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Rice's star rises as congressional opposition dims
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:24PM November 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — With congressional opposition softening, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice could find her name in contention as early as this week to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. It's a step that may signal greater U.S. willingness to intervene in world crises during President Barack Obama's second term.
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Filibuster Reform Takes Center Stage on First Day Back
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, is seen on Capitol Hill with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The invaluable tool used by whoever is in the minority is on the verge of major reform.
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NJ Gov. Christie says he plans to seek 2nd term
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:41PM November 26, 2012 CommentMIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — His popularity surging because of his handling of Superstorm Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday that he will seek re-election so he has the chance to lead the state through a recovery effort he said will extend past his first term.
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Report: Obama health law a good deal for states
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:31PM November 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — States will receive more than $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law, according to a nonpartisan analysis released Monday.
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INFLUENCE GAME: Tax them, not us, groups say
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM November 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A big coalition of business groups says there must be give-and-take in the negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of massive tax increases and spending cuts. But raising tax rates — a White House priority — is out of the question, the group adds.
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As U.S. Draws Down, Military Hits 'Reset' Button
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U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys preparing for flight aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in 2007.
Marines, Army get back to pre-9/11 roots.
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Obama Seeking Third Term? Entrepreneur Scares Up Business With Dubious Claim
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Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama react as television networks projected Obama the winner of the election during his election night rally at Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama as their first black president in a transformational election which will reshape US politics and reposition the United States on the world stage.
Financial publisher with a history of fraud concocts novel new sales pitch.
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Post-Election, Partisans Flock to Ideological Websites for Love
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** FILE ** Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., during his primary night rally in Nashua, N.H. in this Jan. 8, 2008 file photo. The first two Democratic presidential contests have taught Barack Obama a lesson as women go, so goes the state. Obama won most of the women's vote in Iowa, and he won the state. In New Hampshire, he lost the women and the state.
The uber-wealthy date on "Millionairematch," geeks go to "Nerdpassions" and Jewish singles hang out on "Jdate." And now, young politicos in Washington have their own online dating service — RedStateDate(aimed at Republicans) and BlueStateDate (aimed at Democrats) — where they can find potential matches who share their political views.
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Wis. governor insists he's not thinking about 2016
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:25AM November 26, 2012 CommentMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plenty of Republicans are talking about a possible presidential run by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but Walker insists he's not one of them.
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Obama May Get Chance to End Benghazi PR Disaster
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, departs after a closed-door oversight hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, looking into the circumstances surrounding the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House could finally have its chance to close the books on its Benghazi public relations disaster, as key Republicans signal they might not stand in the way of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to become the next secretary of state.
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New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:04AM November 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term.
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JFK's last night recalled as key event for Latinos
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:03AM November 26, 2012 CommentPresident John F. Kennedy was supposed to just stop by and wave hello.
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New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:43PM November 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term.
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GOP senator: Fair to put raising revenue on table
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:12PM November 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator says "it's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table" as part of the solution to avoid the looming automatic tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff."
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GOP opposition to diplomat Rice begins to crack
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:57AM November 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to the possible nomination of Susan Rice to be secretary of state is showing signs of cracking.
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JFK's last night recalled as key event for Latinos
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:59AM November 25, 2012 CommentPresident John F. Kennedy was supposed to just stop by and wave hello.
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The American Consumer's Fiscal Cliff
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Danny Diaz, 3, rides in a shopping cart with his sister Brianna Diaz, 2, as they arrive with their mother for the Grand Opening of the new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Panorama City, California.
Taxpayers could get dinged with fewer deductions and higher taxes if Congress does nothing.
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Obama buys books to promote independent shops
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:16PM November 24, 2012 CommentARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama made a quick trip to a Virginia bookstore for some Christmas shopping.
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When it comes to gender gap, men play crucial role
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:55PM November 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box.
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9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining Congress
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:41PM November 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was missing both of her legs and faced the prospect of losing her right arm.
