President

Budget Battles

  • Giuliani Heads to NH to Explore Presidential Bid

    By STEVE PEOPLES

    Rudy Giuliani isn't convinced that any of the declared Republican presidential contenders can defeat President Barack Obama.

  • Minnesota Crisis Could Benefit Pawlenty

    By Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington Post

    Minnesota’s government shutdown is into its second week, paralyzing all but essential state government services, leaving 20,000 employees out of work and sullying the state’s reputation for...

  • Romney Raises $18M in Second Quarter

    By CHRIS CILLIZZA, The Washington Post

    Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney raised $18.25 million over the past three months, a sum likely to put him head and shoulders above his Republican presidential rivals in the money chase.

  • Romney Says Obama Made Economy Worse

    By NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, The Washington Post

    Mitt Romney again said Tuesday that President Obama has made the economy worse, speaking during a visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire and reclaiming an argument that...

  • Gingrich Employees Troubled by Tiffany Purchases

    By CAROL D. LEONNIG, The Washington Post

    Employees of presidential candidate Newt Gingrich grew increasingly concerned in recent years about their boss’s purchases from luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co., worried that if he followed through...