Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday night’s presidential debate over who’s tougher on gun control and Wall Street and how to steer the future of health care in America
The Republican National Committee laid out a strategy to revive the party and win the next election Monday, but rifts within the party suggest that unity will be a challenge.
Republicans and Democrats are likely to make some compromises on Wednesday to ease the $85 billion in government spending reductions brought in by the sequester, officials told the Associated Press (AP).
In recent weeks it appeared that foreign policy would become a contentious issue in the presidential race. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney challenged the veracity of the administration regarding the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11.
Both Republican and Democratic campaigns were energized from the national conventions, and as battle lines were drawn, vulnerabilities of both presidential candidates were evident as they jostle for position in what promises to be a very close election.
Rick Santorum has turned the tide in his favor upsetting GOP front runner Mitt Romney and conservative hopeful Newt Gingrich by gaining a three-state victory in the mid-West.
Interim Mayor Ed Lee railed against the Democratic County Central Committee’s failure to endorse a Chinese-American or Asian candidate during this year’s mayoral race.
Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry introduced a new climate change bill, bringing mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans, manufacturers, and labor unions.