HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Two days from judgment by the voters, President Barack Obama raced through four far-flung battleground states on Sunday while Mitt Romney ventured into traditionally Democratic Pennsylvania, seeking a breakthrough in a close race he mused aloud he might lose. Appearing before some of the largest crowds of the campaign, the two […]

BERLIN – The presidential candidates talked about the U.S. as the world’s last superpower in their final debate, but on Tuesday the reaction in the Middle East suggested a different role for America: something of an afterthought. President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney argued about Iran’s nuclear program, their support for Israel and the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tennessee lawyer Brian Manookian says he never considered himself a gun enthusiast. He owns just one handgun and was raised in a gun-free home. But the firearms industry has proven so successful in recent years that he decided to give up practicing law and make guns his livelihood. It’s a decision that’s […]

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of peddling a “sketchy deal” to fix the U.S. economy and playing politics with the deadly terrorist attack in Libya in a Tuesday night debate crackling with energy and emotion just three weeks before the election. Romney pushed back hard, saying the […]