Analysis: Can political polls still be trusted?

WASHINGTON -- Over the past couple of decades, the percentage of people willing to answer a telephone survey has plummeted – both in the United States and abroad. The drop has led many to wonder whether polls can still reliably tell us much about public opinion.

Joe Biden will take Bain attack on Mitt Romney to Ohio

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Vice President Joe Biden today travels to this working-class Ohio city to amplify the Obama campaign's tough attack Mitt Romney's economic credentials, accusing the Republican of profiting at the expense of laid-off manufacturing workers.

After months of trading blame and criticism from afar, President Obama and GOPcongressional leaders will meet Wednesday to discuss the economy — and, presumably, trade blame and criticism in person, more politely.

WASHINGTON -- Deb Fischer, a little-known state senator, triumphed in Nebraska’s bitterly contested Republican Senate primary Tuesday night, winning the right to face Democrat Bob Kerrey in November.

Obama's assets valued at between $2.6 million and $8.3 million

WASHINGTON -- His book sales may be slowing, but President Obama appears to be on solid financial footing.  

Congress approves national Export-Import Bank

WASHINGTON -- Overcoming objections from conservatives, Congress gave final approval to legislation to reauthorize the nation’s Export-Import Bank, sending to President Obama’s desk a key priority for the business community.

Romney calls Obama's economics 'morally wrong' in Iowa

DES MOINES – Returning to the state that launched Barack Obama’s path to the presidency, Mitt Romney went on offense Tuesday, accusing his rival of carelessly driving the country into "a financial crisis of both debt and spending that threaten what it means to be an American."

Boehner preps for another debt-ceiling standoff

WASHINGTON -- Ready for another debt-ceiling standoff in Congress?

Ron Paul not ending presidential bid despite stopping campaigning

One day after announcing that he would no longer campaign in states that have yet to hold primaries, officials with Ron Paul’s campaign clarified Tuesday that the Texas congressman was not suspending his presidential bid.

Romney marches closer to nomination as Nebraska and Oregon vote

With Mitt Romney essentially the last Republican presidential candidate standing, the former Massachusetts governor will inch closer to officially clinching his party’s nomination Tuesday when voters head to the polls in Oregon and Nebraska.

Court ruling may force advocacy groups to disclose secret donors

WASHINGTON -- Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign are now faced with the prospect of having to reveal the donors who have been secretly financing their efforts after a federal appellate court panel refused to block a lower court order requiring the move.