Elections

Budget Battles

  • 9 Things You Need to Know about Rick Santorum

    By Eric Pianin and Michelle Hirsch

    For much of the Republican presidential campaign, former senator Rick Santorum has received scant attention from the media or his opponents, but all of that is changing. In the wake of his strong...

  • Romney, Santorum in Iowa Dead Heat

    By JANE SUTTON and ERIC JOHNSON, Reuters

    Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney were effectively tied in the party's first nominating contest in Iowa on Tuesday, establishing Romney as the party's most likely...

  • Perry to 'Reassess' Campaign after Iowa

    By Deborah Charles, Reuters

    Texas Governor Rick Perry said on Tuesday he would return home to assess his Republican presidential bid after a distant fifth place showing in the Iowa caucuses.

  • GOP Throws Low Blows at Dems over Free Markets

    By Mark Thoma

    Republican hopefuls are attempting to portray the coming presidential election as a battle between people who believe in free markets and those who want to turn the U.S. into a socialist state...

  • Romney: No U.S. Bailout for Europe

    By VALENTINA ZA, Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told an Italian newspaper that Europe must solve the euro zone debt crisis without any help from the United States.