Republican presidential contender Ron Paul says he wishes all the state's caucuses would have met on Saturday.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she isn't happy that President Barack Obama abandoned his insistence that religious organizations pay for free birth control for their employees.

The former Massachusetts governor is favored as the Republican presidential nominee by 38 percent of the 3,408 respondents.

In just the past few days, Michelle Obama has danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from Top Chef.

The White House is focusing on re-election themes such as jobs and public works projects in President Barack Obama's new budget blueprint that's coming out next week.

The state's caucuses will come down to a competition between one candidate looking for his first win and another looking to end a losing streak.

Both President Barack Obama and the GOP are talking money and taxes in their weekly radio and Internet messages.

The candidates seeking votes competed at the Conservative Political Action Conference to present themselves as most conservative and most opposed to Obama's health care law.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicts that five large states will put Democrats in striking distance of gaining control of the House after the November elections.

The White House says it won't recoil from raising grave human rights concerns during a get-acquainted visit next week by China's likely future leader.