Romney chipping away at Obama fundraising lead

WASHINGTON – By effectively clinching the Republican nomination last month, Mitt Romney’s campaign was able to marshal larger checks and chip into President Obama’s huge head start in the money chase heading into the general election.

Axelrod says Romney's Mormon religion off-limits

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A. Boehner dismissed as "nonsense" a proposed GOP campaign attack on President Obama's past association with the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., as well as a Democratic fundraising effort that followed.

Republicans doubling down on debt limit showdown strategy

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are heading into summer much the way they did last year — instigating a showdown with the White House by demanding massive federal budget cuts in exchange for what used to be the routine task of raising the nation's debt limit to pay the government's bills.

Rev. Wright ad proposal given bipartisan scorn on Sunday shows

Going against the partisan tendencies in Washington, both sides of the aisle readily took the opportunity to condemn the recently uncovered “super PAC” ad proposal that would have attempted to bring the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. into the campaign discussion.

Mitt Romney chides stimulus spending at N.H. 'bridge to nowhere'

HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. — Mitt Romney rounded out a week focused on what he views as overspending by the federal government with a critique of President Obama's stimulus program during a speech in front of what opponents call New Hampshire's "bridge to nowhere."

Arizona official: It's 'possible' Obama won't make ballot

WASHINGTON -- In a revival of the controversy surrounding President Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate, a state official in Arizona says it’s “possible” that he’ll hold Obama’s name off the Arizona ballot if Hawaii officials don’t send him confirmation that the president was born there.

Ann and Mitt contribute $150,000 to Romney campaign

WASHINGTON -- The Romney campaign added two noteworthy names to the donor rolls this week: Ann and Mitt Romney.

Biden on same-sex marriage: 'We didn't make it an issue' [Video]

Vice President Joe Biden said he and President Obama are "in the same place" on same-sex marriage, just more than a week after his comments on the issue forced the president to hasten his public declaration of support.

Analysis: Three states stand out in 2012 presidential election

WASHINGTON -- The presidential candidates have just placed their opening bets, and three states stand out as keys to the 2012 election: Ohio, Virginia and, perhaps surprisingly, Iowa.

Romney tells Floridians he considered a home in the state

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — During the course of the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney has proudly claimed his roots as native Michigander, a Bostonian (who is unfailingly loyal to the Red Sox), a summer resident of New Hampshire and, of course, a part-time Californian when he escapes to his beachfront home in La Jolla.

Poll: More view Romney favorably than ever before

Mitt Romney has joined previous presumptive presidential nominees in receiving a post-nomination bump in favorable views, reaching a new personal high of 50% in a Gallup poll released Thursday. Romney’s favorability rating is just 2 points lower than President Obama’s, but any celebrations over this new water mark are tempered by its low standing in comparison to recent presidential contenders.