The unemployment rate is a big factor in this year's election, since no other single number reveals at a glance the strength of the economy. It now stands at 7.9 percent, which is about where it ...

As the 2012 general election was blossoming into full flower, Gallup asked voters who was most to blame for the sorry state of the U.S. economy: Incumbent President Barack Obama or his predecessor ...

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The economy since Trump took office has mostly shown the same trends from the final years of Obama — job growth, in fact, has been slightly slower — but his coalition’s confidence has ...

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, each year we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution.

BARTLETT, N.H. - This time, Mitt Romney has a clear pitch: I'm the strongest Republican to challenge President Barack Obama on the country's single biggest issue - the economy.