new term with arguments over whether businesses and individuals can be sued in the U.S. for conduct that takes place on foreign soil and has foreign victims.
Despite the hours of practicing, presidential debates often turn on unplanned zingers, gaffes or gestures that speak volumes. Here's a look at some of the best and worst exchanges.
With their candidate fading in the polls as the debates approach, party operatives focus on tactical corrections, but fail to grasp that the basic GOP message—lower taxes, deregulation and free trade—is unappealing to voters scarred by the Great Recession and corporate abuses.
As President Barack Obama widened his lead over Mitt Romney in polls this month, traders at hedge funds and investment firms began shooting emails to clients with a similar theme: It's time to start preparing for an Obama victory.
As the government closes the books Sunday with a $1.1 trillion deficit for the year, budget analysts have little confidence in either Obama or Romney's plan to address the accumulating debt, now at about $16 trillion.
A growing chorus of Republicans are calling for heads to roll, alleging that the White House knew the Libya attack was a pre-planned act of terror but refused to tell the American people.
President Barack Obama blocked on Friday a privately owned Chinese company from building wind turbines close to a Navy military site in Oregon due to national security concerns, and the company said it would challenge the action in court.
It's the great debate about the debates. President Obama and Mitt Romney go head to head Wednesday, but do the face-offs really matter? Some experts say people are more interested in seeing a train-wreck moment than in hearing substance.
The day after Benjamin Netanyahu's cartoon representation of an Iranian nuclear bomb went viral on the Internet, opinion was divided on whether the Israeli prime minister's headline-grabbing prop was a stroke of presentational genius or a cheap gimmick.
Now that they've reached an agreement with the NFL Referees Association, Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots (and CEO of The Kraft Group) tells Larry Kudlow about the issue the owners just couldn't let slide.
Did the US miss an important opportunity earlier in the week by not strongly chastising Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his inflammatory remarks about Israel?
President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney among likely voters in the battleground states of New Hampshire, Nevada, and North Carolina, new NBC News-Wall Street Journal polls show.