Marisa DeFranco is a step away from getting on the primary ballot to challenge Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic front-runner.

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Democrat Challenges Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts

CAIRO — Former Egyptian prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq sought Saturday to dispel his authoritarian image by vowing to uphold democratic principles and respect all segments of society. Read full article > >

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Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq pledges not to be new Mubarak

Mitt Romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters that Romney can be inclusive and tolerant in his thinking and approach. Read full article > >

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Romney campaign begins quiet push for African American voters

The jury in former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' corruption trial enters its fourth day of deliberations Wednesday.

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Edwards jury still out

Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes. Read full article > >

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The public trial of Justice Roberts

New Democratic poll shows tight race ahead.

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Walker and Barrett Nearly Tied

Gov. Scott Walker (R) is not safe in next month’s recall election, Wisconsin Democrats say. Walker has been pulling ahead of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) in polls on the June 5 recall election sparked by the governor’s collective bargaining reforms. But internal polling from We Are Wisconsin, a labor-backed coalition supporting the recall, finds a dead heat. Read full article > >

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Internal Democratic polling shows dead heat in Wisconsin recall

World leaders are meeting this week to mull over whether to pursue economic growth or austerity , and Republicans and Democrats in Washington are in the midst of the same debate. But when it comes to funding itself, Congress appears to favor a third option: the status quo. Read full article > >

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As Congress funds itself, winners and losers emerge

The jury in the corruption trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards reconvenes for deliberations Monday.

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Deliberations to resume in Edwards trial

REAUTHORIZING THE Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a critical task that merits thoughtful attention. It’s distressing — even sickening — that debate about this landmark law has devolved into one more election-year grudge match between Democrats and Republicans shamelessly using gender to try to score political points. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Gender politics in Congress

Conservative interest groups have dumped well over $20 million into congressional races so far this year, outspending their liberal opponents 4 to 1 and setting off a growing panic among Democrats struggling to regain the House and hold on to their slim majority in the Senate. More from PostPolitics : – Joe Ricketts, a wealthy donor, getting attention in presidential contest – Opinion: Want to end partisan politics? Here’s how – Track spending on TV ads Read full article > >

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Conservative groups outspending liberal counterparts 4 to 1 on congressional races

To oust the state’s only Democratic official.

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Former Fla. Rep Enters Senate Race

Hot and heavy with a Democratic donor.

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Al Gore Has ‘Serious Girlfriend’

The jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial.

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Jurors to get John Edwards case

Closing arguments are set for Thursday in the corruption trial of John Edwards, after his defense team rested its case without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate's ex-mistress to testify.

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Closing arguments set in Edwards trial