The U.S. private sector added 257,000 jobs last month, causing the nation’s main unemployment rate to fall from 8.5% to 8.3%.

U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland fielded questions Jan. 20, over the embattled nation of Syria. In recent weeks, at least 16 people were killed by security forces in Damascus. More than 5,400 people who have died since mid-March, when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began the crackdown on anti-government protesters,…

Manchester, N.H.—How the Mighty Have Fallen, Five Days in a Row. According to the Suffolk/7News tracking poll, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s numbers have been on a steady decrease over the past week. He now holds only 33 percent in surveys conducted on Saturday and Sunday, down from 41 percent less then…

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A week after his game-changing surge in Iowa, former Senator Rick Santorum ended his 31 city blitz at Jillians, a billiards bar in downtown Manchester. Supporters and Independents alike came out in throngs to hear the dark horse candidate make his closing arguments for their nomination. His…

MANCHESTER, N.H.-President Obama may be the winner of this year’s Republican primaries.  No, he is not riding elephants sporting the red garb this winter. He is the beneficiary as the old Chinese proverb conveys: “an enemy of my enemy is my friend”. Newt Gingrich, who just a week ago vehemently complained…

By Deanna Gillen MANCHESTER, N.H.- Just a week after winning by a razor-thin margin in Iowa, polls released this morning show current front-runner Mitt Romney holding a considerable lead over his GOP rivals. According to the latest polls released this morning, Romney’s standing is averaging 40 percent, with his rivals lagging…

Looking ahead to the general election, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney continued his attacks on President Obama on caucus day in Iowa during a stop at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines.

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich appears to hold a comfortable lead over Mitt Romney in Iowa, the first battleground state of the 2012 election season. According to a new Washington Post-ABC poll,  33 percent of likely caucus-goers would vote for the former Speaker of the House. In comparison, Mitt Romney and…

Senate Democrats introduced Monday a scaled-down version of legislation aimed at extending payroll tax cuts for Americans. In an effort to entice their Republican counterparts, Democrats have decided to shrink the original $265 billion in payroll tax cuts down to $180 billion by only extending the tax holiday to workers…

The House will vote later today on a measure that would allow concealed gun holders to travel with their firearms across most state lines. The National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act would “provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the…