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Report: Hostile work environment complaints up on Capitol Hill
With discord and gridlock consuming Capitol Hill in recent years, it comes as little surprise that Congress is a demanding, often confrontational place to work. But a new report from an obscure legislative agency shows that Congress is also becoming a more hostile work environment with complaints from employees on the rise.
Survey: Wisconsin in play for Romney
Mitt Romney's recent surge in the polls has put Wisconsin within the Republican challenger's reach, political forecasters at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics said in their latest breakdown of the presidential race, making it, by their count, one of the four remaining toss-up states in "this utterly wild" race.
PICKET: Second NY Home Depot bomb threat tied to extortion attempt
A suspicious package was found at a New York Home Depot store on Wednesday, reported New York's CBS News.
Pundits, surrogates split on who won
For some, the winner of Tuesday night's debate was clear-cut.
D.C. Delegate Norton backtracks on partisan tweets
The District of Columbia's nonvoting member of Congress has deleted 17 tweets after mistakenly tweeting partisan messages on her official House account.
DIAMOND: McCurry defends Candy Crowley's debate performance
Did presidential debate moderator Candy Crowley "facilitate the discussion" when she selectively fact-checked Mitt Romney on Benghazi but not President Obama? We asked Michael D. McCurry, co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), what he thought.
Dem slightly ahead in Conn. Senate race
Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy is ahead in the Connecticut Senate race — but only by a hair, and well within the margin of error of a new poll released Wednesday.
Poll: Wis. Senate race is virtual dead heat
The U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin has tightened to a virtual tie with just three weeks left before Election Day, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Obama leads among young voters but faces enthusiasm gap
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney trails President Obama by nearly 20 percentage points among young people, but the GOP candidate's supporters are more likely to show up in November, according to a new poll released Wednesday by the Harvard Institute of Politics.
Neb. Senate rivals roll out endorsements
Both candidates for the Nebraska Senate seat on Wednesday got a boost from Washington heavyweights.
Las Vegas No. 1 city for political ads
Sick to death of political ads on TV? Here's hoping you don't live in Las Vegas, where more such spots have hit the airwaves than any city in the country, says a government watchdog.
Obama's record on paying women White House aides not stellar
After Tuesday's town hall debate, President Obama is playing up his record on women's issues and ridiculing Mitt Romney for his "binders full of women" comment, but Mr. Obama has a mixed record when it comes to hiring women at the White House.
Libya consulate attack reverberates after presidential debate
The moment from Tuesday night's presidential debate that likely has been the most dissected in the aftermath was President Obama's statement — and Mitt Romney's push back — that Mr. Obama referred to the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya an act of "terror" the day after they occurred.
Ryan ducks prediction for Ohio State-Wisconsin game
When it comes to college football, what triumphs? Home-state loyalties or national politics? On Wednesday, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan awkwardly — albeit good-naturedly — tried to opt for both.
Reporters applaud Obama's slam on Romney's wealth
The room set aside for reporters to watch Tuesday night's debate erupted into applause after President Obama ridiculed the size of Mitt Romney's personal wealth.
Libertarian Johnson calls Obama and Romney 'big-government guys'
Libertarian president nominee Gary Johnson said Wednesday the second presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney was like watching "dueling Phil Donahue acts," and that the showdown underscored that both men are "fundamentally big-government guys."
Tense debate moment: Romney, Obama spar over calling Libya attack ‘terror’
After a question during Tuesday night's town hall about the level of security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that led to the deaths of four Americans, Mitt Romney said President Obama failed to call the assault a terrorist attack until much later.
Romney's 'binders full of women'
Mitt Romney has occasionally had an awkward way of phrasing things, and Tuesday's debate produced another gem for the Internet when he talked about having brought "binders full of women" to his job as Massachusetts governor.
GREEN: Factcheck Obama: did not call Benghazi 'act of terror'
A check of the September 12, 2012 speech released by the White House shows that President Obama did not call the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya an "act of terror" as he claimed in the debate tonight.
PICKET: Flashback - Oil drilling permits down 36 percent under Obama
President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney engaged in a heated discussion over oil production during the president's first term during their second debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on Tuesday night. President Obama insisted that oil production has been up and that the oil companies have been granted permits to drill but refuse to do so. Governor Romney, though, pointed out that the government is not granting many permits to oil companies, particularly on federal land.
