Santorum sweep: Stuns Romney with Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri victories

A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota’s Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday night and also prevailed in Colorado and in Missouri’s nonbinding vote, stunning GOP front-runner Mitt Romney in results that raised fresh questions about Romney’s ability to attract ardent conservatives at the core of the party’s political base.

• Obama OKs SuperPAC giving, refunds 2 brothers’ donations

  WASHINGTON — President Obama changed his policy and is urging donors to give to a SuperPAC while the campaign is returning about $300,000 collected mainly by two Chicago brothers whose third brother fled to Mexico rather than face drug and fraud charges. These developments — …Read More

• Mitt Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota …Read More

• Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney for president, saying the former Massachusetts governor is “not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country we all love.” The reality show host and real estate …Read More

• Congressional race fund-raising shows Jackson and Halvorson competitive

  Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. raised twice as much money as rival Debbie Halvorson in the last quarter of 2011. But with money she already had in her account, the two head into next month’s Democratic primary for the South Side and south suburban 2nd Congressional …Read More