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Paul backers pressing to seat more delegates
A potential 11th-hour ruling from a federal judge appears to be Rep. Ron Paul's last shot at landing a speaking role at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., next week, as the party and a...
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Obama, Romney set to take donations via text
The Obama campaign will begin accepting donations by text message in coming days, and the Romney campaign is expected to follow suit, as both candidates are ready to embrace a new fundraising method...
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Inside Politics: Bill Clinton pitches for Obama in latest campaign ad
Former President Bill Clinton is promoting President Obama in a new presidential campaign ad, the first to feature the two-term Democrat. Mr. Clinton says Mr. Obama has a plan to "rebuild America from...
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Deportation statistics said to be inflated
The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is charging that the Obama administration has "falsified" deportation records to artificially boost numbers — a move critics of the Homeland...
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Lawmakers ask if Holder’s use of FBI planes abuses privilege
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants answers about whether Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and other senior Justice Department officials misused...
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Tropical storm Isaac hit could play havoc with convention security force
TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaac could force a shakeup of the security plans for the GOP convention in Tampa, because about half the expected officers come from other parts of Florida, and some could...
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Energy-loan watchdog became Obama donor
A veteran Wall Street executive who performed a review that exonerated the Obama administration's program of loans to energy companies contributed $52,500 to re-elect President Obama in the months...
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Isaac aims for Hispaniola, projections downgraded
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and vulnerable Haiti on Friday, threatening to bring punishing rains but unlikely to...
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House panel probing stimulus cash for MSNBC ads
A House panel is calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to turn over all records involving a half-million dollar contract funded through President Obama's $831 billion stimulus program that paid for...
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Judge restores 3 early voting days in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on Friday granted a request from President Barack Obama's campaign to give all voters in the swing state the option of casting their ballot in person during the...
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Pentagon weighing options against ex-SEAL author
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering legal action against a former Navy SEAL whose book describes insider details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but it has not made a final judgment on...
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Obama marks Iraq war end with troops
EL PASO, Texas — Seeking to reclaim the spotlight a day after Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination, President Obama delivered an election-year reminder Friday that he kept his...
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Romney changes schedule, visits Louisiana storm damage
KENNER, La. — Fresh off accepting the GOP presidential nod, Mitt Romney took on more of a presidential posture Friday, reworking his schedule so he could fly to Louisiana to survey the damage from...
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Biden: Obama leadership saved auto plants
LORDSTOWN, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden mounted the Democratic counterpoint to the Republican presidential ticket Friday, drawing attention to the Obama administration's rescue of the auto industry...
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Obama embarking on march to party convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama is embarking on a four-day march through battleground states and the storm-battered Gulf Coast in the lead-up to his party's convention as he seeks to...
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DNC security rules trigger free speech worries
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Starting Saturday, someone walking through Charlotte's central business district could run afoul of the law by carrying water bottles, hair spray, socks or magic markers under...
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Obama touts end of wars, heads to swing-state campaign appearances
Three days before the start of the Democratic National Convention, President Obama on Saturday noted the second anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. fighting forces from Iraq and touted the ongoing...
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Back on the stump in Ohio and Iowa, Romney and Obama trade jabs
CINCINNATI — Mitt Romney on Saturday aimed to keep his post-convention momentum going with a campaign stop in the battleground state of Ohio, while President Obama countered with the start of a...
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Republicans active in N.C. ahead of DNC
President Obama and the Democrats are converging on Charlotte, N.C., next week for their three-day national convention, but Republicans aren't ceding the spotlight in the swing state. The Romney...
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Democrats see bright futures for Castro twins of Texas
It has been a long time since any Texas Democrat was relevant on the national stage — two decades or more since Gov. Ann Richards and San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros made their biggest splashes. But a...
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