Campaign 2012

Matt Petersman and his three daughters campaign outside the polling place at Trinity United Methodist Church in Milford, Ohio.

Ohio voters speak

Politics |  MILFORD, Ohio—Outside the polling station at Trinity United Methodist Church on Tuesday, an arm-length American flag had pulled partially loose from a rod…

Michelle Obama at a rally at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday

States of play

Politics |  Close polling in swing states send candidates in a final dash across the map, including a visit to North Carolina by the first lady

Romney campaign workers make calls in Cincinnati.

High-endurance campaigning

Politics |  Republicans in Cincinnati have pushed hard to send Mitt Romney over the top today

Cutouts of President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney

What's next?

Politics |  Presidential elections decide only who wins the White House and a congressional majority. They don't by themselves solve the nation's problems. George W. Bush…

Debris piled up outside the flood-damaged North Hudson Community Action Corporation, a polling place in Hoboken, N.J.

Disaster-zone voting

Compassion |  Election Day in New Jersey requires ripping out floors and pumping out storm water at polling places

A woman holds a baby as she casts her ballot in a polling station in Silver Spring, Md.

Time to vote

Politics |  After months of campaign rhetoric, ads, and robocalls, voters across the country head to the polls to cast their ballots

The Romneys greet the overflow crowd outside The Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Monday afternoon.

Overflowing support

Politics |  Crowds gather inside and out to rally around Mitt Romney at his final campaign stop in Virginia

This Is News - Nov. 6, 12

PODCAST |  Presidential candidates make closing arguments, new evidence about political sermons, economic news

Paul Ryan campaigning in Castle Rock, Colo., on Sunday

Vice and virtue

Politics |  Paul Ryan warns that President Obama threatens ‘Judeo-Christian values’

Early voters in Chamblee, Ga. on Friday

Why Christians should vote

Politics |  My blood pressure spiked recently when I read an election commentary on a popular evangelical website. The writer quoted extensively from a 1956 W.E.B. Du…

A woman seriously injured during an attack on a church in Kenya Sunday is airlifted to a hospital in Nairobi.

Globe Trot 11.05

International |  Election Eve is a fit time to call on Teddy Roosevelt, who said after winning the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize: “Peace is generally good in itself, but it is…

Early voters in Miami on Saturday.

The amazing race

Politics |  Two-thirds of Intrade online bettors expect Barack Obama to win tomorrow. That makes sense. He has a potent political operation and benefits from the liberal…

An Amish man and girl plow a field near Troy, Ohio.

Getting out the Amish vote: Turnout may prove pivotal in Ohio and Pennsylvania

Religion |  Ohio and Pennsylvania are nearly tied in hosting the largest populations of Amish in the United States, at around 60,000 each. And when votes are counted…

This Is News - Nov. 05, 12

PODCAST |  Presidential candidates make final campaign visits, update on the Hobby Lobby Obamacare case

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