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Is Donald Trump secretly supporting President Obama?

The day after hosting a fundraiser for Mitt Romney in Las Vegas, Donald Trump resorted to insisting that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. This is not helping Romney.
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's presidential race is most costly ever

It's the first time both major-party candidates are declining post-Watergate federal campaign financing — and the spending limits attached.
Chapter & Verse
Did Ben Bradlee have lingering doubts about Watergate?

A new biography of Ben Bradlee by Jeff Himmelman quotes Bradlee saying that – decades later – he still had "a little problem with Deep Throat."
Charles Colson: Watergate 'master of dirty tricks' became prison evangelist

Charles Colson, who went to prison for his role in Watergate but then became a Christian evangelical helping inmates, died Saturday.
Roger Clemens trial: Can federal prosecutors nab a sports star at last?

Roger Clemens is facing his second trial on charges of lying to Congress, after the first was declared a mistrial. Federal prosecutors have had a rough ride trying to pin perjury on top athletes.
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President Obama releases tax returns. Does he have to make them public?

The Obamas paid more than $162,000 in federal taxes on income of $789,674. The custom that presidents release their tax returns dates to the Nixon administration.
Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' interrogator, gave show journalistic heft and a showman's flair (+video)

Wallace had such a fearsome reputation as an interviewer that 'Mike Wallace is here to see you' were among the most dreaded words a newsmaker could hear.
Mike Wallace of '60 Minutes' was a dogged interviewer

CBS newsman Mike Wallace, who died Saturday night, was a dogged reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures and made '60 Minutes' famous.
Richard Nixon: The gushy, romantic side of 'Tricky Dick' (+video)

Richard Nixon's love letters to Patricia Ryan showed a romantic young man. The letters from 1938, reveal Nixon, the 37th US president, as idealistic, poetic.
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Social media age shocker? On politics, newspapers get more respect.

A survey of likely 2012 voters found that newspapers, followed by broadcast and cable TV, are considered the most reliable source of election news. Trust in national media, however, is very low.
How super PACs are changing the GOP presidential race

The $41 million that 'super PACs' have spent so far leaves 2008 in the dust and is changing campaign dynamics. Notable effects: many more negative ads and an ability to keep faltering campaigns alive.
Who's behind 'toxic' super PAC ads? We may never know.

The super PACs paying for a flood of negative ads in the GOP presidential race are supposed to disclose who they are Tuesday. Don't expect to learn much, campaign watchdogs say.
Can economy help Obama reelection? One statistic gives him hope.

Since 1948 only one incumbent president has won reelection with joblessness over 7 percent. There is another unemployment statistic, however, that could play in President Obama's favor.
JFK library releases last secret Oval Office tapes

The newly revealed tapes provide a window into the final months of the 35th president's life.
Is new Supreme Court ruling a retreat from Citizens United?

The Supreme Court upheld Monday a long-established provision of campaign finance law that seeks to prevent foreign interests from influencing domestic politics.
Rule and Ruin

When and why did the Republican Party tip so far to the right?
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A US citizen stirs up Pakistani 'memo-gate'

Mansoor Ijaz, a 'citizen diplomat,' alleges Pakistani leaders knew of the Osama bin Laden raid ahead of time. The media frenzy in Pakistan over 'memo-gate' highlights the fragility of the government.
Tea Party Tally
Is Michele Bachmann dragging the tea party down with her?

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is sinking in the polls. A prominent voice in the tea party movement says "It's time for Bachmann to go."
Herman Cain: How the recent Web buzz fits this year's GOP pattern.

New research shows that the meteoric rise by Herman Cain in the polls has been mirrored by a surge in Internet search traffic, even bypassing that for Sarah Palin. But will it last?
The New Economy
America could use another Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs will be rightfully remembered for remaking four industries in the last decade. But an earlier incarnation of Steve Jobs helped restore America's confidence in a troubling time.
Former US Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois was 'fervently moderate'

Former US Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois, who passed on Saturday, was a moderate Republican whose views put him at odds with conservatives including former President Richard Nixon.
Robert Reich
The Republican weapon of mass cynicism

77 percent of Americans mistrust the government. But a lack of faith is bad for all of us.
India's anticorruption hero Anna Hazare leaves jail, rallies supporters (video)

The Indian activist who has been leading protests for tougher anticorruption measures left jail today to begin a public hunger strike.