Mitt Romney

Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan

2013-05-22 13:46:00

Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors on Wednesday paid off a Department Energy loan that had become a political hot potato. Tesla owed the federal government $451.8 million on a loan that was part of a special program to develop alternative fuel...

Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides

2013-05-22 17:01:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts. On one side, handmade signs cried...

Oklahoma's tornado and political cheap shots

2013-05-21 14:25:00

It's as predictable as it is disheartening: A red state gets hit hard by a tornado outbreak -- in this case killing at least 24 people, many of them children attending school -- and the first batch of letters from readers (most of them from Southern...

Do Obama's small biceps explain his liberal politics?

2013-05-18 08:58:00

Here’s a scientific news flash about our recent presidential election: You could assume that President Obama was more kindly disposed to redistribution of wealth than Mitt Romney just by looking at them. Not because Obama is African American and...

Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities

2013-05-18 22:06:00

WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...

Kanye's rant, Armisen's exit and more 'SNL' finale backstory

2013-05-17 15:29:00

The 38th season finale of "Saturday Night Live" airs this weekend and with it come more than a few questions about the confirmed departure of one cast member, the possible departure of two others and the unpredicatable nature of the tempermental musical...

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Shark Tank' on ABC

2013-05-16 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SERIES Undercover Boss Following last week'...

The Gold Standard: It's time for Emmy to surprise us

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Backstage at the Emmys last year, reporters were squirming — and not just because of the ill-fitting rental tuxes and too-tight gowns. As "Modern Family" rolled to its third straight Emmy win for comedy series (after earlier pulling in prizes for...

Tesla to raise $830 million from investors, repay U.S. debt

2013-05-15 18:55:00

Fresh off its first profitable quarter, Tesla Motors Inc. plans to raise about $830 million in a stock and debt offering that will enable the electric car maker to pay off its $465-million federal loan. Founder Elon Musk, who owns 33 million shares,...

Sen. Rand Paul laying groundwork for possible presidential run

2013-05-11 22:05:00

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — If he runs for president, says Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), he wants to be considered on his own merits. But when he brought his fledgling campaign to Iowa this weekend, there was no escaping the double-edged legacy of the man he's...

South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House

2013-05-08 03:30:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...

Al Gore, with reported $200 million, almost as rich as Mitt Romney

2013-05-07 15:22:00

Al Gore and Mitt Romney have little in common -- except, perhaps, their net worth. Gore, the environmental activist and former U.S. vice president, has amassed a net worth that may exceed $200 million, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. That’s...

mentioned the fact that his father was born in Mexico during a presidential debate. According to the 30th article of the Mexican constitution, there are two ways in which a person can acquire the Mexican nationality, by birth and by naturalization.

2013-04-13 00:00:00

Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's 2012 presidential candidate, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference last week.

2013-03-19 07:42:13

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced on March 14, 2013 that he has reversed his stance against same-sex marriage because his son, Will Portman, is gay.

2013-03-15 15:24:00