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Rep. West endorses fellow GOP freshman Adams
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:29AM July 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Florida Rep. Allen West is endorsing Rep. Sandy Adams, backing a fellow tea party freshman over 10-term Rep. John Mica in next month's GOP primary.
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Obama pledges to work with Congress on violence
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:33PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW ORLEANS (AP) — In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons but said he would also seek a national consensus on combating violence. He said responsibility for curtailing bloodshed also rests with parents, neighbors and teachers to ensure that young people "do not have that void inside them."
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Obama, Romney differ over guns after Colo. attack
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:32PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of guns leapt to the top of the presidential race Wednesday, as President Barack Obama embraced some degree of control of weapons sales and Republican Mitt Romney seemed to suggest an alleged mass killer in Colorado had obtained his weapons illegally even though he hadn't.
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Romney: 'Many' of suspect's weapons were illegal
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04PM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday said many of the weapons obtained by the shooting suspect in Colorado were obtained illegally and that changing laws won't prevent gun-related tragedies.
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Tea party cavalry rides into Texas to support Cruz
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:58PM July 25, 2012 CommentAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tea party superstars from across the country are converging on Texas in hopes of helping grassroots darling and U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz pull off an upset that had long seemed unthinkable against the mainstream Republican choice Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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Senate OKs Dem tax-cut bill in showdown with GOP
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:56PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a yearlong extension of tax cuts for all but the highest-earning Americans through the Senate on Wednesday, giving President Barack Obama and his party a significant political victory on a measure that is fated to go no further in Congress.
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In reversal, GOP puts Obama on defense for a bit
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:46PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Relentless GOP criticism of a 12-day-old remark about business owners has taken a campaign toll on President Barack Obama, forcing him to defend himself and giving Republican Mitt Romney a break from steady attacks.
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International audition: Romney faces high stakes
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:43PM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Mitt Romney — a one-term governor untested on the world's political stage — faces high stakes in the coming week during visits to England, Israel and Poland. It's a trip that amounts to an international audition.
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Jeb Bush wants Romney to choose Rubio for VP
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:40PM July 25, 2012 CommentTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he thinks Sen. Marco Rubio is ready to be vice president and that he has shared those thoughts with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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Formats announced for 3 fall presidential debates
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:53PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for podiums, opening statements or surprise topics at the debates if President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney follow the plan organizers released Wednesday.
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Biden to firefighters: GOP doesn't understand you
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:48PM July 25, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden told a national firefighters' union Wednesday that Republicans don't understand them and that government should be helping cities and states maintain fire services — not threatening to cut funding.
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Romney distances self from 'Anglo Saxon' remark
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:42PM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is distancing himself from an unnamed adviser quoted in British media as suggesting that President Barack Obama doesn't understand the "Anglo-Saxon" heritage shared by Britain and the U.S.
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Overseas voting in 24 states vulnerable to hackers
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:11PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Remember the term "hanging chads?"
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THE RACE: Romney may avoid hitting Obama on trip
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:47PM July 25, 2012 CommentMitt Romney says he will refrain from criticizing President Barack Obama while on foreign soil. That's in line with an old U.S. adage that "politics stops at the water's edge."
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FACT CHECK: Romney ignores other budget players
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:15PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As he blames the president for the prospect of large cuts in defense spending next year, Republican Mitt Romney is ignoring the role that Congress and members of his own party played in setting up that possibility.
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Romney-Bain Contacts Outlasted Exit
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Houston, Texas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he had no active role in Bain Capital, the private equity firm he founded, after he exited in February 1999 to take over Salt Lake City's Winter Olympics bid. But according to Bain associates and others familiar with Romney's actions at the time, he stayed in regular contact with his partners over the following months, tending to his partnership interests and negotiating his separation from the company.
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SPIN METER: Obama's 'You didn't build that' echoes
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:49PM July 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says Barack Obama doesn't think entrepreneurs built their businesses. The problem is that's not what the president said.
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Senate race in Mass. costliest in the US this year
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:50PM July 24, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — The candidates for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts have raised more money from supporters than in any other election in state history — or any other Senate race in the country this year — and Election Day is still more than three months away.
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Obama pushes back on 'You Didn't Build That' flap
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:49PM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has released a new television ad pushing back at Republican Mitt Romney's effort to use some of Obama's words against him.
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Feinstein regrets speculating about leaks
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:28PM July 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that she shouldn't have speculated about the White House's responsibility for national security leaks because she didn't know the source of the unauthorized disclosures.
