Elections Directory USA

AP - Italian voters dealt Premier Silvio Berlusconi a serious political blow, overturning laws passed by his government to revive nuclear energy, privatize the water supply and help him avoid prosecution, partial results Monday showed.

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama believes Rep. Anthony Weiner's actions have been "inappropriate" and a "distraction."

AP - The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a Nevada ethics law that governs when lawmakers should refrain from voting on official business because they might have a conflict of interest.

AP - President Barack Obama announced a new effort Monday to eliminate government waste and named his vice president to lead it.

AP - The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January has left Democrats in Arizona without a candidate for next year's U.S. Senate race even though party officials in Washington have declared the state a tremendous opportunity to pick up a seat.

Daily Caller - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich looked to jump start his stalled campaign yesterday with a foreign policy speech in Los Angeles, just days after almost all of his key campaign staff resigned en masse.

AFP - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney unleashed a hard-hitting campaign ad Monday blasting President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, the top issue on voters' minds in the 2012 race.

Daily Caller - Puerto Ricans are a rock-solid Democratic voting bloc and President Barack Obama is giving them a big hug by completing this week’s US Air Force One swing state tour of Florida and North Carolina with a Tuesday stop-off on the island.

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Daily Caller - If anyone was wondering where exactly Republican presidential candidates would hit Obama in the first stretch of the 2012 race, Mitt Romney has put that question to rest in a new video. Or rather, he’s run it over with his car.

AP - Mitt Romney readied Monday to share a debate stage for the first time with six of the likely rivals who want to strip him of his perceived frontrunner mantle for the Republican presidential nomination.

AP - Bedeviled by a bleak employment picture, President Barack Obama is pushing for more private sector hiring while seeking to protect his own job during a two-day domestic trip that aims to raise his political profile in two key states and with an important Hispanic constituency.

Daily Caller - Former Republican presidential nominee and elder party-man, former Sen. Bob Dole is pushing for a candidate who has remained largely outside of discussions relating to the current presidential sweepstakes: General David Petraeus.

AP - Newt Gingrich says he will continue fighting for the Republican nomination for president "no matter what it takes."

Reuters - Seven Republican presidential contenders meet face-to-face in their first major debate on Monday as the fight for the party's 2012 nomination enters a new phase.

AFP - US President Barack Obama hits the road Monday to take aim at the unemployment crisis inflicting misery on millions of Americans and casting a cloud of doubt over his nascent reelection bid.

The Fast Fix - It's well over a year until the next Presidential election, but the Republican debate in New Hampshire will kick off the 2012 race Monday night. How will the candidates use this crucial platform? There may still be 512 days until Americans pick their next president but debate season has officially begun! Monday night in New [...]

AFP - The IMF's executive board meets Monday as the campaign to find a replacement for scandal-tainted former chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn reels from the unexpected twist of a dark horse candidacy.

Reuters - The first photographs of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot in the head in January were posted on Sunday on her Facebook page as preparations were being made to end her hospitalization.

AFP - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to seek compromise with the opposition after his party won a thumping election victory but fell short of the majority needed to overhaul the constitution.