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Democrat Congressional committee beats GOP in fundraising
Republicans may claim to have the edge with voters for the 2012 race to control Congress but those numbers don’t add up in the fundraising coffers. The Democratic Congressional Campaign…
Obama, Republicans carry tax, budget fight into 2012 elections
President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress are digging in to fight the 2012 U.S. election campaign over the budget and taxes, leaving a congressional “super committee” in political no…
Rape victim’s life investigated by university’s lawyers
Attorneys defending the University of Northern Iowa are heavily scrutinizing the life of a former student who was sexually assaulted by two football players in 2004 and is now accusing…
Two ministers shot during church services in Florida
A man marched into a Florida church on Sunday during a prayer service and shot and wounded two clergymen after first killing his wife at the couple’s home nearby, police…
Baldwin axed from Emmy show over hacking joke
Leonard Nimoy was a last-minute sub for Alec Baldwin on the Emmy Awards opening because of a flap over a joke about News Corp.’s phone hacking scandal. Alec Baldwin had…
White House ignored warnings about solar company’s problems
White House officials discussed the political ramifications of a possible default by a troubled solar energy company that received more than $500 million in federal loans, newly released emails show.…
Boehner disses Obama jobs plan
The top Republican in Congress on Thursday dismissed President Barack Obama‘s jobs-creation package as a “poor substitute” for policies that would boost the economy and ruled out tax increases as…
Lobbyists zero in on debt committee
The special “super committee” tackling U.S. deficit reduction was meant to operate independently and free from outside influence — but Washington’s corps of high-paid lobbyists has found a way in.…
Panetta: Defense cuts will increase unemployment
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning members of Congress that threatened defense cuts in the order of $1 trillion over the next decade would add 1 percentage point to the…
Can Tommy Thompson pull off a political comeback?
For more than a decade, Tommy Thompson was the face of the Republican Party in Wisconsin. He was elected governor four times. Word that he was considering a political comeback…
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