Archive for December, 2011

While Michele Bachmann was criss-crossing Iowa, shaking hands and autographing campaign flyers, her efforts in the state to secure the Republican presidential nomination appeared to be quickly fading.

President Barack Obama on Saturday reluctantly signed a $662 billion defense authorization bill.

The new year is likely to be anything but a happy one for Rod Blagojevich.

But the prison-bound former governor has posted a message via his Twitter account and Facebook page wishing any supporters a happy 2012.

The 55-year-old added that “these are…

It seems impossible to accurately predict what will happen in 2012, but at least we can anticipate. Here are some of the topics Tribune reporters expect to be news next year, including Chicago’s hosting of the G-8/NATO meetings in May; a trial in the…

For Mitt Romney, it’s another day, another rival.

Just two days out from the Iowa caucuses, it’s Rick Santorum’s turn.

“Our backgrounds are quite different,” Romney told reporters crowded into a back room at the Family Table Restaurant here. “Like…

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is telling Iowa activists they can change the tenor of the race for the Republican nomination if they give him a boost in next Tuesday’s caucuses.

The former Pennsylvania senator met Saturday with a room full of…

So now it’s Ron Paul’s turn to be a top-tier Republican presidential candidate? It’s about time. He deserves it. The Grand Old Party’s 2012 contest is driven heavily by tea party politics. It is appropriate that GOP voters give rise to an original tea…

Police arrested a man outside Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign office in Des Moines on Sunday evening, the latest in a string of arrests related to Occupy the Caucuses protesters.

Des Moines police said officers charged 63-year-…