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News Organizations Don't All Get Ruling Right
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NEW YORK (AP) — A rush to quickly report the Supreme Court's decision on President Barack Obama's health care law on Thursday tripped up some news organizations that got it wrong and had to quickly correct themselves.
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Obama Calls Supreme Court Ruling a 'Victory'
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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., after the Supreme Court ruled on his healthcare legislation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his health care overhaul is a "victory for people all over the country" and will make their lives more secure.
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High Court Upholds Key Part of Obama Health Law
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Demonstrators protest as they await a decision by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Healthcare Act.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the vast majority of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul, including the hotly debated core requirement that virtually all Americans have health insurance.
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Health Care Ruling A Political Victory for Obama
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Tea Party activist William Temple protests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law is a crucial election-year victory for the Democratic incumbent.
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Lawmakers reach compromise on roads, student loans
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:08PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Facing weekend deadlines for action, congressional leaders have agreed to deals overhauling the nation's transportation programs without a Republican provision forcing approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and avoiding a doubling of interest rates for new student loans, congressional officials said Wednesday.
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Health ruling to end campaign mystery, unleash ads
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:56PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Barely four months before the nation votes, one of the biggest factors in the fight for the White House still is a mystery. That will change on Thursday.
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Lawmakers reach tentative deal on highway bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:20PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have tentatively agreed on a two-year bill to overhaul federal highway programs that drops a requirement that the government approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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As White House race heats up, so do GOP probes
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:54PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Contempt of Congress? Subpoenas? Stonewalling?
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NJ Gov. Christie: Romney didn't ask him to be VP
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:48PM June 27, 2012 CommentMAHWAH, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Mitt Romney didn't ask him to be his running mate when they appeared at a fundraiser on Tuesday.
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THE RACE: Polls: White House race stable and close
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:15PM June 27, 2012 CommentWith just over four months to go, polls underscore what's been clear for some time: President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are locked in a neck-and-neck race in a closely divided nation.
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House panel OKs bill expanding rewards program
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:27PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would expand the State Department's rewards for justice program to target the world's most serious human rights abusers, with African warlord Joseph Kony a top target.
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Boehner: House Will Go Ahead with Contempt Vote
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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner speaks during on during a news conference in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says the House will move forward with a contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder over the botched gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious.
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Obama to Make First Campaign Bus Trip
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President Barack Obama talks about the economy, Friday, June 8, 2012, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ramping up a fresh phase of his re-election bid with a bus tour next week, focusing more on direct engagement with voters and less on ritzy fundraisers.
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Hatch wins in Utah, GOP Lawmaker Loses in Okla.
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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, talks with Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, as they walk on the tarmac after arriving at Salt Lake International Airport, Friday, June 8, 2012, in Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican divisions resurfaced in congressional primaries, with five-term Rep. John Sullivan falling to a tea party backed opponent in Oklahoma while Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch easily defeated another candidate backed by the insurgent group. It was Hatch's first primary challenge since his election to the Senate in 1976.
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Clinton: U.S. Pleased So Far By New Egypt President
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Now Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shakes hands with a solider on the first day of parliamentary elections in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011.
HELSINKI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration is pleased so far with commitments made by Egypt's Islamist president-elect, Mohammed Morsi, but will reserve judgment on his government until it is up and running.
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Romney Ends Primary Season With Win in Utah
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney surrounded by his family points towards supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night victory party at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has won the Utah Republican presidential primary, the last contest of a primary season that started with a crowded field in January and ended with Romney the only candidate campaigning for votes.
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Trump rep confirms Romney meeting for Thursday
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:05PM June 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A representative for Donald Trump says that the reality television star will host a $50,000-a-head fundraiser with Mitt Romney this week. But the Romney campaign isn't so sure.
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Much a-Youuu about nothing? Obama zinger gets buzz
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:33PM June 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Were they booing the president? Or were they "Youuuk-ing" him?
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Obama prepping thousands of lawyers for election
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:19PM June 26, 2012 CommentOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year's election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate.
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Hispanics looking for November gains in US House
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:28PM June 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Jose Hernandez worked in farm fields with his Mexican-immigrant parents before becoming an astronaut. Iraq War veteran Julius Melendez is the third generation of his Puerto Rican family to serve in the military. And Tony Cardenas, the youngest of 11 children of immigrant farmers from Jalisco, Mexico, has served in the California Assembly and on the Los Angeles City Council.
