WASHINGTON -- During a fundraising swing through Minnesota on Thursday, Mitt Romney offered an assessment of the business landscape that complicates t...

WASHINGTON -- One of Mitt Romney's top pitches to the American public in his bid for president is the private-sector experience he says is needed to t...

Now that Obama's campaign for reelection is in full swing, the president hasn't been shy about touting his own record or about attacking that of his r...

Modern communications media have given us the 24/7 news cycle and our technologies have given each of us the power to become our own cable channels and news publishers. But I wonder what we are doing to our national discourse in an age that celebrates "gaffes and gotchas."

Everyone pretty much agrees that last week was Obama's roughest week yet in this campaign. But I see some potential silver linings in the mess that was last week, one of which may well be seen after this election as the most important messaging turning point in this campaign.

Princeton Professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said President Barack Obama erred by saying Friday that the private sector is "doing fin...

Slate's Dave Weigel noticed a paradox at the heart of a statement Senator Mitch McConnell released Friday afternoon. McConnell was responding to P...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, seeking to clarify comments about the strength of the U.S. economy, said later Friday it is "absolutely clear" t...

President Barack Obama said the private sector is "doing fine" Friday, citing the slowdown in state and local government hiring, and calling on congre...

WASHINGTON — Flanked by business executives, President Barack Obama urged employers Wednesday to create jobs in the U.S. rather than ship them o...