Very early on Thursday morning, I sprinted to my office in the law school at the National University of Ireland, Galway to watch the previous night’s US presidential debate on my computer. Despite my ...

Why are the presidential candidates spending so much time raising so much money? To buy TV ads. In Ad Watch, we review the results of their heroic efforts as they come out. Today: President Obama s ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney on securing the Republican presidential nomination, a gesture coupled with a new line of attack on the GOP challenger that ...

RALEIGH, NC (RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER) — North Carolina continues to remain competitive in the presidential contest, according to the latest poll. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads President ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican Party challenger in the upcoming presidential election, Mitt Romney, have squared off in the first presidential debate in the city of Denver, Colorado.

WASHINGTON - The White House - and President Barack Obama himself - rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Expressing confidence but leaving nothing to chance, President Barack Obama indulged his superstitions by engaging in a traditional Election Day basketball game with friends as the race ...

President Barack Obama’s campaign is offering Mitt Romney a deal: if he releases five years of tax returns, Obama’s team won’t criticize him for not releasing any more. Obama campaign manager Jim ...

President Barack Obama sat down for an extensive interview on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, responding to Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's recently released comments ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Manchester - Mitt Romney is opening his first formal day as a 2012 Republican presidential contender with a direct challenge to the man he wants to replace. He says, "Barack Obama has failed America." ...