Democratic Party

Analysis: Can political polls still be trusted?

2012-05-16 04:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Over the past couple of decades, the percentage of people willing to answer a telephone survey has plummeted – both in the United States and abroad. The drop has led many to wonder whether polls can still reliably tell us much about...

Obama hosting bipartisan talks on economy

2012-05-16 03:00:00

After months of trading blame and criticism from afar, President Obama and GOPcongressional leaders will meet Wednesday to discuss the economy — and, presumably, trade blame and criticism in person, more politely. The bipartisan gathering at the...

In Iowa, Mitt Romney focuses on 'prairie fire of debt'

2012-05-15 23:00:00

DES MOINES — Returning to the state that launched Barack Obama to the presidency, Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused his rival of carelessly driving the country into "a financial crisis of both debt and spending that threaten what it means to be an...

Upstart state lawmaker wins Nebraska's GOP Senate primary

2012-05-15 23:03:00

WASHINGTON — Upstart state Sen. Deb Fischer triumphed in Nebraska's bitterly contested Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, winning the right to face Democrat Bob Kerrey in November. The race had become a high-profile showdown among...

Brown stymied by same budget dysfunction that plagued predecessors

2012-05-16 00:43:00

SACRAMENTO — Jerry Brown told voters he was different — that only he, a septuagenarian government veteran with no aspirations to higher office, could fix the cycle of swelling budget deficits that has plagued California for more than a decade....

Company wants to tap Mojave's public lands for Southland water

2012-05-16 00:00:00

CADIZ, Calif. – Three decades ago a group of businessmen pored over NASA satellite imagery as part of a worldwide hunt for large groundwater reserves they could tap to grow desert crops. They found the signs they were looking for here in the sun-...

Lawsuit takes aim at California's legal protections for teachers

2012-05-16 00:00:00

A Bay Area nonprofit backed partly by groups known for battling teachers unions has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn five California laws that, they say, make it too difficult to dismiss ineffective teachers. The suit, filed on behalf of eight...

Romney calls Obama's economics 'morally wrong' in Iowa

2012-05-15 14:13:00

DES MOINES – Returning to the state that launched Barack Obama’s path to the presidency, Mitt Romney went on offense Tuesday, accusing his rival of carelessly driving the country into "a financial crisis of both debt and spending that threaten...

Rush Limbaugh enters Missouri hall of fame; not all are pleased

2012-05-15 15:26:00

KANSAS CITY, Mo. --� Rush Limbaugh is in the Hall of Famous Missourians. The question now may be whether he’ll stay there. On Monday, Limbaugh was inducted into the hall in a secret ceremony that wasn’t advertised, that was closed to the...

Congress approves legislation to reauthorize Export-Import Bank

2012-05-15 16:06:00

WASHINGTON — Overcoming objections from conservatives, Congress gave final approval to legislation to reauthorize the nation's Export-Import Bank, sending to President Obama a key legislative priority for the business community. The Senate passed...

Election decision may force disclosure of secret donors

2012-05-15 17:58:00

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars to influence the 2012 election now face the prospect of having to reveal their secret donors, after a federal appellate court panel refused to block a lower-court order requiring the...

Colombia bomb injures ex-minister, kills 2 as new trade era dawns

2012-05-15 16:38:40

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, the parliamentary leader of Germany's Social Democrats, and two other members of his party hold a news conference Tuesday on the European fiscal treaty pushed by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

2012-05-15 00:00:00

German Chancellor Angela Merkel grimaces as she addresses a press conference following a poor showing by her Christian Democratic Party (CDU) in regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, at the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Merkel said her party's heavy losses in a crucial regional German vote

2012-05-14 00:00:00

The Christian Democrats ? candidate for governor, Norbert Roettgen, enters the state parliament in Duesseldorf, Germany. After the election, he announced that he would resign as the local party chief.

2012-05-14 00:00:00