Elections

Budget Battles

  • Gingrich Think Tank Collected $37M from Health-Care Industry

    By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post

    A think tank founded by GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich collected at least $37 million over the past eight years from major health-care companies and industry groups, offering special access...

  • Freddie Mac Paid Gingrich at least $1.5 Million

    By PETE YOST and THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press

    Rising in polls and receiving greater scrutiny, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich found himself on the defensive Wednesday over huge payments he received over the past decade from the...

  • Cain, Perry Scramble to Save Bids

    By Philip Rucker and NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, The Washington Post

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry tried to salvage his presidential campaign on Tuesday with an unconventional plan to “uproot, tear down and rebuild Washington,” while businessman Herman Cain...

  • Cain, Perry, Bachmann...Is Romney in by Default?

    By Ciro Scotti

    Eight little, seven little, six little, five little Republicans…. As the days before the Iowa Caucuses (Jan. 3) and the New Hampshire primary (Jan. 10) dwindle, the main field of Republican...

  • Cain's Women Troubles Threaten Bid

    By LAURIE KELLMAN

    As Herman Cain struggles to stabilize his campaign, the Republican presidential candidate is rolling out his wife to defend him — and help shore up female support for his bid for the GOP nomination.