Track-It Barack Obama

By The Associated Press A profile of Nevada, site of the Republican caucus on Feb. 4:

A confident Mitt Romney is looking past his GOP opponents and Nevada's caucuses the day the state votes. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is bracing for defeat in a state the former Massachusetts governor won in 2008.

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- With its 24-hour casino gambling, legalized prostitution and drive-through wedding chapels, Nevada seems anything but conventional. When it comes to voting in presidential elections, it's as mainstream as it gets....

The stronger the economy gets, the more the presidential race comes down to what voters believe: Are things actually getting better? Or is it all still a mess?

Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are real and dangerous, but a military attack would backfire. Tough sanctions and a united diplomatic front are best.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Friday backed prominent conservative James Dobson's claim that President Barack Obama's administration would block medical treatment for stroke patients over age 70....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- In Nevada, people could once buy homes and feed their families with money earned from free-spending tourists who flocked to Sin City for relaxed gambling and liquor laws....

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- Mitt Romney talks about his love for America almost every day. Twice now, the Republican presidential front-runner has even broken into song....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The stronger the economy gets, the more the presidential race comes down to what voters believe: Are things actually getting better? Or is it all still a mess?...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as she tried to win the congregation's support...