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Debt-ceiling showdown: 4 reasons it's not a replay of 2011
In 2011, Congress and President Obama went to the brink of government default when congressional Republicans balked at raising the nation's debt ceiling. The spring of 2013 appears to have another debt ceiling fight in store. Here are the top four things that have changed.
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Briefing Obama vs. Romney 101: 4 ways they compare on gun control
A spate of gun violence has beset the United States ahead of the November election, raising the perennial question about how effectively America regulates its 300 million-plus guns. Yet neither presidential candidate is likely to hoist his own complicated record as a rallying cry.
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Obama open to short-term deal on debt ceiling. Here are five ideas.
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'Nakba Day' protests: What regional leaders said
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'Extensive' porn stash: Three ways US has tried to sully bin Laden's image
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Syrian massacre: diplomats expelled from Western nations
The US, Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Bulgaria all expelled diplomats in response to revelations that more than a 100 people were brutally killed in Houla, Syria, by Assad strongmen.
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US intervention unlikely in Syria
The administration expelled Syrian diplomats after last weekend's massacre, but ruled out military action.
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Decoder Wire Obama blames Romney for spreading 'cow pie of distortion.' Is he right? (+video)
Mitt Romney had criticized the Obama administration's accumulation of US debt. Big numbers such as America’s debt may seem solid, but they’re not.
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Iran nuclear talks Day 1: Russian calls Congress an obstacle to a deal
On the first day of renewed talks on Iran's nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said sanctions should be eased, terming Congress's firm stance toward Iran 'excessive.'
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Mitt Romney's voucher-like education overhaul (+video)
Romney, who has been reluctant to stray far from the economic issues at the core of the presidential campaign, was outlining the proposal during a speech Wednesday at the US Chamber of Commerce.
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Romney moves swiftly to rule out anti-Wright ad (+video)
A Republican super PAC had floated the idea of airing attack ads targeting President Obama for his association with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, but the Romney campaign firmly rejected making race an issue in the campaign.
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Decoder Wire Is Washington careening toward another debt limit crisis?
Another showdown appears to be brewing over the national debt limit – and under what conditions Congress will raise it next time. But something big will happen between now and then that may prevent it.
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Boehner draws line in sand on debt ceiling
The Speaker of the House says any raise in the debt ceiling must be accompanied by steep cuts.
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Romney hits back on economy, says Obama causing a 'prairie fire of debt' (+video)
The GOP candidate was in Iowa, making his case that the President's administration has not done enough to keep the country fiscally sound.
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Ina Drew retiring after JPMorgan losses. Will she get $14.7 million?
Ina Drew, at the center of JPMorgan's stunning loss, was among its highest-paid executives. Proxy statement says Ina Drew would be entitled to nearly $14.7 million if she met 'full-career eligibility.'
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JP Morgan losses send Wall Street back to Capitol Hill (+video)
Congressional critics plan hearings to probe how America's largest bank posted $2 billion in trading losses – and whether new financial regulations, still being implemented, go far enough to rein in Wall Street abuses
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Obama calls Romney "backwards" on gay rights
He criticized the GOP candidate, saying that he wants to enshrine discrimination.
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Austerity: Wrong policy or hard truth? (+video)
Austerity politicians may have been given the boot in Europe, but austerity measures will remain.
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Obama's vague gay marriage position in spotlight
Vice President Joe Biden's remarks on a Sunday morning talk show have drawn attention to the President's uncertain position, as did high-profile support for gay marriage from Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
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CIA: We stopped "undetectable" bomb
Officials said the plot, timed to occur about a year after the death of Osama bin Laden, involved a more advanced version of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate on a plane over Detroit in December 2009.
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Syrian forces kill teenager in another Aleppo attack, reports say
One day after a raid on a local college campus resulted in four deaths, Syrian forces fired on a large group of protesters in Aleppo Friday.
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Bin Laden letters paint picture of al-Qaeda at its worst
The seventeen documents released by the Obama administration are calculated to highlight the President's foreign-policy successes.
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GOP, Democrats make student loans an election-year issue
Both parties are advancing plans to address mounting student loan debt while disparaging the approach of their opponents.
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Secret Service now investigating El Salvador trip
The agency is concerned that agents may have hired strippers and prostitutes there as well when the President visited last year.
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Decoder Wire Boehner says Obama misuses Air Force One for political trips. Is he right?
Using taxpayer dollars to fly to battleground states to make political points is 'pathetic,' Boehner says. But presidents running for reelection are often accused of using perks of office to unfair advantage – and guidelines are not clear.
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Gingrich out, will endorse Romney
The former Speaker is likely to appear with Romney next week at a campaign event to make a formal endorsement.
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Secret Service scandal forces delicate touch
No one in either party is entirely comfortable politicizing the agency paid to protect for the President.
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Prostitution scandal now implicates twelfth member of military
With a dozen Secret Service personnel also implicated, the total number of individuals involved in the prostitution scandal has reached 25.
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Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama: Who gets the dog owners vote?
The 2012 presidential campaign has gone to the dogs. But who is winning the Doggy Wars? What pet owners say about their vote.
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Forget Romney: scandals plague Obama as campaign season begins
The Secret Service's prostitution problems, the GSA's Las Vegas parties and the latest gruesome photographs out of Afghanistan are all public relations problems for the President.
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