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WASHINGTON &#8212 Movie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers of Americans who don't. Swiss banks and their secretive counterparts around the globe may sound like the exclusive province of the wealthy, the mysterious or the shady, but ... (more)

Mitt Romney's next chance to try to persuade conservatives he's one of them comes today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords might have left Washington, but her presence continues to be felt.

Tea Party activist William Temple waits for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to deliver a speech titled, Is America Still an Exceptional Nation? during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

70% in FL Straw Poll. http://t.co/2YFT671x @ RonPaul @ LPNational @ NBCPolitics @ MittRomney : Tonight, I thank the voters of Maine.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells Bob Schieffer the contraception controversy "underscores just one of the constitutional problems with Obamacare." On this week's commentary, Bob Schieffer talks about the extraordinary work of a CBS News team who risked their lives to bring us the story of the uprising in Syria.

Despite renewed statements of concern by Catholic leaders, the Obama administration is done negotiating and will finalize its plan to require insurance companies provide free contraception to women working and studying at religious institutions, President Obama's chief of staff said Sunday.

The office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has won his push to install speed cameras but won't fully disclose documents detailing how the law moved from idea to reality.

Feb. 9, 2012: Copies of of President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget are readied for shipment at the Government Printing Office in Washington.

I'm committed to turning around America & am heartened to have the support of so many.

Sarah Palin argued Saturday that the Republican presidential nominee would only be strengthened by an extended nomination battle, and she urged conservatives to unite behind whomever the party's eventual choice is.

The presidential caucus system is under attack after embarrassing contests in Iowa and Nevada put on national display missing ballots, endless counting delays and lots of confusion.

WASHINGTON, February 10, 2012 - Standing alongside his family, Senator Rick Santorum got a warm welcome this morning in a convention hall packed with conservatives waiting for a presidential candidate to break out.

Maine does not like to do things by the book. The state's officeholders include two fairly conventional liberal Democrats, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud; two extremely moderate Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins; and a conservative, Tea Party-backed governor in Paul R. LePage.

SANFORD, Me. - Mitt Romney, hoping to rebound after his triple loss on Tuesday, told Maine caucus-goers here Saturday that he's their only hope of ousting President Obama.

Newt Gingrich rose from the dead by attacking the media in his crowd-pleasing debate performances.

Robert Remini is Andrew Jackson's finest biographer - and the finest biographer of Jackson's arch-nemesis, three-time presidential loser Henry Clay.

Feb. 1, 2012: President Barack Obama speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Catholic up for re-election this year, was one of the Democrats who spoke out against the White House birth control policy before it was altered.

Some Catholics expressed relief but others were unmoved after President Barack Obama on Friday loosened a requirement that religious employers cover contraception in health plans, an issue that had turned into a political firestorm in recent weeks.