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Top Senate Republican says pressure's now on Obama
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's top Republican, said early Wednesday that since President Obama won re-election, it's now up to him to propose ways to avoid massive tax increases and spending cuts that are due to take effect in early January.
GOP and Dem flacks bet their own locks on election
The most expensive presidential election in history has already been a hair-raising experience for voters inundated by campaign ads, but it's about to get a little less hairy.
Exit poll: Economy still top issue; only 25% say they are better off
Preliminary results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press show that the presidential election hinges once again on the economy.
False: Obama makes last-minute claim to have barred lobbyists from White House
In one of his final interviews before the polls close on Election Day, President Obama made the demonstrably false claim that he has barred lobbyists from working in his administration.
Republican voters outnumbering Dems in Colo.
Republican voters continued to outpace the competition at the ballot box in Colorado, maintaining their 2 percentage-point lead over Democrats in figures released Tuesday evening.
Black Panthers patrolling polls in Philadelphia again
The New Black Panther Party is back at the polls Tuesday in Philadelphia, where its members provoked a complaint of voter intimidation in 2008.
Virginia Senate race tops $52M in outside spending
The Virginia Senate race between former governors George Allen and Tim Kaine has topped $52 million in spending by outside groups, including nonprofits that do not disclose their donors, making it by far the most popular congressional race in the country among the newly legalized independent groups.
On game day, Obama will shoot hoops
While President Obama and his team are publicly exuding confidence ahead of Tuesday's election, they're still engaging in some superstitious pre-election rituals — like playing pickup basketball.
Top Obama aides express confidence in ground game
Top Obama campaign advisers dismissed national polls indicating Tuesday's presidential race is a dead heat, saying an advantage in early voting and the president's extensive ground game in battleground states nearly guarantee a Democratic victory.
Veterans group Rolling Thunder backs Romney
The group behind an annual motorcycle rally to honor U.S. veterans has endorsed Republican Mitt Romney for president.
High schoolers pick Obama
High school students from across the country voted to give President Obama another term in one of the nation's largest mock elections.
Online wagerers favoring Obama
Political-betting websites that allow wagers on Tuesday's elections increasingly favor President Obama to be re-elected as betting heats up on the final day before voting.
Romney tells Florida that 'a new beginning' starts tomorrow
Mitt Romney kicked off his final full day of campaigning with a rally inside an airport hangar here in Florida, the first of four scheduled stops that will wrap up the Republican presidential nominee's second bid for the White House and set the table for voters to tap the next commander-in-chief.
Romney predicts Pennsylvania victory
On his second-last day of campaigning, Mitt Romney traveled Sunday to Pennsylvania, where he was looking to connect on a late-game "Hail Mary" by becoming the first Republican to win the Keystone State since George H. W. Bush won here in 1988.
Stevie Wonder urges Ohio to vote Obama
Stevie Wonder gave a surprise mini-concert full of big political messages when warming up the Sunday night crowd before President Obama delivered remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio.
