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If Kendrick Meek gets almost every one of Florida’s Democrats, he can win the Senate race. But will that happen in a year in which polls show a GOP edge in voter enthusiasm?

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer won’t debate after a disastrous performance on Wednesday.

Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he’s trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him “a risk” who would gamble away people’s retirement savings.

Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled and stammered through her opening statement during a televised debate Wednesday night, suffering through an embarrassing, cringe-eliciting pause that lasted more than 10 seconds.

In an atmosphere of tension between the federal government and Arizona, the Justice Department today dialed it up some more, filing a lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — accusing him, the county, and his office with failing to cooperate with a civil rights investigation of his office.

The economic hard times are so persistent that observers who supported the Recovery Act might be feeling twinges of guilt about President Obama’s stimulus package.

The recession and how to turn around California’s sky-high jobless rate loomed large Wednesday as Sen. Barbara Boxer and GOP challenger Carly Fiorina hold their first debate.

The recession and how to turn around California’s sky-high jobless rate loomed large Wednesday as Boxer and Fiorina debated for about an hour at St. Mary’s College.

Three-term Sen. Barbara Boxer will square off against GOP challenger Carly Fiorina in the pair’s first debate Wednesday night.

The full text of the president’s Oval Office speech on Iraq, as prepared for delivery.

Closing a divisive chapter of American history, President Barack Obama marked the end of the nation’s combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday without declaring victory, winding down the U.S. role in a war he considered a terrible mistake.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty directed state agencies on Tuesday to decline all discretionary participation in federal healthcare reform, throwing up roadblocks to President Barack Obama’s goal of providing health insurance to all Americans.

It’s out with the old and in with the new as the president’s formal workspace undergoes a major makeover, including a new rug, furniture and wallpaper.

Some states suing to toss out President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are also lining up to claim a share of its subsidies for the medical costs of retired employees.

The current discussion in advance of tonight’s Oval Office address on Iraq is whether President Obama should acknowledge that George W. Bush’s troop surge worked.

Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs says he cannot foresee a circumstance in which the United States would have to send combat troops back to Iraq.