Friday, January 27, 2012 3:11 AM ET Obama Plan Links College Aid With Affordability By TAMAR LEWIN 40 minutes ago President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that would tie colleges’ eligibility for campus-based aid programs to the institutions’ success in improving affordability and value for students. Romney Stays On Offense With Gingrich in Deba […]

2:20 PM ET Pentagon Plan Includes Base Closings and Pay Raise Cuts By ELISABETH BUMILLER and THOM SHANKER 11 minutes ago The Pentagon says it wants to limit pay raises, increase health insurance fees for retirees and close bases as part of its plan to shrink in size after a decade of war. U.S. Nonprofit Staff Members Barred From Leaving Egypt By DAVID D. KIR […]

Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:26 AM ET Raucous Republican Debates Seem More Made for TV By JEREMY W. PETERS As the debates have taken on a bigger significance in this primary, the audience’s response has become as much a part of the calculation as the parrying onstage. New Housing Task Force Will Zero In on Wall St. By EDWARD WYATT and SHAILA DEWAN A new fede […]

10:29 PM ET 11 minutes ago U.S. Swoops In to Free 2 From Pirates in Somali Raid By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER 11 minutes ago Navy Seals, drawn from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, rescued two hostages, including an American woman, who had been held for months. Feeling Heat From Gingrich, Romney Enters Attack Mode By MICHAEL D. SHE […]

3:35 PM ET Fed Signals That a Full Recovery Is Years Away 52 minutes ago The Federal Reserve said it was not likely to raise interest rates until the end of 2014, adding 18 months to the expected duration of its response to the slump. Markets Lifted by Fed’s Low-Rate Promise 1:35 PM ET U.S. Forces Rescue Two Hostages From Somali Pirates By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, […]

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:48 AM ET Obama Draws Stark Line Over Wealth Obama Sets Sights on Romney in Speech News Analysis Romney Never Mentioned but at Heart of Speech By MARK LANDLER The president used his State of the Union address to draw an economic line between himself and Mitt Romney, whom the president’s aides still view as his most likely opponen […]

10:40 PM ET Obama Calls for Economic Fairness “I will not go back to the days when Wall Streetwas allowed to play by its own set of rules.” Obama Calls for Economic Fairness Doug Mills/The New York Times President Urges Government to Help Bridge Wealth Gap By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. and HELENE COOPER 23 minutes ago President Obama pushed Congress to change the t […]

1:50 PM ET Romney’s Tax Returns Show $21.6 Million Income in ’10 By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI 30 minutes ago Mitt Romney on Tuesday released documents that show he and his wife had an effective federal tax rate in 2010 of 13.9 percent, paying about $3 million on $21.6 million of income. Graphic: A Comparison of the Candidates' Tax Retur […]

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:07 AM ET Romney Tax Returns Show 2-Year Income of $45 Million By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG The details of the returns, released early Tuesday morning, show that Mr. Romney will likely pay $6.2 million in taxes on income of $45 million for 2010 and 2011. Romney Levels Attack on Gingrich as Sole Target By JEFF […]

7:06 PM ET The Caucus Backer Pumps $5 Million Into Pro-Gingrich ‘Super PAC’ By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE The Gingrich campaign got a significant influx of cash from the wife of Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino owner who contributed $5 million to the campaign earlier this month. What to Watch For in the Tampa Debate 5:18 PM ET In New Attacks, Romney Calls Ging […]