National Politics
FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim
The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending is rising at the...
National Politics
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Obama, Romney try to play it safe in 2012 gamble
In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Raid admiral's toughest fight: winning Washington
The commander in charge of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden is defending his proposal that would give him more authority to send special operations forces overseas to address problems like terrorism or sudden Arab Spring-style unrest.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Who's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query
What, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don't agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity is shining a rare spotlight on the malleable nature of Indian heritage and the long history of murky claims...
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NATIONAL POLITICS
House experience a minus for some Senate hopefuls
U.S. House members who are trying to make the step up to the Senate this year are finding themselves on the defensive about Washington experience that traditionally has been a big asset.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
A phone(y) issue or does this have a ring of truth?
This just in from the technology-and-politics desk: A cell phone user who takes a pollster's call is more likely to be a Democrat. A land-line user who takes a pollster's call is more likely to be a Republican.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Attention North Carolina is getting isn't quite what it wants
When civic leaders boasted that having the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was a chance to showcase the great things about living and working in North Carolina, they probably didn't have recent events in mind.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Justice: No misconduct in declining to prosecute Ted Stevens witness on sex charges
The Justice Department said Friday that its investigators had found no misconduct in the decision by federal prosecutors to abandon the teen sex-crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. Chairman Bill Allen, the government's star witness in the failed prosecution of then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens...
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Attention North Carolina is getting isn't quite what it wants
When civic leaders boasted that having the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was a chance to showcase the great things about living and working in North Carolina, they probably didn't have recent events in mind.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Biden recalls pain after death of wife, daughter
Visibly pained, Vice President Joe Biden recalls the wrenching sorrow of losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama to host Philippine president at White House
President Barack Obama will meet with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on June 8 at the White House.
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