Romney: Don't 'settle' for 4 more years of Obama and another recession

Mitt Romney kicked off Friday with the ringing public endorsement from Green Bay Packers football legend Bart Starr and ended with a rally that featured musician Kid Rock and more than a dozen of the nation's most high-profile Republican figures.

Obama points to Clinton's example in final days of race

In the final days of the campaign, President Obama has found a role model: Bill Clinton. At every campaign stop in the waning days of the race, Mr. Obama has inserted a new reference to Mr. Clinton in his speeches, pointing to the 42nd president as the best example of a leader whose policies built a strong economy.

In Ohio, Obama says 'more work to do' on economy

Striking a new tone, President Obama four days ahead of his reelection test told voters Friday that he "loves" working with Republicans.

Obama administration's Benghazi account details CIA role

The Obama administration, seeking to tamp down mounting questions over its handling of the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, released unprecedented details this week of the CIA's role in efforts to defend the consulate and rescue its inhabitants.

Unemployment rate inches up to 7.9 percent; jobs increased in October

Unemployment ticked up to 7.9 percent despite a better-than-expected job gain of 171,000 last month, the Labor Department reported Friday morning.

Bowing to outrage, Bloomberg nixes NYC marathon

In the face of withering criticism, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and organizers of the New York City Marathon announced Friday that the race, scheduled for Sunday, will be canceled.

Justice Department to monitor elections in 23 states

The Justice Department said Friday it will deploy more than 780 federal observers and department personnel to 51 jurisdictions in 23 states for the Nov. 6 general election to enforce federal voting rights laws that guarantee all citizens access to the ballot box.

Stocks give up an early gain; storm sinks insurers

Enthusiasm about a solid October jobs report quickly faded on Wall Street Friday. Stocks drifted lower as companies began to assess the potential cost of Superstorm Sandy.

Congress angered by DHS failure to get flood prevention off drawing board

Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security announced a successful test for a giant high-pressure balloon that can plug a mass-transit tunnel, in theory preventing damaging floods such as the ones flowing through New York's subway system.

Republicans fire at Obama on 'Watergate redux'

The Obama administration's response to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is increasingly being compared by Republicans with Watergate, the 1972 break-in that eventually toppled President Nixon.

In Obama vs. Romney, Redskins elect to talk it out

Lorenzo Alexander's life was simpler four years ago. He did not have a family of five. He did not own a pilates studio in Ashburn, and he did not have a strong foothold professionally as a co-captain of the Washington Redskins.

Bloomberg issues surprise endorsement of Obama

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an independent, issued a surprise endorsement of President Obama's re-election Thursday, pointing to the president's belief in global warming.

IG: Immigration courts 'flawed,' behind in caseloads

The federal court that hears immigration cases and administers the nation's immigration laws is "flawed" and has failed to keep up with pending cases despite an increase in the number of judges, a report said Thursday.

Inside the Beltway: That pesky change

The campaigns only wish they could trademark the word "change," which technically functions as both noun and verb. President Obama and Mitt Romney are duking it out over who's got the biggest "change" in the nation as Election Day looms, now some 96 hours away.

Outsiders turn on spending spigot full blast

Outside political groups spent $90 million on ads and activism in a single day Monday, a high-water mark in the history of political spending, as super PACs, parties and nonprofit political groups furiously unloaded money that will have little value to them in just one week.

Commentary

EDITORIAL: Vote for George Allen

Polls show the race is neck-and-neck to fill Jim Webb's vacant U.S. Senate seat in Virginia.

SPAETH: Breaking down the jobless numbers

President Obama and the Democrats are trumpeting the decline of the unemployment rate, but many people are confused by all the statistics. In general, statistics can't be trusted.

SCHWEIZER: Auto bailouts bleeding more taxpayer cash

Reports that the auto bailouts will cost taxpayers $25 billion more than previously projected have sparked the predictable political squabbles that attend an election year.

MILLER: It's been a long four years

Barack Obama has resurrected his 2008 slogan of "hope and change," though he's dropped the "hope" part.

EDITORIAL: 7.9 percent

Just in time for the election, the Labor Department updated its employment figures. The official jobless tally on Friday ticked up to 7.9 percent. The broadest measure of unemployment, known as U-6, stayed about the same, at an alarmingly high 14.6 percent.