Schoolmates: Romney bullied presumed gay student in ’60s

- The Washington Post reports that as a high school senior, Mitt Romney allegedly led a posse that bullied and forcibly cut the hair of a student.

Poll: Romney, Obama in virtual tie in 12 swing states

- President Obama holds a slim lead over Mitt Romney in a dozen states, 47 percent to 45 percent, within the margin of error in a new USA Today/Gallup poll.

EDITORIAL | ROMNEY AIDE RESIGNS

A victory for ignorance

- The resignation of Richard Grenell, the openly gay foreign policy spokesman for Mitt Romney, was a defeat for the tolerance that Romney had shown by hiring him in the first place.

Newt Gingrich suspends campaign

- The former speaker is expected to drop out of the race next week and will throw his support behind Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney launches his national campaign

- On a night when he swept five primaries in the Northeast, Romney implicitly accepted the Republican presidential nomination at a victory rally in New Hampshire.

NEWS ANALYSIS

Brown’s tax release argument at odds with Romney’s

- Scott Brown’s stance that Elizabeth Warren should release 6 years of tax returns could put renewed pressure on Mitt Romney to do the same.

SCOT LEHIIGH

Bill Maher, Ted Nugent pollute the political dialogue

- Maher and Nugent have each made highly offensive comments about women. President Obama and Mitt Romney’s camps should show some integrity and reject these men.

John Boehner endorses Mitt Romney

- Until today, House Speaker Boehner had refused to back any candidate and his most notable comments about Romney had been negative.

Romney seeks to reach America from Boston

- The plan to make Mitt Romney the next president is being hatched deep in the heart of a city that conservatives across the country view as enemy territory.