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Obama announcing China trade complaint on Ohio swing
President Obama's two-day bus tour headed to northern Ohio Thursday where he revealed administration plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for imposing more than $3...
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Clinton goes to France for Syria talks, then Asia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has escaped sweltering Washington, but she won't be getting much of a respite from the heat as she crisscrosses Europe, Asia and the Mideast...
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Grassley letter to Holder demands 'Fast and Furious' accountability
The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants to know who at the Justice Department saw a memo from an ATF agent in Phoenix outlining questionable tactics in the Fast and Furious...
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Health care law 'here to stay,' president insists
President Obama defiantly insisted Thursday that his health care law is "here to stay" — and so, apparently, is the controversy over whether the massive plan is enforced by a penalty or a tax. After...
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Illinois' Jackson will receive extended medical help
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who took a leave of absence from his congressional work last month because of exhaustion, is in worse medical shape than first realized and will receive extended medical...
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Inside the Beltway: Romney's Mount Olympic
As the mainstream news media ramps up reports of Republican disunity over Mitt Romney's campaign style, it's interesting to note that the nominee has been photographed multiple times recently in what...
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Countrywide's loans bought clout on Hill
Countrywide Financial Corp., the former mortgage lending giant whose subprime loans helped spark the country's foreclosure crisis, bought influence on Capitol Hill by giving discounted loans to...
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Another Senate bid for McMahon
HARTFORD, Conn. — Soon after Linda McMahon suffered a three-count smackdown, she was back on her feet buying postelection TV ads to thank supporters and looking to get right back in the ring. After...
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Inside Politics: Officials: Romney, RNC, haul in $100 million-plus
DES MOINES — Two Republican officials say GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee combined raised more than $100 million in June. It's a striking number for a...
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Obama struggles to shine again in Rust Belt
Barack Obama became the first Democrat in 44 years to end the Republican stranglehold on the southwestern corner of Ohio in the 2008 election, winning in Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati and...
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New to the GOP side, Davis sounds battle cry
Former Rep. Artur Davis, who recently switched from Democrat to Republican, has fast become a high-profile backer for Mitt Romney in Virginia as he sounds the battle cry for disaffected Democrats. On...
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President tells of trade complaint against China on Ohio tour
President Obama's two-day bus tour headed to northern Ohio on Thursday, where he touted a new U.S. complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for imposing more than $3 billion in duties...
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GOP critics attack Romney's safe approach
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — A chorus of prominent conservative voices is worrying aloud that Republican candidate Mitt Romney's play-it-safe strategy is jeopardizing his chance to win the presidency. As...
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Romney: Jobs figures underscore Obama failure
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that the latest jobs numbers released Friday, showing anemic job growth and an unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2 percent, are the latest proof that...
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Obama: Economy has to grow 'even faster'
POLAND, Ohio — A sobering economic snapshot intensified the presidential campaign on Friday as President Barack Obama rolled through two vote-rich battleground states and Republican Mitt Romney fended...
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Obama: June jobs report is 'a step in the right direction'
President Obama portrayed a disappointing jobs report — just 80,000 added to the payrolls in June — as "a step in the right direction," during a campaign stop in Ohio Friday. The lackluster report was...
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Michigan Republican McCotter quits Congress
Rep. Thad McCotter, one of Congress's quirkiest members, resigned his seat Friday evening, closing out a dismal chapter that had seen him go from one-time, long-shot presidential hopeful to lame-duck...
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Obama touts transportation, student loans; GOP hits economy, health care
President Obama, in his weekly radio address, highlighted a bill he signed into law Friday that will provide more money for transportation projects and prevent interest rates for student loans from...
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With McCotter out, another tea party vs. GOP bout takes shape
On one side, a political newcomer with ties to the tea party. On the other, a veteran Republican lawmaker who's clearly the preferred pick of the party establishment. It's a scenario that has played...
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Congressman Barney Frank marries longtime partner
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Frank spokesman Harry Gural says the 72-year-old...
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