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Q&A: What's with the war talk surrounding Iran?
Tensions over Iran’s nuclear program have escalated in recent weeks as the US and Europe ramp up sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Arizona shooting: Seven times politics turned to threats or violence last year
Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona wasn't the first time in recent memory that a member of Congress has been targeted for his or her views.
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More firings expected in Secret Service scandal
The chairman of a House committee investigating a Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings as key lawmakers expressed confidence that the agency will effectively deal with the incident.
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Mitt Romney, President Obama woo women (politically speaking)
President Obama enjoys a clear gender gap in key swing states, especially among younger women. Romney is fighting back with an emphasis on how women are doing economically.
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Why Wisconsin primary could be start of something big for Romney
With a decisive win Tuesday in the Wisconsin primary, Mitt Romney could finally claim the mantle of the inevitable GOP nominee. Wisconsin is also important to the Republican Party as a potential battleground state in November.
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Ron Paul: Most Americans agree with him on Afghanistan pullout
Ron Paul has yet to win a primary or caucus election, but on one thing he has the support of most Americans: The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan sooner rather than later.
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Why Mitt Romney is likely to get to Republican Party convention a winner
Rick Santorum needs to pull an upset in Illinois – an unlikely prospect given latest polls – and win in other winner-take-all primaries to push Mitt Romney to a brokered Republican Party convention.
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Rush Limbaugh: Rudeness aside, did he have a point?
Well, yes and no. In the case Rush Limbaugh raised, taxpayers would not have to pay for a college student's contraception. But in the future, Obama reforms mean taxpayer money could go subsidize insurance plans that include contraception.
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GOP governors see Mitt Romney as one of their own, but hesitate to endorse him
Just eight of the 29 Republican governors have endorsed Romney, and while he’s one of their own – a former state chief executive – there are good reasons to hold back, including the GOP’s divisive nominating campaign.
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Is Rick Santorum helped or hurt when he talks morality?
Rick Santorum says President Obama has “a world view that elevates the Earth above man." Theology-tinged rhetoric may appeal to part of the Republican base, but it could hurt him in a general election.
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Should Ron Paul demand a new vote count in Maine?
Evidence is mounting that the vote totals for the Maine caucuses, in which Mitt Romney edged out Ron Paul, were pretty messed up. In addition to towns that hadn't voted yet, others' totals were not recorded.
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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to Persian Gulf shadowed by Iranian boats
USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday with Iranian gunboats, an Iranian drone, and helicopter following. Iran had threatened to close the strait after Western sanctions were tightened last month.
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Health insurance plan: No more changes on birth control rule
Health insurance program's new rule on contraceptive coverage, after Obama's compromise for religious groups, will have no other changes, says White House chief of staff. But US Catholic bishops say they will still challenge health insurance plan in the courts.
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Obama's budget offers short-term help for economy
President Obama will send Congress a budget that provides short-term help to a struggling economy while offering a long-term plan to deal with soaring deficits. Republicans say it's more of the same failed solutions.
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Underground Iran nuclear enrichment makes diplomatic path suddenly rockier (+video)
The nuclear enrichment at a once-secret underground facility in Iran, confirmed Monday by the UN, is seen as both an argument to resume negotiations and an obstacle to their resumption.
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Q&A: What's with the war talk surrounding Iran?
Tensions over Iran’s nuclear program have escalated in recent weeks as the US and Europe ramp up sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Herman Cain denies report of sexual harassment
Herman Cain planned to make several scheduled appearances in Washington on Monday following the report that alleges he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
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Sex, race, and the Republican presidential campaign
Rick Perry is under fire for the racial slur that was the name of his family’s hunting camp. Meanwhile, all the GOP presidential candidates are being asked why they didn't stop the booing when a gay soldier raised "don't ask, don't tell" at their recent debate.
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Dick Cheney versus Colin Powell: Memoir feeds the feud.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir, 'In My Time,' has passages critical of Colin Powell. The former secretary of State took his shots on Sunday, and Cheney is jabbing back.
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Colin Powell accuses Cheney of taking 'cheap shots'
Colin Powell is dismissing Dick Cheney's criticism of him and others in the former vice president's new memoir.
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Obama troops do damage control on faltering economy
President Obama and his aides are doing as much political damage control as possible as summer winds down toward the inevitable return to Washington of his congressional opponents eager to challenge him on a faltering economy.
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Rating falls, markets plunge, critics rage. But tea party isn't blinking.
Tea party lawmakers say the S&P's downgrade of the US credit rating and the markets' convulsive reaction on Monday is merely confirmation that they had been right all along.
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No deal yet on debt crisis. How will Asian markets and Wall Street react?
Washington’s self-imposed deadline to do something credible on the debt crisis before the Asian financial markets opened on Sunday passed in silence. "There could be extreme turmoil in markets," says one expert.
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Obama and congressional leaders hold grim Saturday meeting on debt crisis
President Obama convened an unusual Saturday meeting with Congressional leaders on the looming government default. The session lasted less than an hour, and the atmospherics appeared grim.
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Why did the Obama-Boehner grand debt reduction deal fail?
Congressional leaders meet with President Obama at the White House Sunday evening. The $4 trillion deficit-reduction package is off the table, so how much will they be able to accomplish?
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Anthony Weiner 'sexting' affair turns into political blame game
Democrats calling for Anthony Weiner's resignation are piling on as Republicans say they should have done so sooner. Hillary Clinton, experienced in such matters, has taken Weiner's wife under her wing.
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