14 hours ago - By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
Amid predictions that the economy's recovery will continue at a moderate pace, White House officials are keeping an increasingly wary eye on oil prices, worried that an election-year spike in the cost of gasoline could dampen consumer confidence and quash President Barack Obama's recent economic and political gains.
14 hours ago - By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press
A long-awaited federal study on the health effects of dioxins released Friday says the persistent contaminants at current exposures don't pose significant health risks.
17 hours ago - By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by FBI undercover operatives, said police and government officials.
15 hours ago - By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Spending on two of the Pentagon's top priorities, cybersecurity and special operations forces, would largely remain flat or dip slightly in 2013 under the Defense Department's budget proposal, as officials beef up personnel and research but find savings elsewhere.
15 hours ago - By Associated Press
The Senate has approved a resolution condemning the Syrian government for violence against its people.
18 hours ago - By Alan Fram, Associated Press
Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship.
16 hours ago - By Associated Press
Germany's defense minister is raising concerns about a likely reduction of Afghan security forces after NATO ends combat operations in Afghanistan.
18 hours ago - By Larry Margasak, Associated Press
All five Republicans on the House ethics committee and the panel's ranking Democrat withdrew from a long-standing investigation of Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Friday to avoid further questions about their impartiality.
18 hours ago - By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine switched his endorsement from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum on Friday in a defection he said was driven by his belief the former Pennsylvania senator can win the Republican presidential race.
19 hours ago - By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
The United States and European Union on Friday expressed cautious optimism that Iran is serious about returning to talks with world powers over its nuclear program.
22 hours ago - By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and clothing.
19 hours ago - By Kasie Hunt, Associated Press
The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List plans to endorse Rick Santorum for president.
20 hours ago - By JESSE WASHINGTON, Associated Press
They know what it feels like to be overlooked. People, they say, assume they are weak, servile, out of place. So when these Asian-Americans watch Jeremy Lin slash and shoot his way through the NBA's finest, it's almost as if they are on the basketball court with the California-born point guard who has set the zeitgeist on fire.
20 hours ago - By Associated Press
The United States is congratulating Libya on the anniversary of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi (MOO'-ah-mar gah-DAH'-fee), while noting that a democracy and institutions will take time to build.
20 hours ago - By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press
The Obama administration is putting its hopes for Yemen in a vice president long seen as the loyal deputy to strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, confident that at the very least he can shore up a counterterrorism alliance with Washington against al-Qaida's resurgent Arabian Peninsula offshoot.
20 hours ago - By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
A gauge of future economic activity rose in January for the fourth straight month, adding to evidence that the economy has strengthened in the new year.
Feb 17 - By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
President Barack Obama pulled in $29.1 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party in January, raising his total for this election cycle to about $250 million.
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After a week of heavy emphasis on social issues and a possibly-related surge of Rick Santorum in national polls, Mitt Romney is throwing all of his egss in the Michigan basket, and Bill Maher said on his show tonight that after months of Romney bei …
Source: The New York Times
That was Fox News’s headline about Rick Santorum’s speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. Santorum said, “I’m not about equality of result when it comes to income inequality. There is income inequality in America.
Source: AlterNet.org
The Republican presidential candidates keep calling Barack Obama a socialist. If they're trying to invoke the Red Menace like Republicans of past campaigns, they're a generation too late. Americans between the ages of 19 and 29 have no memory of the Cold War.
Source: Seattle news, sports, events, entertainment | seattlepi.com - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Paul campaign came to Washington on Thursday with rallies in Vancouver and SeaTac, and proceeds to Pasco Friday. Paul told seattlepi.com that he has "a very good chance" of winning in this state's March 3 precinct caucuses. Will it be his first victory of the 2 …
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Rick Santorum... "[O]nce the colleges fell and those who were being educated in our institutions, the next was the church. Now you'd say, 'wait, the Catholic Church'? No.
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His campaign posters now say simply, "Obama 2012."
Source: Investors.com
At the time, Obama claimed that it would "create or save" up to 3.5 million jobs, and that "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction will be unleashed across America." The stimulus, would, he promised""ignite spending by businesses and consumers" and bring "real and …
Source: The New York Times
And what these severe conservatives hate, above all, is reliance on government programs. Rick Santorum declares that President Obama is getting America hooked on “the narcotic of dependency.” Mr.
Source: TheHill.com
It was a week that gave street cred to my latest column, “The GOP death march.” General Motors earnings soared to record levels after the success of the Obama auto program. Mitt Romney added new insults to the legacy of his great father, Geo …
Source: FOXNews.com
Hundreds of protesters lined Pacific Coast Highway Thursday morning to greet President Obama who was visiting Newport Beach for a campaign fundraiser.
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If the Legislature is so concerned with abortion, why not also require that the man who impregnated the woman needing the abortion undergo a vasectomy? Or how about a law mandating that every one of those people who voted to outlaw abortions adopts a couple of abandoned childre …
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Rick Santorum is sick of talking about Foster Friess..Can you blame him? This is a candidate surging to the front of the pack right now who could change everything with a win in Michigan, and it’s a candidate who, all along, has had to work around the perception that his …
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In an interview on The Mike Gallagher Show, Fox News host Chris Wallace defended MSNBC’s decision to fire longtime contributor Pat Buchanan, calling the conservative pundit out for saying “some very incendiary things about Israel, about Jews, about Blacks, about oth …
Source: Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info
If there are two things that Republicans want us to believe, it would be these: 1. Barack Obama’s economic policies are a failure which made the recession worse. 2.