Santorum files for Indiana despite ballot dispute
INDIANAPOLIS -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum filed Wednesday to get on Indiana's primary ballot even though he has not been certified by local election officials.
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GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy
WASHINGTON -- Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals provide employees with...
Gingrich warns darkly of Iran nuclear possibility
CLEVELAND -- Newt Gingrich kept a stiff upper lip Wednesday after his poor showing in GOP presidential caucuses the night before, but issued dire warnings about Iran's potential nuclear capabilities.
White House attacks Romney on birth control
WASHINGTON -- The White House is taking on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney over his criticism of President Barack Obama's birth control coverage mandate.
Romney's bad day is Santorum's best in GOP race
WASHINGTON -- Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
House GOP offers its own insider trading bill
WASHINGTON -- New legislation from House Republicans would ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials and bar lawmakers who are convicted of a felony from collecting government pensions.
Congress tries to give president line-item veto
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House is trying Wednesday to give President Barack Obama the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
Santorum labels Romney 'well-oiled weather vane'
WASHINGTON -- A jubilant Rick Santorum is leveraging victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri to increase pressure on Mitt Romney, labeling him "a well-oiled weather vane" who often shifts his positions.
Analysis: Romney losses show conservative woes
DENVER -- Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the party.
Rick Santorum's strategy pays off in Colorado
DENVER -- Colorado Republicans rewarded an insurgent religious conservative in presidential caucuses that showed the importance Christian activists hold in the state GOP.
Santorum leads in early Minn. GOP caucus returns
WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum jumped ahead Tuesday night in early returns from Minnesota's caucuses, hoping to extinguish front-runner Mitt Romney's modest campaign winning streak and launch a comeback of his own in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Paul invests in Minn. in search of 1st GOP win
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Presidential hopeful Ron Paul made his final appeal for Minnesota Republican caucus votes with drop-ins at two sites where ballots were to be cast Tuesday night.
Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses
WASHINGTON -- Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.
Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives
LOVELAND, Colo. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday.
Abortion, birth control grab political spotlight
DAYTON, Ohio -- A political firestorm over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.
Gingrich hits Romney, Obama, on Catholic rights
CINCINNATI -- Newt Gingrich thrust the reproductive rights issue into the GOP campaign spotlight on Tuesday, criticizing both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's records on requiring Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive aids in some circumstances. Rick Santorum vowed to make the issue a central part of his struggling campaign.
Roseanne Barr on Calif. ballot for US president
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Roseanne Barr's name is on California's primary ballot as a Green Party candidate for president.
Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-- Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized rival Rick Santorum's time in the Senate as "not effective" because of his past support for spending on pork-barrel projects as he worked to fend off an unexpected challenge in the next states to vote.
Messy caucuses in Nevada, Iowa raise questions
LAS VEGAS -- After back-to-back fiascos in Nevada and Iowa, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon.
Texas primary date in doubt after deal talks stall
SAN ANTONIO -- Texas is all but certain to have an even later say in choosing the Republican presidential nominee after what at first looked like a breakthrough deal in a bitter dispute over redistricting maps ended with wide rejection of the proposal.
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