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Bush, Obama on stage together share laughs
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:55PM May 31, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sharing a stage with former President George W. Bush, the predecessor he often inveighs against, in a friendly White House welcome for the unveiling of the 43rd president's official portrait.
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Romney assails Obama's record on green energy
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:32PM May 31, 2012 CommentFREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Mitt Romney is holding a news conference outside the shuttered offices of Solyndra, the green energy company that went bankrupt after receiving government loans.
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THE RACE: Massachusetts is campaign target again
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:09PM May 31, 2012 CommentOnce again, Massachusetts is in the cross hairs of a presidential race.
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Syria is a No-Win Situation for Obama, Romney
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President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON (AP) — Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney: The deepening crisis is impossible for their campaigns to ignore but too complex for them to articulate an easy solution.
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Anti-incumbent fever scarcely in evidence
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04PM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-incumbent fever is scarcely in evidence in the 2012 congressional primaries, despite costly efforts by conservatives to remake the Republican Party and this week's defeat of a Texas Democrat ousted after eight terms in office.
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What next for Romney? Undercut Obama, raise money
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:39PM May 30, 2012 CommentDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — What's next for Mitt Romney? The Republican presidential nomination finally in hand, he will spend the next three months trying to undercut President Barack Obama on the economy while portraying himself as Mr. Fix It for a nation with stubbornly and painfully high unemployment.
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Odd politics, presidential tradition: Bush is back
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:23PM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — This is a little awkward.
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FACT CHECK: Oil stats belie tough enforcement talk
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:20PM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — In the three years since President Barack Obama took office, Republicans have made the Environmental Protection Agency a lightning rod for complaints that his administration has been too tough on oil and gas producers.
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Fox News video sharply critical of Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:16PM May 30, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's morning show on Wednesday twice aired a nearly four-minute video that contrasted President Barack Obama's words with negative statistics about his administration in a format that looked similar to a campaign advertisement.
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Fla. candidate legally changes name to web address
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:38PM May 30, 2012 CommentTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is letting a congressional candidate put the name of his web address on the ballot.
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Pentagon: al-Qaida Still Enjoys Afghan Haven
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Afghan forces secures the area outside a compound after it was attacked by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says al-Qaida still enjoys safe haven in some areas of eastern Afghanistan, and even though its numbers are small, its presence worries the top American commander there.
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Walker says feds approve higher Wis. job numbers
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:03PM May 30, 2012 CommentMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration said Wednesday that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has finalized higher job numbers for Wisconsin for 2011, which would blunt one of his opponents' biggest arguments against him just six days before he stands for recall.
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THE RACE: Trump not first to upstage a candidate
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:42PM May 30, 2012 CommentDonald Trump may have briefly sidetracked Mitt Romney's campaign message in Las Vegas with his renewed "birther" talk, but it isn't the first time an opinionated supporter has put a candidate in an awkward position.
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Romney wins 105 Texas delegates on big night
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:38PM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney won 105 delegates in the Texas primary on the night he clinched the Republican nomination for president, giving him more than two-thirds of the delegates up for grabs in the contest.
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Obama calls Romney; congratulates him on GOP nod
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:23PM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to congratulate him on securing the Republican nomination.
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Where Are They Now: GOP 2012 Rivals Edition
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich pauses announcing that he is suspending his presidential campaign.
Romney's Republican competition moves on.
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US levies new sanctions on key Syrian bank
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:38AM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON — The Obama administration added new sanctions on a Syrian bank Wednesday as a top White House official said the U.S. wants to economically throttle the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and cut off salaries of pro-government thugs blamed for the grisly massacre in Houla.
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Obama signs Ex-Im Bank bill into law
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:24AM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed legislation that renews the charter of the Export-Import Bank for three years and increases the banks lending cap to $140 billion from the current $100 billion. The bank is the governments vehicle for promoting U.S. export sales.
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Catcher bolsters Clemens' claim on B12 needles
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04AM May 30, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Clemens< former catcher with the Toronto Blue Jays testified Wednesday that he had seen vitamin B12 "shots lined up ready to go" for players, a claim also made by Clemens and for which he was charged with obstructing Congress.
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First lady: Daughters need thick skin in politics
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:06PM May 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says her daughters are learning that even the kids of politicians have to have a thick skin.
