The nation’s housing crisis is damaging not only the U.S. economy, but also what it means to be middle class in America, President Obama said Wednesday, urging Congress to allow new federal loan guarantees for …

The Republican presidential candidates fanned out across the country Wednesday, as they prepared for a new round of elections which will require a greater human touch than the debate- and ad-driven campaigns of delegate-rich Florida. …

Democrats investigating the failed gun-running probe known as “Operation Fast and Furious” are laying the blame at the feet of officials in Arizona, saying in a new report that lawmakers from both sides of the …

Most evangelical Republicans in Florida believe that Mormons are not Christian, but they also find Mitt Romney an acceptable nominee for the Republican Party.

During church services on Sunday, Catholics around the country were read a blistering letter assailing the Obama administration for an “assault on religious liberty” in the form of a coming requirement that most church-linked organizations …

New Jersey’s black leaders Wednesday lambasted Gov. Chris Christie for saying that people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South.

If voters were expecting a knockout in Thursday night’s CNN debate, they were disappointed. Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are still standing. But the news of the evening was Rick Santorum’s challenge to Romney’s …

Newt Gingrich has pulled a Spanish-language ad accusing rival Mitt Romney of being “anti-immigrant” after sharp criticism from Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.

How much do crowds matter? As Republican presidential candidates duke it out down here in Florida, the most visible measure of how they are doing is the crowd count.

Proponents of marijuana have argued for years that the drug is safer than alcohol, both to individuals and society. But a ballot proposal to legalize possession of marijuana in small amounts in Colorado, likely to …