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Obama Asserts Executive Privilege to Withhold Documents
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President Barack Obama speaks at Cuyahoga Community College, Thursday, June 14, 2012, in Cleveland.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Dept says that President Barack Obama has asserted executive privilege to withhold documents a House committee is seeking in an investigation of a flawed gun-smuggling probe.
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Obama: Euro Crisis Could Affect My Re-election
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Members of Spanish workers unions protest against austerity measures imposed by the Spanish Government in Madrid.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is acknowledging that Europe's economic situation could have a spillover effect on his own re-election prospects.
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New Obama Ads Target Romney As Governor
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is running new television ads targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's record as Massachusetts governor.
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Rubio Keeping Quiet On Romney's VP Search
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Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to the Latino Coalition's annual economic summit in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio isn't shedding much light on Mitt Romney's search for a running mate even after the Republican presidential candidate said his campaign was checking out Rubio.
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'The Bain Way' shapes Romney's running mate search
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:57AM June 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A businessman at his core, Mitt Romney was legendary in the private sector for his reliance on reams of information and extensive research to decide which companies to take over.
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Obama confident Europeans will resolve debt crisis
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:48PM June 19, 2012 CommentLOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — President Barack Obama voiced confidence Tuesday in Europe's ability to "break the fever" of its raging debt crisis as he sought to calm both global financial markets and the election-year worries of voters at home.
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GOP senators won't say if Obama plan is amnesty
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:25PM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, Senate Republicans are quite sure they don't like it. They just don't want to say if it amounts to amnesty, at least not yet, while they await guidance on the politically charged issue from presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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Romney says Rubio being 'thoroughly vetted'
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:04PM June 19, 2012 CommentHOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that his campaign is "thoroughly vetting" Marco Rubio as it searches for a running mate despite reports that the Florida senator is not being considered.
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On tour, a looser and largely gaffe-free Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:41PM June 19, 2012 CommentFRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) — The personal stories were slightly awkward. The small-town events tended toward the corny. His chats with voters were usually just a few words. But as Mitt Romney campaigned across six states, he loosened up a little — and avoided the verbal gaffes that had plagued him in the past.
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House approves waiver of border environmental laws
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:13PM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada.
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College Board sets up 857 desks on National Mall
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:12PM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — While schools across the country are letting out this week, class is in session on the National Mall. That is where the College Board set up 857 student desks in the blazing sun Tuesday.
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Obama security record gives GOP few openings
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:04PM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's not-so-secret counterterrorism fight against al-Qaida in Yemen and Somalia, the killing of Osama bin Laden and strong hints of a cyber war against Iran give Republicans few openings to challenge the commander in chief.
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Former Giffords Aide Sworn in as House Member
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In an election to fill former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., congressional seat, Democratic candidate Ron Barber, middle, pauses as he celebrates a victory with Giffords, right, and his wife Nancy Barber, left, as he addresses supporters at a post election event, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Barber, who almost died in the Arizona shooting that wounded former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, has been sworn in as a member of the House.
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THE RACE: Romney wooing GOP Hill leaders has risks
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:03PM June 19, 2012 CommentRepublican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is throwing his lot in with his party's leadership in Congress, a break with other recent GOP White House seekers who have kept some distance.
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Service employees union ramps up effort for Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:43PM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation's most politically active labor unions plans to focus its resources on fewer states this year while working to help re-elect President Barack Obama.
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Campaigns buy into 'swag factor' as volunteer push
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:24AM June 19, 2012 CommentST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Think of them as frequent flier programs for political action. Instead of a free flight, the reward for loyalty to a campaign can be as simple as a T-shirt or a pin — and as special as preferential seating at a rally when the candidate swoops into town.
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Senators request live TV for health care ruling
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:06AM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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McConnell: Time to 'Start Over' on Health Care
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Following the Republicans' weekly strategy session, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. McConnell took aim at President Obama who will be delivering his State of the Union address later.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican in the Senate calls the Obama health care law the first step in "Europeanizing America" and says Congress should "start over" if the system is ruled invalid by the Supreme Court.
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Tests show students struggle to explain answers
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:09AM June 19, 2012 CommentAmerican children do much better identifying the correct answers to simple scientific tasks than using evidence from their experiments to explain those answers.
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Obama campaign launches new ad targeting Hispanics
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:58AM June 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is running new Spanish-language television ads touting the benefits of Obama's health care overhaul for Hispanic voters.
