WATCH: Romney repudiates proposal to run Rev. Wright attack ads

By CBS News | May 17, 2012 - 9:50pm

Mitt Romney repudiated a proposal from billionaire Joe Ricketts to run ads highlighting President Obama's relationship with the controversial Rev.

WATCH: Romney accused of childhood bullying

By ABC News | May 12, 2012 - 4:21pm

GOP frontrunner reportedly cut the hair of a classmate considered "different."

WATCH: Obama — Romney 'rubber-stamp' for failed policies

By AP News | May 6, 2012 - 4:38pm

President Barack Obama told supporters in Richmond, Virginia that if GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wins in November, he would be a willing and eager "rubber stamp" for conservative Republicans in ...

WATCH: New Orleans mayor on remaking of city

By AP News | May 3, 2012 - 10:28am

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu presides over a city where rising property values and robust tourism herald a steady recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but violent crimes leave room for doubt.

WATCH: Congress locked in student loan battle

By CBS News | April 29, 2012 - 10:21pm

Keeping student loan rates low is something most members of Congress say they support.

WATCH: Santorum leaving GOP race for White House

By AP News | April 10, 2012 - 5:07pm

Rick Santorum says he's leaving the race for president, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to become the likely Republican presidential nominee.

WATCH: Obama confident about health care law

By CBS News | April 2, 2012 - 5:12pm

  President Obama on Monday defended his signature health care law and said he remained "confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld.

WATCH: High Court dissects health care act (raw audio)

By AP News | March 28, 2012 - 4:15pm

Several Supreme Court justices seemed receptive Wednesday to the idea that portions of President Barack Obama's health care law can survive even if the court declares the centerpiece unconstitutional.

WATCH: Did Biden misspeak on Bin Laden mission?

By CBS News | March 20, 2012 - 5:07pm

  Vice President Joe Biden on Monday lauded President Obama for his leadership in the mission to take out Osama bin Laden last May, calling it the most "audacious" plan in 500 years.

WATCH: Obama dismisses GOP critics on energy

By AP News | March 15, 2012 - 10:01pm

  Vigorously defending his policies, President Barack Obama ridiculed critics of renewable energy sources Thursday, calling them naysayers and comparing them to the flat-earthers of yesteryear.

WATCH: Santorum disputes Romney's delegate count

By CBS News | March 10, 2012 - 1:28pm

While campaigning in Alabama on Friday, Rick Santorum said "this idea that Mitt Romney is going to get 50 delegates out of Florida" is false.

WATCH: US military assessing Syria intervention

By CBS News | March 8, 2012 - 12:19pm

President Obama has asked the Pentagon to begin pre-planning for a military intervention in Syria as the body count rises. David Martin reports.

WATCH: Obama not bluffing about military option with Iran

By CBS News | March 3, 2012 - 4:07pm

President Obama is trying to convince the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that a pre-emptive strike against Iran is not the best option.

WATCH: GOP leaders have 'positive' meeting with Obama

By AP News | February 29, 2012 - 11:29pm

Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said they had a positive meeting with President Barack Obama Wednesday, and hope to pass more bipartisan legislation moving...

WATCH: Andy Card on GOP — Jeb Bush the perfect candidate

By CBS News | February 29, 2012 - 1:16pm

Andrew Card, former White House Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush, talks to Bob Schieffer and the "CBS This Morning" team about how the 2012 campaign is affecting the Republican party, as a whole.

WATCH: What's 'Hot on the Web' this week in politics?

By CBS News | February 25, 2012 - 1:33pm

CBSNews.com's Leigh Ann Caldwell and Stephanie Condon kicked off "Hot on the Web," a series on social media trends in politics, with a discussion with CBS News polling director Sarah Dutton on CBSNews.com's...

WATCH: Clinton blasts Russia, China for stance on Syria

By AP News | February 24, 2012 - 10:20pm

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Russia and China as "despicable" for opposing U.N. Security Council action on Syria.

WATCH: US Defense Secretary greets Jordanian delegation

By Reuters | February 23, 2012 - 4:43pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosts Jordan's Prince Fiesal bin al-Hussein in Washington. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

WATCH: Mitt Romney's Olympic bailout?

By ABC News | February 19, 2012 - 10:44pm

GOP candidate claims he saved the Games, but critics say otherwise.

WATCH: Geithner says deficit largely from Bush administration

By AP News | February 14, 2012 - 3:23pm

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the current deficit is largely the result of the fiscal policies put in place by the Bush administration.

WATCH: Obama unveils $3.8 trillion budget

By AP News | February 13, 2012 - 5:50pm

President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government's huge ...

WATCH: GOP Congressman under insider trading investigation

By CBS News | February 10, 2012 - 12:17pm

GOP congressman subject of insider trading investigation Rep. Spencer Bachus (R - Ala.) is under investigation for insider trading.

WATCH: Carney says increased Iran sanction are no surprise

By AP News | February 7, 2012 - 7:51am

White House Spokesperson Jay Carney said the administration's tough new sanctions against Iran amid tensions about Tehran's nuclear program and the specter of an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic, should not...

WATCH: AG Holder defends actions in heated hearing

By CBS News | February 4, 2012 - 10:29pm

House Republicans attacked AG Eric Holder over the controversial gunrunning operation first exposed by CBS News - Fast & Furious.

WATCH: Senate passes insider trading bill

By CBS News | February 3, 2012 - 11:49am

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