Elections

Budget Battles

  • Romney Defends His Wealth in Close Race

    By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman, Reuters

    In a tight race to win the Michigan primary, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney strongly defended his wealth on Sunday and challenged voters to support someone else if they did not like...

  • Gingrich Fights to Win Georgia

    By Deborah Charles, Reuters

    Newt Gingrich is in a fight for a win even in his home state of Georgia as his campaign stakes its future on the Super Tuesday primaries.

  • Lower the Deficit? Not with These GOP Candidates

    By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

    Three of the remaining four GOP presidential contenders would send deficits soaring over the next decade, a new report out today from a Washington, D.C budget watchdog group The Committee for a...

  • Obama Diverts Blame on Gas Prices

    By Jeff Mason, Reuters

    As Republican presidential candidates toss barbs at Barack Obama over expensive gasoline, the U.S. president and his team are going on the offensive with a strategy to divert blame and prepare voters...

  • Romney and Paul Gang Up on Santorum at GOP Debate

    By Eric Pianin and Michelle Hirsch

    Mitt Romney joined forces with Ron Paul to attack surging presidential candidate Rick Santorum in a GOP debate in Arizona for supporting hundreds of millions of earmarks and other spending during his...