Rick Santorum's 2012 bid for the Republican presidential nomination may have ended last week, but negative campaign mailers aimed at Mitt Romney are still arriving in supporters' mailboxes, according to the Des Moines Register.

“It truly frightens me to think what’ll happen if Mitt Romney is the nominee,”...

Under pressure from a progressive campaign to abandon the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), McDonald's is insisting that it left the controversial conservative organization in March.

On Tuesday, the online advocacy group Color of Change called on the fast-food chain to withdraw its membership from the group due to its...

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) released a new attack ad Monday, accusing his chief GOP primary rival, Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, of selling out to "D.C. outsiders." Lugar, who has held his Senate seat since 1977, is one of several Republican incumbents targeted by the Tea...

Days after being accused of hiring young, inexperienced staffers for key positions in the state Treasury, new evidence shows that Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, the Republican nominee for the state Senate race, dispatched a top aide to a beginner's course in the subject he was overseeing.

WASHINGTON -- Americans are paying for $4-a-gallon gasoline because Wall Street "casinos" have blocked regulators from cracking down on rampant oil speculation, finance experts argued on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

In an effort to counter Republican claims that gas prices are high because the Obama administration does not allow enough drilling,...

Rick Santorum's campaign has placed its hopes squarely on the Pennsylvania primary on April 24, after a near shutout in terms of delegates in Tuesday night's primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

While winning the Pennsylvania primary may be critical for the momentum of Santorum's presidential...

Marriage equality advocates in Ohio took one step closer Tuesday to overturning the state's 2004 constitutional amendment that restricts marriages in the state to only those between one man and one woman.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) approved the petition language for an amendment that would redefine marriage...

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, the Republican nominee against incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), has come under scrutiny for hiring several young, inexperienced staffers from his 2010 campaign for treasurer to serve in key positions in his department -- despite promises he wouldn't, according to an investigation by the...

Etch A Sketch manufacturer Ohio Arts released a series of political ads claiming it doesn't take sides in American politics, capitalizing on the toys' recent surge into the spotlight.

According to Ad Week, one ad shows an American flag drawn on an Etch A Sketch with copy that...

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) said that some uninsured Americans choose "to roll the dice" and not to buy insurance, according to an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity.

"There are people who just decide they want to roll the dice and take their chances that they won’t need...

Mitt Romney used a Wednesday tele-town hall with Wisconsin voters to give a strong endorsement to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican who is fighting off a recall effort led by Democrats.

“Gov. Walker is, in my opinion, an excellent governor," Romney said, according to a report...

Self-proclaimed queen of the birther movement Orly Taitz appears to be teaming up with former Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-Nev.) to combat "rigged elections."

Taitz unveiled the partnership on her website, displaying a series of email correspondences with Angle. In the exchange, Taitz cites election fraud as the...

Sarah Palin attacked President Barack Obama for the president's open mic comments to outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, saying he would have "more flexibility" on missile defense after the election.

The former Alaska governor wrote in a Facebook post:

Whoever chooses to merely dismiss...

Wisconsin Democrats have set their sites squarely on Mitt Romney in advance of the Republican presidential primary in the Badger State on April 3.

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who is running for Herb Kohl's (D-Wis.) open Senate seat, repeatedly tied Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) controversial budget proposal...

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) will receive some help from the League of Conservation Voters in his reelection campaign over the next two weeks.

The group has purchased a six-figure TV ad buy in Columbus, asking Ohioans to "call Sen. Brown; thank him for fighting to bring manufacturing jobs home to...

Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) thinks Rick Santorum should keep his mouth shut about Internet pornography.

"Rick, if you're against pornography, don't watch it," Grayson said in a campaign email Tuesday afternoon.

Grayson is referring to Santorum's stated belief that a strict reading of current pornography laws would effectively ban...

Karen Santorum laughed off a joke about her husband Rick Santorum using "protection" made by Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.), saying it was "sort of funny."

“Sometimes, you just have to laugh,” Karen Santorum said during an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN Monday night. “I’ve reached a point...

A last-minute shift of support for Rick Santorum could help him make up lost ground in Illinois. Nine delegates that belonged to Newt Gingrich have shifted their allegiance to Santorum, according to Fox Chicago News.

It happened Monday night when Gingrich supporter Jim Runyon announced a...

The Mitt Romney of 2008 believed that English should be the official language of the United States. But when the Mitt Romney of 2012 traveled to Puerto Rico in search of delegates, he left that position back on the main land.

When Romney touched down in the potential 51st...

Another one of President Barack Obama's speeches was interrupted Thursday when a woman fainted.

According to The New York Times, Obama had been criticizing his Republican rivals during the speech, which focused on energy policy, when he paused to alert officials that someone in the crowd...