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Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover the affair, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Brian Vastag

They reiterated plans to work together but in radio addresses offered radically different visions.

Karen Tumulty

The GOP strategist ponders new missions for American Crossroads, including taking on GOP primaries.

Editorial Board

A glimmer of hope in post-election Washington.

Steven Pearlstein

COLUMN | Without a strong and unified push from business, the GOP right will remain intransigent.

Sari Horwitz and Greg Miller

Messages’ recipient was perceived by woman as a threat to her relationship with CIA director.

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — No matter how long the nation’s unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent, the Northeast and the West Coast were never in doubt for Barack Obama. No matter how far it might have fallen before Election Day, Mitt Romney was always sure to win the South and rural Great Plains.

Max Fisher

The astonishingly rapid detente could send a message beyond just Asia.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After two years of getting pummeled in Wisconsin, Indiana and other battleground states, leaders of the nation’s big labor unions were beaming on election night.