Politico - It’s fourth quarter report was filed with the FEC Tue.

AP - The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't know what he's talking about when he criticizes President Barack Obama's proposed cuts in military spending.

AP - In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Senate Republican on Tuesday said President Barack Obama's nominees to the U.S. central bank should be considered on their merits, suggesting bad blood over recent "recess" appointments would not derail them.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Midwestern U.S. lawmakers and union groups on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to restrict imports of auto parts from China that they said benefited from massive illegal subsidies and threatened hundreds of thousands of American jobs.

AP - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has released the list of its top fundraisers, including 61 who each raised at least half a million dollars.

AP - Aides to Rick Santorum say his campaign raised $4.2 million in January and has $1.1 million in the bank.

Hundreds of thousands of "invisible" overseas voters could change the results in key swing states during the coming elections.

AP - Official says 10 crew missing after freighter ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich raised about $10 million in the last three months of 2011 and $5 million in January, his spokesman said on Tuesday, giving him the financial footing to stay in the race even if he loses Florida.