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Some Dems: drive over 'fiscal cliff,' then bargain
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:15PM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democrats are pushing an unorthodox idea for coping with the "fiscal cliff": Let the government go over, temporarily at least, to give their party more bargaining leverage for changes later on.
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Shaping a security team, Obama's challenge deepens
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:14PM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a week after winning re-election, President Barack Obama suddenly confronts a deepening challenge in assembling a new national security team, his task complicated by a scandal that has cost him a CIA chief and raised doubts about his Afghanistan war commander.
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In Congress, trying to make lemonade from losses
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51PM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate minority leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell surrounded themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers Tuesday. But the glow of victory couldn't hide the leaders' own Election Day failures.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Obama Lost Independent Vote In Almost Every Swing State
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A boy points to Missouri on CSPAN's 2012 US Presidential election electoral map at the American Presidential Experience exhibit September 3, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Democratic National Convention will begin tomorrow where the party is expected to nominate US President Barack Obama to run for a second term as president.
President Barack Obama won a second term by taking the majority of swing states. But a closer look at exit polling data shows Obama lost the independent vote in most of those states over the last four years. Independents, who do not align with one political party or another, make up a fast-growing and coveted voting bloc.
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Ron Paul Still Feels 'Secession is Very Much an American Principle'
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Ron Paul smiles after announcing his plans to seek the GOP nomination for president, May 13, 2011, in Exeter, N.H.
Ron Paul spokeswoman Rachel Mills says the congressman "feels the same now" about secession as he did in an April 2009 YouTube video.
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US official: Allen emails not sexually explicit
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:48PM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. officials who have read emails exchanged by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and a Florida socialite say they were not sexually explicit or seductive.
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Paula Broadwell's License Discovered in D.C. Park
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Gen. Davis Petraeus shakes hands with biographer Paula Broadwell.
Broadwell's attorney mum on whereabouts of disgraced CIA director's mistress.
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Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:50PM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Bears and budgets top the list as Congress returned Tuesday from a seven-week election break to a long list of unfinished business.
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Senate GOP leader: Obama should offer deficit plan
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:43PM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says it's up to President Barack Obama to present a deficit reduction plan rather than a campaign slogan to Congress.
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Trump Responds To 'Dump Trump' Petition By Bragging About Sales Of His Fragrance Named 'Success'
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Donald Trump speaks to several GOP women's group at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino April 28, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
With the "Dump Trump" petition garnering more than 476,000 signatures online, the real estate mogul known for his online braggadocio took to Twitter Tuesday to respond to the call for Macy's to fire him.
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King says he wants to make his party decision soon
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:25AM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Independent Sen.-elect Angus King of Maine says he probably won't keep people guessing long about which party he will align himself with.
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Texas Wants To Secede From America More Than Any Other State
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Flag of Texas
Just a week after President Barack Obama was re-elected, a petition by Texans for the right to secede from the rest of the country has garnered some 64,000 signatures, many more than the 25,000 signature threshold needed to get a response from the Obama administration.
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Timeline of events in Petraeus case
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:43AM November 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The extramarital affair that brought down David Petraeus' celebrated career last week raised many questions. Among them: when exactly the affair began, how the FBI stumbled upon the information and who was told about it. Here's a timeline of events, according to officials involved in the investigation:
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General Investigated for E-mails to Petraeus Friend
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This July 22, 2012, file photo shows U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Pentagon says Gen. John Allen is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with Jill Kelley, the woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom former CIA Director David Petraeus had an extramarital affair.
In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair.
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It's a Bad Time To Be Rich
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00AM November 13, 2012 CommentIs there nobody left to defend the one percent?
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Obama to Discuss 'Fiscal Cliff' With Labor Leaders
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Fiscal Cliff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama opens a new campaign Tuesday to build pressure on Congress to cut the federal debt the way he sees fit, meeting with labor leaders who want lawmakers to raise taxes on the wealthy and guard against slashing health benefits for seniors.
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General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:17AM November 13, 2012 CommentABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair.
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FBI says agents at the home of Petraeus lover
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:57PM November 12, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — FBI agents on Monday night searched the North Carolina home of the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director.
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Satellite imagery shows NKorea missile activity
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:02PM November 12, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Satellite imagery indicates North Korea has been testing rocket engines, a sign it continues to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, a U.S. academic institute said Monday.
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Deficit talks will test the GOP focus on tax rates
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:40PM November 12, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders say the government can raise tax "revenues" without raising tax "rates." But they have yet to detail how they would pursue it.
