N.J. Gov. Christie in Israel on 1st official overseas trip
JERUSALEM — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie kicked off his first official overseas trip Monday, meeting Israel's leader in a visit that may boost the rising Republican star's foreign policy credentials...
View ArticleObama confident health care law will be upheld
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama offered a firm defense of his health care law, saying Monday he remains confident that the law will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court and warning that "unelected"...
View ArticleObama 'confident' Supreme Court will uphold health care law
President Obama on Monday warned the Supreme Court against overturning his health care law and said he is "confident" the justices won't. Mr. Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of...
View ArticleBlagojevich's wife complains about sentence
CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife has questioned her husband's 14-year sentence compared with a ten-day term the same judge handed to an ex-Blagojevich aide. In a recent Facebook...
View ArticleMexico's Calderon urges Obama, Congress to tighten gun laws
After listening to Mexico's president lecture about the need for Washington to ban assault weapons, President Obama said Monday that the U.S. has an obligation to combat gun smuggling that he said is...
View ArticleInside Politics: NBC News to probe misleading edit of Zimmerman 911 tape
Amid withering criticism from media watchdogs, NBC News said Monday that it will conduct an internal probe into how and why an audiotape of George Zimmerman's 911 call was altered to make the Florida...
View ArticleTalk of pork revival tempts lawmakers on Capitol Hill
When Rep. Mike Rogers publicly suggested last week that Congress reconsider its ban on pork-barrel spending, the Alabama Republican probably didn't know what he was stepping into. But in the ensuing...
View ArticleJustices OK strip search for minor offenses
Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, with the conservative majority declaring that security trumps...
View ArticleHistory doesn't smile on losing Veep candidates
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and other ambitious Republicans eyeing a possible invitation to be Mitt Romney's running mate might want to keep 1920 in mind. That was the last time the losing vice...
View ArticleGSA head resigns after lavish spending
A senior government official resigned Monday after a report concluded her agency improperly paid for an "over-the-top" training session near Las Vegas that featured a mind reader, bicycle giveaways and...
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House subpoenas Obama administration on Gulf oil drilling
A House committee issued subpoenas Tuesday demanding that the Obama administration turn over documents Republicans say will show the backroom negotiations that led to President Obama's Gulf of Mexico...
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Obama softens attack on Supreme Court's impending health-care decision
President Obama on Tuesday narrowed his attack on the Supreme Court's pending health care ruling, giving a more nuanced take on judicial review than constitutional scholars said he had done the...
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Biden blames fracking for earthquakes
The vice president shook up the scientific world Tuesday. At a campaign stop in Virginia touting the administration's energy policy, Vice President Joseph R. Biden blamed earthquakes on the extraction...
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Economic recovery threatened by runaway student-loan debt
The federal student-loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job. But many borrowers these days are close to flunking out,...
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Inside Politics: Sotomayor won't let on to Obamacare decision
Justice Sonia Sotomayor this week gave no hint of what the Supreme Court is going to do on the question of whether President Obama's signature health care overhaul law is constitutional. Justice...
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Some Louisiana teachers look to expel governor
Teachers have their sights set on another Republican governor. After leading the charge to force Wisconsin's Scott Walker into a June 5 recall election, educators in Louisiana have launched a similar...
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Kony video activates U.S. children
The voices demanding that Congress stop the brutality of African warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army belong to America's children. Just ask their parents. "All three of my kids, in...
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Doctors recommend trims to wasteful medical spending
Old checklist for doctors: Order that test, write that prescription. New checklist for doctors: First ask yourself if the patient really needs it. Nine medical societies representing nearly 375,000...
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Obama takes a break for some bipartisanship
President Obama this week is showcasing two bipartisan bills he helped power over the finish line in Congress, inviting Republicans to the White House to celebrate one of the few brief moments of...
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Hoodie-wearing pastor attends White House Easter breakfast
A Chicago bishop attending an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House on Wednesday was wearing a hoodie in apparent solidarity with Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by...
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