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Rick Perry tells Iowans that Romneycare cost them
Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened an Iowa campaign swing tonight by ramping up his attacks on Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney’s...
Get the full story >>Senate strikes FAA deal, averts furlough threat
Breaking a logjam that threatened to furlough 80,000 aviation and construction workers, Congress sent President Obama legislation to...
Get the full story >>Obama administration pressed on access to physician records
Patient advocacy groups and leading journalism associations are protesting a decision by the Obama administration to close public access...
Get the full story >>Proposed Postal Service downsizing would slow mail delivery
The U.S. Postal Service is considering shuttering more than 250 mail processing facilities and downsizing its national transportation...
Get the full story >>House Republican offers his own 'American Jobs Act'
President Obama has been jobbed by a Texas congressman.
Get the full story >>Obama awards Medal of Honor to Kentucky Marine
On Wednesday, they shared a beer. On Thursday, President Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Dakota Meyer, credited with saving three...
Get the full story >>Boehner counters Obama jobs pitch with call to 'liberate' economy
House Speaker John Boehner called on Washington to "liberate" the economy from over-regulation, anti-growth tax policies and deficit...
Get the full story >>Michelle Obama hails restaurant chain's calorie-cutting
First Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign scored a win Thursday when the parent company of Red Lobster and Olive Garden signed...
Get the full story >>'Emotional,' 'implusive' Bachmann erred on vaccine issue, ex-aides say
Add Michele Bachmann's former campaign manager to those who believe the presidential candidate went too far in linking a cervical cancer...
Get the full story >>With decision looming, Sarah Palin braces for tell-all treatment
Sarah Palin was on TV the other night, chatting with Fox host Greta Van Susteren about the latest GOP debate and the president’s new...
Get the full story >>Mitt Romney: 'A good shot' I'll be in the White House
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney seized on Wednesday's news that the income of the average American family has declined to what...
Get the full story >>Rick Perry: New York election shows Democrats 'on the ropes'
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry declared that the Democratic Party is "on the ropes" after twin losses in House special...
Get the full story >>Senate delay may result in another furlough for FAA workers
Less than two months after a Senate disagreement regarding Federal Aviation Administration funding extensions put 80,000 FAA employees and...
Get the full story >>Rick Perry talks religion on safe turf at Liberty University
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday went to the nation’s largest evangelical university to discuss his own feelings about religion...
Get the full story >>House election results cloud Obama's jobs plan pitch
President Obama travels to North Carolina on Wednesday dogged by poor economic news, threats of resistance on the Hill, sagging poll numbers...
Get the full story >>Turner requests impound of ballots in New York special election
Citing reports that at least a handful of absentee ballots had been mailed to voters who are now deceased, Republican Bob Turner obtained...
Get the full story >>Elizabeth Warren making Senate candidacy official Wednesday
After a brief flirtation with the race, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren plans to officially become a candidate for Senate in...
Get the full story >>Support at GOP debate for letting the uninsured die
The French Revolution had Marie Antoinette reportedly urging the masses starved for bread to eat cake instead. Now progressive circles are...
Get the full story >>Obama capitalizes on lagging approval ratings for Congress
In pushing for his jobs program, President Obama has put Congress right in the crosshairs, urging voters to pressure their lawmakers into...
Get the full story >>Backed by Palin, Bachmann keeps up HPV attack on Perry
A reinvigorated Michele Bachmann continued her assault on Rick Perry on Tuesday morning, accusing the Texas governor and rival GOP...
Get the full story >>Ron Paul's 9/11 answer draws boos from 'tea party' crowd
Ron Paul, long a darling of such gatherings such as the one in Tampa on Monday, was roundly booed during the CNN/Tea Party debate for...
Get the full story >>Michele Bachmann regains footing in 'tea party' debate
Michele Bachmann recaptured some of her stride tonight. After seeming to fade in last week's debate at the Reagan Library, she was far...
Get the full story >>On jobs, Romney says Perry's been a lucky poker player
Mitt Romney just went all Kenny Rogers on Rick Perry at the CNN/Tea Party debate, continuing to challenge Rick Perry’s jobs record...
Get the full story >>Jon Huntsman warns of debt impact
Young people have been invoked over and over during the debate about Social Security, as in, the system is going to be broke by the time...
Get the full story >>Perry, Romney clash on Social Security in Florida debate
Rick Perry made a "slam dunk" promise to seniors that they would collect Social Security benefits while Mitt Romney challenged him to...
Get the full story >>Texas power company files suit against EPA
A Texas power generation company said it would have to shut down two coal-burning power plants and lay off about 500 workers to comply...
Get the full story >>Endorsement fever: Bobby Jindal backs Rick Perry
The first bit of rapid response among Republican presidential hopefuls came hours before the start of Monday's "tea party" debate in Tampa,...
Get the full story >>Five things to watch in Monday's tea-infused GOP debate
If the duel between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney during last week’s Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library in California...
Get the full story >>Cantor: N.Y. win would show dissatisfaction with Obama
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said a possible GOP upset in Tuesday’s special election for a House seat in New York would...
Get the full story >>White House proposes $467-billion plan to pay for jobs bill
The Obama administration has proposed a $467-billion package of savings, including changing how deductions count for wealthy income-tax...
Get the full story >>House to probe failed energy company Solyndra at hearing
Bankruptcy. FBI raids. General ignominy. For the benighted solar energy company and stimulus loan recipient, Solyndra, the next stop in...
Get the full story >>House promises quick consideration of Obama jobs plan
House Republican leaders pledged swift action Friday on President Obama's jobs plan, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the...
Get the full story >>U.S. officials chase purported Sept. 11 terrorist threat
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials scrambled Friday to identify and find three men who supposedly planned...
Get the full story >>Perry's climate views shared by 'tea party' faithful, survey says
When Rick Perry dug in his boot heels at Wednesday night's debate and insisted -- in defiance of mainstream scientific belief -- that global...
Get the full story >>Congress expands Fast and Furious probe to White House
Congressional investigators reviewing the failed gun-tracking program Operation Fast and Furious have formally asked the Obama...
Get the full story >>Obama asks voters to help pressure Congress on jobs plan
His jobs speech out of the way, President Obama opened a road show Friday to sell his ideas to the public, urging voters to send a...
Get the full story >>Poll says Republican holds lead in race to replace Anthony Weiner
The Republican candidate has taken a surprising six-point lead over the Democrat in the closely watched special election to fill the...
Get the full story >>Haley Barbour joins Karl Rove-backed campaign group
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, perhaps the most prodigious fund-raiser the GOP has ever seen, will be joining forces with politically...
Get the full story >>Economists give Obama's jobs plan mixed reviews
President Obama's proposed $447-billion package of tax cuts and infrastructure spending immediately prompted comparisons Thursday to...
Get the full story >>Republicans' reaction to Obama speech is lukewarm -- and that's a start
President Obama's call for new political unity behind his jobs bill was met with a reaction best summed up in two words: We'll see.Â
Get the full story >>NRC: Earthquake shook nuclear plant past design limits
A nuclear power plant in central Virginia may have experienced twice as much shaking as it was designed to withstand during last month&...
Get the full story >>Obama unveiling $447-billion plan to jolt economy
President Obama this evening rolls out a plan to inject $447 billion into the ailing economy through tax cuts aimed at working families...
Get the full story >>Eric Cantor open to payroll tax cut in Obama plan
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor seems to be warming to one likely element of President Obama's job proposal. The Virginia Republican...
Get the full story >>More air marshals to be flying on Sept. 11
Additional federal air marshals will be flying on U.S. airplanes Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Homeland Security...
Get the full story >>Republicans to skip Obama speech for NFL, Twitter
Are you ready for some football?!? David Vitter sure is.
Get the full story >>Pentagon agrees to fund border troops through year's end
More than 1,000 National Guard troops will remain on the Southwest border at least through the end of December.
Get the full story >>Appeals court dismisses challenges to health reform law
A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday rejected two conservative challenges to President Obama's healthcare law, ruling that the...
Get the full story >>Linda McMahon may make another run for Senate in Connecticut
When Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman announced he was not going to seek reelection to the U.S. Senate, the first question in everyone&...
Get the full story >>Reagan debate shows promise, peril of Rick Perry
Rick Perry essentially introduced himself to America’s voters Wednesday evening, showing both why he’s a candidate to be...
Get the full story >>Deficit super committee gets to work on Capitol Hill
The first meeting of the super committee on deficit reduction opened in outwardly bipartisan fashion Thursday as it begins the daunting task...
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