Huckabee announces he will not run for president

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won several Republican primaries in the 2008 presidential race, said Saturday that he will not make a run for the White House in 2012.

Can Ron Paul translate grassroots passion into widespread popularity?

Ron Paul believes more voters than ever are aligned with his conservative-libertarian worldview. Now he has to prove it.

Mike Huckabee's intentions unclear even to close aides, who say that's a sign he won't run

Political advisors and close associates of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee remained in the dark Friday about what he will say Saturday night when he announces his decision about whether to pursue another White House bid – an indication he has decided not to jump in the 2012 race, they said.

Mideast envoy George Mitchell stepping down

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is stepping down as the United States' special envoy on Mideast peace, an official acknowledgement that the Obama administration’s 2-year-old peace initiative is dead.

Insolvency looms for federal entitlement programs, government warns

Caught in the sluggish recovery from the last recession, Social Security and Medicare face an increasingly dismal fiscal future, the federal government reported Friday in its annual review of the two mammoth entitlement programs.

Mike Huckabee to announce decision on presidential race Saturday

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, will announce Saturday whether he will run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.

Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl is latest Democrat to announce retirement

Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl will announce on Friday that he will retire at the end of his current term, adding to Democratic woes in the effort to maintain control of the Senate.

Gingrich 2012 rollout: Newt just wants to have fun

Newt Gingrich, best known for having waged some of the most bruising political battles of recent decades, seems intent now to run the biggest campaign of his life with a fresh persona: happy warrior.

Obama won't confirm Al Qaeda threat to family member in Kenya

As bomb attacks in Pakistan killed at least 80 in what was said to be a reprisal for the U.S. operation that took out Osama bin Laden, President Obama on Thursday would not directly address news reports that his step-grandmother in Kenya has been threatened by a branch of Al Qaeda.

Ron Paul launches bid for GOP presidential nomination

Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, is running for president for a third time.

Obama asks GOP senators to help find compromise on spending and debt

President Obama opened a private meeting with Senate Republicans on Thursday by asking them to search for compromise in the ongoing budget talks, but entrenched positions on both sides underscored the difficulty of resolving differences in time to avert a possible financial crisis.