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As the contest against President Obama intensifies, Mitt Romney is trying to seize momentum with a five-day bus tour through small towns across six battleground states. The presumptive Republican nominee announced plans Monday to visit with families and business owners during his “Every Town Counts bus tour, which begins Friday morning on the same New Hampshire farm where he formally launched

In a rare moment of comity, President Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him on securing the Republican presidential nomination even as his campaign was launching a new line of attack against Mr. Romneys record as governor of Massachusetts.

Although the already intense campaign is expected to grow increasingly negative as November draws closer, the White House said Mr

Wrapping up a busy week for his pen and phone, President Obama on Saturday vowed to continue acting without Congress wherever possible and said he’ll find new partners outside Washington to help him. “Wherever I can take steps to expand opportunity for more families on my own, I will,” the president said in his weekly address. “I’m going to ask business leaders, education leaders and