2012 Presidential Election News

President Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore on May 17. The trip followed a visit by the company's president to Capitol Hill to testify in support of the Keystone XL pipeline.

President Obama will nominate former campaign official Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management on Thursday, according to a White House official.

In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, joins hands with his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, as he flashes a victory sign, at the start of their press conference, after registering the candidacy of Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ... (more)

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on the situation regarding the Internal Revenue Service May 15, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

For a talented, creative few, there's David Letterman. For most, there's a labyrinth of paperwork, hard decisions and painful sacrifices that could have dramatic repercussions on their financial health decades from now.

Gov. Rick Scott has finished the fix of the flawed election law that relegated Florida to a late-night joke in 2012 by signing an elections clean-up bill passed on the final day of the legislative session.

This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept.

During the May 20 2013 edition of The Daily Show , host Jon Stewart brought up President Barack Obama's unfulfilled 2009 promise to "create a seamless, computerized Veterans' health records system." After covering the subject for half a segment, Stewart concluded that Obama took his two elections to office more seriously that he took fulfilling ... (more)

White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question Dec. 14, 2012, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington.

The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come.

Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

President Obama has formally appointed the ten members of a special commission designed to look for improvements in U.S. election systems.

With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation.

His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base.

Last week, the Obama White House finally was exposed to Americans on both the left and right as the abusive and arrogant administration that it is.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, center, visits the Roanoke Regional Airport on Monday, May 20, 2013, with fellow Republican candidates E. W. Jackson, right, who is running for lieutenant governor, and Mark Obenshain, left, the party's candidate for attorney General.

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity.

Jim Graves, the DFLer who is again challenging U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in the 2014 election, issued the results of a Public Policy Polling survey showing him with a 2 percentage-point lead over Bachmann, 47-45 if the election had been held May 15, 2013, the day of the survey.

It's been a tough couple of weeks for the Obama administration. Whether it is lingering doubts about Benghazi or Fast and Furious, the IRS playing favorites for 18 months, the U.S. Marshal's Service losing a couple of terrorists, unanswered questions about the nominee to lead the EPA or the Department of Justice illegally seizing AP phone records, ... (more)

Ira Forman, who led President Obama's reelection campaign in the Jewish community, was appointed as the State Department's envoy to combat anti-Semitism. US Secretary of State Kerry made the announcement as he released the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report.