Confident Obama encourages supporters to be "obsessive"
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama encouraged supporters on Monday to be “obsessive” about working for his re-election in the final weeks of the campaign, declaring himself confident that he would win on November 6.
Romney casts Obama’s foreign policy as weak, dangerous
LEXINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a sweeping critique on Monday of President Barack Obama’s handling of threats in the Middle East, saying Obama’s lack of leadership had made the volatile region mor…
Top Democrat: tax revamp should not cut taxes for rich
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Senate Democrat on Tuesday called for scrapping a tax reform model of lowering tax rates for all Americans that has been the rule since Ronald Reagan was president, and instead said the rich should pay more to help pare fed…
Battered by the economy, Nevadans still favor Obama
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Last October, President Barack Obama mounted a makeshift podium on La Placita Avenue, in a Las Vegas subdivision hard hit by foreclosures. As TV cameras whirred, he pledged to do “everything in my power to help stabilize the housi…
Is Supreme Court set to end use of race in admissions?
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to favor minority candidates in admissions policies. Given that the court in 2003 approved such policies, its decision to take up…
Will voters send U.S. House’s "Mr. No" back to Washington?
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) – U.S. freshman Republican Congressman Justin Amash has not been afraid to rub his party – and sometimes his western Michigan constituents – the wrong way.
Pew poll finds Romney edges ahead of Obama after debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s strong performance in last week’s debate helped him pull ahead of President Barack Obama, a Pew Research Center poll showed on Monday.
Obama dedicates Cesar Chavez monument, courts Latino voters
KEENE, California (Reuters) – President Barack Obama dedicated the home of celebrated Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument on Monday, a gesture that could help energize Latino voters a month before Election Day.
Analysis: Romney spares details as he hits Obama on foreign policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday ratcheted up his campaign to cast President Barack Obama as a weak steward of U.S. power, but offered few specific clues about how he would handle world crises differently.
U.S. will "do what we must" on Iran, U.N.’s Ban opposes threats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will say on Tuesday the United States will “do what we must” to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned against threatening attacks whose consequences w…
