Candidates reiterate auto bailout opposition in GOP debate

The auto bailout and other economic issues dominated the start of the Republican candidates’ debate Wednesday night. More

• Romney calls for 20% income tax cuts
• Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary
• Texas maverick Ron Paul makes mark on GOP race
• Arizona finally gets GOP candidates’ attention
• Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney
• Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan

Romney calls for 20% income tax cuts

Mitt Romney called for a 20% across-the-board cut in individual income tax rates today as part of an effort by his campaign to turn the focus of the Republican presidential primaries back to economic issues. More

• Candidates reiterate auto bailout opposition in GOP debate
• Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

Texas maverick Ron Paul makes mark on GOP race

When Ron Paul attended high school in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, the GOP presidential candidate was a track star who broke records and landed the title of state champion. More

• Candidates reiterate auto bailout opposition in GOP debate
• Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary
• Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

Washington— A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows. More

Arizona finally gets GOP candidates’ attention

Mesa, Ariz.— Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. More

• Candidates reiterate auto bailout opposition in GOP debate
• Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

Rick Santorum acknowledged Wednesday he’s probably running behind Mitt Romney in Arizona, but he implored a tea party crowd not to settle for “a Johnny-come-lately to the conservative cause.” More

• Romney calls for 20% income tax cuts
• Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary
• Texas maverick Ron Paul makes mark on GOP race
• Arizona finally gets GOP candidates’ attention
• Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney
• Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan

Feingold's book recalls Levin in the not-so-swinging nineties

Former Sen. Russ Feingold, a Democrat from Wisconsin, chronicles a difficult stretch in U.S. history, spanning the impeachment of President Clinton in 1999, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq in his new book "While America Sleeps." More

Geithner: Obama seeks 28% corporate tax rate

Washington— Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the current business tax system is bad for business and for job creation and says a plan by President Barack Obama to reduce corporate tax rates would make the tax system more globally competitive. More

Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney

New York— Donald Trump is telling Michigan voters Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is a career politician who doesn't know how to create jobs. More

• Candidates reiterate auto bailout opposition in GOP debate
• Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

Common prenatal tests become campaign issue

Washington— First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race. More

GOP hopefuls hone strategies

Political watchers will be glued to the Arizona debate tonight, but attention will shift swiftly back to Michigan. More

Mitt Romney sticks to message on economy

Shelby Township — Trying to stay focused on jobs and the economy, Mitt Romney was pulled into a discussion of social issues at a town hall meeting Tuesday. More

Cain to join Hoekstra on U.S. Senate campaign trail

Lansing— Former presidential candidate Herman Cain is joining Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra during stops in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti and Troy. More

Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan

Washington— An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney for opposing the $80 billion auto industry bailout. More

• Candidates reiterate auto bailout opposition in GOP debate
• Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

Mich. bill to block grad student unions advances

Lansing— The Republican-led Michigan Senate has approved a bill that would block unionization efforts by graduate student research assistants at public universities. More

Court: Rights don’t have to be read to prisoners

Washington— The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated to their incarceration. More

Santorum hits social issues hard in west Michigan

After a 35-minute riff on economic issues, Rick Santorum paused in his fiery speech to a west Michigan crowd Monday to talk about something “very important” — the demise of traditional marriage. More

• Super PACs linked to Romney, Gingrich raise $17M
• Democrats watch, wait amid GOP fray

Board suggests Michigan environmental rules overhaul

Gov. Rick Snyder's advisory panel on reshaping the state's environmental regulations released Tuesday recommendations that amount to a major overhaul for how the Department of Environmental Quality does business. More

Paul to stop at CMU, Dearborn, releases ad slamming Santorum

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul will campaign with students and doctors before Michigan's primary next Tuesday at two more events, campaign officials announced Tuesday. More

• GM to Gingrich: You can put a gun rack in a Volt
• Romney to detail tax, Medicare, Social Security plans in Detroit

Supreme Court to take new look at affirmative action

Washington — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. More

Gingrich says as president he’ll shrink Washington’s role

Oklahoma City— A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich says he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. More

Obama to Congress: 'Keep going' on economy front

Washington — Relishing a political victory, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" by extending payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. More

Santorum super PAC returned big foreign donation

Washington— A super political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has refunded a $50,000 donation from a London-based securities firm because the contribution could have violated a U.S. More

Super PACs linked to Romney, Gingrich raise $17M

Washington — A pair of “super” political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, drawing upon major gifts and repeat donations from wealthy business executives, according to financial reports the groups filed Monday with the... More

• Santorum hits social issues hard in west Michigan

Democrats watch, wait amid GOP fray

As just about every available second of television ad time on Michigan’s airwaves is snatched up by Republican candidates ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary, Democrats are working out of the spotlight to crank up interest in President Barack Obama’s re-election. More

• Santorum hits social issues hard in west Michigan

Fact Check: Artful swerves on the auto bailout

Washington — Michigan has become squirm central for Republican presidential candidates who are trying to explain their opposition to the auto bailout before the big primary in the home of automakers. More

• Romney to detail tax, Medicare, Social Security plans in Detroit

Santorum says he was an outsider inside Congress

Phoenix— Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he was an outsider while inside Congress, a lawmaker who attacked corruption from within. More

Michigan bill would ban some grad student unions

Lansing— A Republican-led Senate panel has approved a bill to block unionization by graduate student research assistants at public universities. More

Drunken driving arraignment waived for lawmaker

East Lansing — An attorney for state Rep. Bob Genetski has waived the lawmaker's arraignment on a drunken driving charge. More

Romney to detail tax, Medicare, Social Security plans in Detroit

Mitt Romney, facing a tough fight before Michigan’s Feb. 28 primary, said he’ll further outline his plan to lower taxes, reduce spending and protect Medicare and Social Security in Detroit this week. More

• Paul to stop at CMU, Dearborn, releases ad slamming Santorum
• Fact Check: Artful swerves on the auto bailout