Obama, GOP back in tussle over oil pipeline (AP)

Obama steps into Mass. governor's race to aid ally (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama stepped into the Massachusetts gubernatorial race Saturday to rally for friend and political ally Deval Patrick, who is struggling to overcome the anti-incumbent...

Obama looks to rally base for Mass. governor (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has a warning for Democrats: Even in the most reliably liberal states, no candidate is guaranteed a victory in this volatile election season.

Democrats near victorious end of health care fight (AP)
AP - Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats applied the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to...

Santorum blasts Obama's motives on power, abortion (AP)
AP - A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values.

Justices will review racial preference for college (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action...