McDonald's new menu item: Calorie counts McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. will soon get a new menu addition: The number of calories in the chain's burgers and fries.
FACT CHECK: Obama and the phantom peace dividend President Barack Obama laid claim to a peace dividend that doesn't exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highways,
National debt hits $16T; GOP critical The Treasury Department said Tuesday that the national debt has topped $16 trillion, the result of chronic government deficits that have poured more than
Abortion debate shows differences of Romney, Ryan Differences between Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's positions -- this time on hot-button social issues -- were on display Wednesday as the GOP ticket found itself
GOP-controlled House votes to repeal health law Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation's two-year-old health care law.
Romney faces NAACP, booed for hitting 'Obamacare' Unflinching before a skeptical NAACP crowd, Mitt Romney declared Wednesday he'd do more for African-Americans than Barack Obama, the nation's first black
Obama: Election will decide nation's economic fate Defending his economic policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was betting that Americans wouldn't lose interest or heart in the upcoming election
Romney settles it: Health care mandate is a tax Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has settled the debate over what to call President Barack Obama's health care mandate. In an interview Wednesday
Mass. health law may bode well for federal law Six years after Gov. Mitt Romney signed the nation's most ambitious health care law — one that would lay the groundwork for his presidential opponent's
Spin Meter: Meet the health care tax It looks like a tax, smells like a tax, and the Supreme Court says it must be a tax. But politicians in both parties are squirming over how to define the Thing
Minority leader: Odds long to undo health care law It's on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack
Scott says Florida will not comply with Affordable Care Act Florida Gov. Rick Scott is saying Florida will do nothing to comply with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Romney says ruling brings new urgency to election A day after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney said the landmark ruling has
Q&A: What does the health care law mean for you? The effects of the nation's health care law, upheld Thursday by the Supreme Court, are gigantic and growing. Some questions and answers about it.
Dems savor victory in health care ruling - for now Love or hate President Barack Obama's signature health care law, its survival in the Supreme Court was sweet vindication for the Democrats who took enormous
Talk radio talks healthcare ruling In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling over health care reform, residents from across northwest Florida are reacting to the news. One local news talk show