Current Political Climate in US

In the past four days, former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has accused President Obama of believing in “a phony theology, not a theology based on the Bible.” He seemed to draw a comparison between Obama and Adolf Hitler.

President Obama is preparing to lay out new proposals to increase domestic energy production and stem the cycle of fuel price spikes, administration officials said.

On Wednesday, the first Republican presidential debate since Rick Santorum’s trifecta of victories two weeks ago could solidify his growing threat to Mitt Romney.

Political campaigns are getting started earlier than ever these days, so why should the vice presidential vetting process be any different?

The White House is brushing off the latest critics who have taken aim at President Obama’s religious faith.

Mitt Romney has a narrow lead over Rick Santorum in Arizona, according to a new CNN/TIME poll.

At Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack, which just opened in Brooklyn, service is the star. The food, not so much.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told a group of Democratic senators that the Supreme Court is not going to formally adopt a judicial code of conduct that governs the actions of other federal judges.

The White House was abuzz with tweets by Jagger on Tuesday.
Rock icon Mick Jagger took to his Twitter account to brag about his private tour of the West Wing after arriving for a rehearsal for the White House’s tribute concert to the blues.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody in connection with an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring operating in France and Belgium.

PHOENIX — Front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum opened one of the most crucial periods in the Republican presidential campaign Tuesday, with Romney going on the attack while suddenly claiming the mantle of underdog as he seeks to avoid...

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will consider whether the time has come to eliminate affirmative action in college admissions, resurrecting in an election year questions about the role race should play in American life.

In Phoenix, reporters asked Rick Santorum about his comments in a 2008 speech at a religious university that Satan "has his sights" on the United States.

We’re hearing that Tony West, the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, is in line to fill the shoes of Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, the department’s third highest-ranking official.

The controversial bill requiring a woman to get an ultrasound before having an abortion is poised to pass the legislature this week.

Press-bashing is an important staple of any candidate’s repertoire in part because it’s so easy and always useful.

For Presidents’ Day, we asked readers to name the most underrated U.S. president. Andrew Miller had the most popular nomination — George H.W. Bush — and as a reward, he got to write this guest post.

A Time/CNN ORC International survey shows the two Republican candidates leading the pack before next Tuesday's primary.

Rick Santorum was “basically pro-choice,” an Abramoff scandal convict gets caught with a steak knife, Michele Bachmann will run for the same seat and Romney has a bold new tax plan coming.

The court’s decision in the new case holds the potential to undo an accommodation on affirmative action in higher education reached by the court in 2003.

Antonio R. Villaraigosa’s name has returned to the small list of next-generation Democrats who have been waiting in the wings as some of the older guards of California politics move to retirement.

Rep. Darrell Issa is trying to make good on his promise to keep close tabs on the Obama administration.

Starting with the Michigan and Arizona primaries on Tuesday, Republican front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum will face each other in a series of one-on-one matchups that are likely to determine the direction of the rest of the race for their...

A redrawing of Minnesota's political boundaries has landed Representative Michele Bachmann's house in a new Congressional district -- whose seat is currently held by a Democrat.