Politics

The Obama re-election campaign said this morning the campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $68 million in the last three months of 2011. Could he be on his way to topping the $1 billion mark by election day?

After a 2010 Supreme Court decision, independent organizations are gaining increasing power in national elections.

Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary last night. But why did his victory speech sound so familiar?

Mitt Romney has won the first two primaries in this year's presidential election race, but thanks to super PACS, candidates who aren't doing as well might stay in the race longer than ever before.

Conventional wisdom says the candidate who raises the most money is likely to get the most votes. But is that really true?

Last night, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that President Obama would like to turn the U.S. into a social welfare state. But even if he wanted to, how much impact does a president have on the economy anyway?

The President's budget director Jack Lew is taking over as chief of staff. He's replacing Bill Daley, who spent just a year on the job. What will this mean for White House relationships with big business?

New Hampshire voters go to the polls in the state's all-important primary contest. The Republican presidential candidates have been campaigning in the Granite State for weeks and months.

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The president plans to use a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.