Vice President Joe Biden is drawing attention to the Obama administration's rescue of the auto industry, criticizing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for opposing a federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. He singles out Romney running mate Paul Ryan for suggesting that President Barack Obama failed to help an idled auto plant in Ryan's Wisconsin hometown.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says it's time to put "real leadership" back in the White House this November.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is planning to tell the nation that he wishes President Barack Obama had succeeded but that the time has come to move beyond the disappointments of the last four years.

When Mitt Romney addresses the Republican convention Thursday night, he'll speak from a stage that puts him a little bit closer to the crowd inside the convention hall.

Even before Paul Ryan takes the stage at the Republican convention, President Barack Obama's campaign is seeking to cast the GOP running mate as "out of step" with American voters.

Ann Romney is declaring that her husband Mitt Romney will lift up America if elected president.

Republicans have nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president, culminating a long primary fight and setting the stage for a close contest against President Barack Obama.

President Barack Obama is telling college students they have the most at stake in November's presidential election and says their generation will determine the nation's path.

As college students return to campus, President Barack Obama's campaign will be there waiting for them.

A legion of special interests is hosting lavish parties for attendees at this week's Republican national convention. Live-stream coverage here.

Republicans have gaveled open their convention that will culminate with the nomination of Mitt Romney to be president.

Rep. Ron Paul's delegates are trying to mount a floor fight over new GOP rules designed to limit the ability of insurgent presidential candidates to amass delegates to future Republican conventions.

George Clooney raised almost $15 million for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign at the actor's Los Angeles home in May. For his second act, Clooney is set to arrive Monday in Geneva, a center for international organizations, governance and business.

Mitt Romney's Republican National Convention sputters to life with the lonely banging of a gavel in a mostly empty hall, hardly the opening splash intended for the nation.

A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue that polls show doesn't even crack voters' lists of top 10 concerns - abortion.

The Republican Party will delay the bulk of its convention until Tuesday afternoon because of the severe weather forecast from Isaac.

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he's backing Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race.

Republican National Party chair Reince Priebus says that Todd Akin's insistence on staying in the Missouri Senate race could cost the party its chance to win control of the Senate.

Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to.

The phone has been ringing at a Reno barber shop - most of the calls are not people hoping to schedule a haircut.  Barber Josh Arias said he is receiving calls for the Obama campaign's Reno office.

Republican Congressman Todd Akin is holding his first Missouri press conference since his U.S. Senate campaign was shaken by his remarks about rape and pregnancy. Campaign spokesman Ryan Hite says Akin is reaffirming that he will remain in the race.

The Associated Press has learned that Mitt Romney's success in raising hundreds of millions of campaign dollars can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining project that sifts through Americans' personal information.

The release of more than 900 pages of internal Bain Capital investment documents by a media website Thursday offered new details on holdings owned by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's family trusts, including offshore account locations and underlying assets.

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is standing by embattled Missouri Congressman Todd Akin and soliciting donations for his Senate campaign.

U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape.