DENVER — With the presidency hanging in the balance, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed sharply Wednesday in their first debate, trying to convince voters they’re uniquely qualified to lead the country to full recovery from the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.Read more

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Country star Trace Adkins is singing about it. Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman wrote a $1 million check for it. And Madonna said she'd strip for it.Read more

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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will offer voters two starkly different prescriptions for fixing the ailing economy as they duel tonight in their first and perhaps most crucial debate.Read more

The race for president gets serious tonight with the first debate, but you can have fun playing along with our bipartisan cards.Read more

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• Story | 60 million are expected to watch first Obama-Romney debate

AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry is denying he has sleep apnea after the diagnosis was revealed in a reporter's diary from a failed presidential campaign marked by several notable flubs.Read more

"Rick Perry probably had it coming. ... Thirty years in politics and not a single loss."Read more

• Story | Perry pitches "truth in budgeting" in Fort Worth appearance

He said he's asking lawmakers to practice truth in budgeting.Read more

Fiscal responsibility should be a legislative priority next year, the governor says.Read more

Preparer says he paid effective rate of at least 13.66% from 1990-2009.Read more

Why does Mitt Romney want to be president, given the disdain he showed for nearly half of all Americans during a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser?

Beats me. But just in case he wins, I want it to be known that I repaid the student loans I took out while attending the University of South Carolina. I wouldn’t want the president to think I’m one of those “victims” who simply want to mooch off the government.Read more

If 47 percent of Americans really were freeloaders, the way Mitt Romney suggests, don't you think the federal government would be a lot more than $16 trillion in debt?Read more

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Ministers who participate in such a scheme should beg forgiveness.Read more

President Barack Obama got a hug and a lift. Mitt Romney had a swing and a miss. The performance of the Democratic and Republican candidates in Florida last week told the tale of two campaigns. One feels a surge. The other looks troubled.Read more

God first got his 2 cents in about U.S. money in 1864.Read more

In a tight presidential campaign, votes to other candidates can decide the winner.Read more