New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., announced he will not run for president. Some highlights from his news conference.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president, according to several news reports.

More than 5 million Americans could find it harder to vote next year under a slew of new voting laws, according to a New York University study out today.

South Carolina will hold its presidential primary on Jan. 21, state Republicans announced Monday.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is seriously considering a run for president and is taking the weekend to think about whether he will launch a bid, according to an adviser.

Florida has decided to hold its state primary on Jan. 31, setting off a chain reaction in the traditional early primary states that could move the start of the primary season into early January.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry used his first major policy speech since joining the presidential campaign to attack former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and compare his policies to those of the Obama administration.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is on pace to raise $11 million to $13 million during the July-to-September fundraising quarter that ends today -- a sharp dropoff from his second-quarter haul, The Boston Globe reports, citing an unnamed source.

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is trying to gin up campaign donations by linking Mitt Romney to President Obama on health care, but with a twist.

Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina want to be clear: No one is going to break Republican Party rules on the presidential primary calendar without having some consequences.

New data from the Census Bureau show why the Hispanic vote could be critical in 2012. President Obama and the Republican Party see opportunities and challenges among Latino voters.

GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will propose new ways for Americans to pay their taxes, buy health insurance and save for their retirement in a plan modeled after the Contract with America.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking back his charge that critics of a law granting children of illegal immigrants in-state college tuition don't have a heart.

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says black voters have been "brainwashed" into voting for liberals, which hurt his chances as a conservative seeking the White House.

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney answers critics who say he's a flip-flopper, by saying he adapted as facts changed.

Was North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue joking when she suggested holding off on elections for Congress?

New polls by Quinnipiac University in Ohio and Pennsylvania spell trouble for President Obama, who won both states in 2008. A majority of voters in both states say he doesn't deserve a new term, and he's in tight races with Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.