• Election 2012
Electoral College count affirms Obama's win

It's official. A tally of the Electoral College vote affirms President Barack Obama's re-election.

House re-elects Boehner speaker

The House and Senate ushered in a new Congress Thursday, re-electing embattled Republican John Boehner speaker and hailing one of its own senators who returned

Electoral College set to affirm Obama re-election

Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional

Must-see US political photos of 2012

A look back at some memorable images of 2012.

Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations

Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for

Gen Y: Listen up, GOP

The 2012 election was embarrassing for the Republican Party, and the biggest group of people pointing and laughing came from one of the largest voting blocs:

Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana

The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality:

Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year

Dictionary look-ups of malarkey represented the largest spike of a single word on the website by percentage, at 3,000 percent, in a single 24-hour period this

Yahoo's top 10 searches of 2012

List reveals political battles were more important than celebrities this year in Yahoo searches.

Turkey, pie and politics? T-Day family friction

Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry mold. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness. On second thought:

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  • Presidential Election 2012

Obama calls for nuclear reductions

President Barack Obama is calling for a one-third reduction of the world's …

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