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Romney blasts Obama for opposing D.C. voucher program
Mitt Romney said Wednesday that it was "inexcusable" for President Obama to try to shut down the District's federally backed voucher pilot program that has sent thousands of the city's students to...
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Gingrich ends his campaign for the White House
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Newt Gingrich now can call himself a former presidential candidate. As expected, the former House speaker has bowed out of the Republican presidential contest just short of a year...
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Gingrich exits campaign, gives tepid nod to Romney
Vowing to stay involved in America's political conversation, an at-times-emotional Newt Gingrich closed the curtain Wednesday on an up-and-down Republican presidential bid that saw the former House...
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HOLMES: Lawfare, Chinese style
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Many people think the best way to deal with China is to make it a stakeholder in the international system. The idea is that, if China were part of the system, it would play by the...
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President says girlfriend in book was 'composite'
President Obama has admitted that a white girlfriend he depicted in his 1995 autobiography [-] in which he wrote about their searing argument over racial attitudes — was actually a composite of several...
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Inside Politics: Pro-Romney group to buy ads in nine states
NEW YORK — An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney is spending nearly $4 million on ads in nine battleground states. An organization that tracks TV spending by political campaigns says the...
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Inside the Beltway: Sharon Yourwealth
Or maybe it's just Anita Lotta Doe: A new biography centered on the college years of President Obama has created instantaneous mirth among his nimble-minded critics. An excerpt of "Barack Obama: The...
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Yoo, author of 'torture memos,' protected from suit, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court on Wednesday tossed out a terrorist's lawsuit accusing a high-ranking Bush administration lawyer who wrote the so-called "torture memos" of authorizing illegally harsh...
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Immigration movement weakening
ATLANTA — While a black preacher told about 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Morgan stood to one side of the May Day...
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Feds wondered who funded push to probe Google
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and a top FTC staffer traded emails in 2010 about whether Facebook and other tech companies were secretly funding a nonprofit group pushing hard for...
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Republican conservatives in Indiana gunning for Lugar
Tea party sympathizers continue shelling Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana as they work to defeat him in next week's primary, which is shaping up as the premiere chance for the political movement to...
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Obama's deal with Afghans angers war opponents
The long-term partnership that President Obama signed with the Afghan government commits the U.S. to a role in the troubled nation for at least a dozen more years, leaving critics fuming over the...
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Medicare disruptions seen if health law is struck down
WASHINGTON — Medicare's payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Obama's health care law is summarily overturned, the...
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Issa issues draft of resolution of contempt against Holder over 'Fast and...
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has circulated to committee members a draft of a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., citing...
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Rep. Bachmann endorses Romney for president
WASHINGTON — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has endorsed one-time Republican rival Mitt Romney for president. Bachmann says electing Romney will be the country's last chance to keep from "going...
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Obama's 'official' campaign launches Saturday
President Obama kicks off his "official" re-election campaign Saturday with college rallies in Virginia and Ohio the latest in a series of events aimed at shoring up the president's flagging support...
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Ex-Edwards aide had awkward run-in with mistress
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Another former close aide to John Edwards testified Thursday about bungled efforts to keep the former presidential candidate's affair hidden from staff members, including an...
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White House defends handling of Chen's case
With a diplomatic solution to the case of a blind Chinese legal activist unraveling, the White House on Thursday defended the administration's handling of the the dissident's case, insisting that U.S....
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Romney wins Bachmann backing on Va. swing
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Rep. Michele Bachmann — who said before dropping out of the Republican presidential race that Mitt Romney could not beat President Obama — endorsed the former Massachusetts governor...
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Obama uses bully pulpit for edge on student loans
As part of his continued efforts to woo younger voters, President Obama will squeeze in a talk to students and parents at an Arlington, Va., high school Friday, one day before he officially kicks off...
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