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Biden says ‘absolutely comfortable’ with gay marriage rights, cites ‘Will & Grace’
Vice President Biden said Sunday he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex couples having the same rights as others, in a statement that appeared to go beyond what President Obama has said publicly on the issue. While stressing that “the president...
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Tabloid offered to nix story on Edwards affair, ex-aide claims
The tabloid that first exposed John Edwards’ affair apparently offered the Democratic presidential candidate a way out — it was an offer that, for obvious reasons, he could not accept. A former campaign spokesman testified in Edwards’ trial Thursday that...
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Obama defends bin Laden ad, denies using anniversary for ‘excessive celebration’
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – President Obama on Monday defended a campaign ad that suggested Mitt Romney would not have ordered the bin Laden raid, as the president also described the administration’s handling of the one-year anniversary as “entirely appropriate.” Responding to...
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Republicans clashing with Obama over election-year student loan push
President Obama’s push to hold down interest rates on federal student loans has rapidly turned into an election-year standoff — as congressional Republicans counter-punch with their own debt-relief plan and accuse the president of exploiting the issue for his reelection...
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Ex-aide testifies how cover-up of Edwards’ affair unraveled, along with their friendship
It was the worst, best-kept secret of the 2008 presidential election cycle, and in the end it tore apart the friendship of John Edwards and his most trusted aide. That aide, Andrew Young, is now the key witness against Edwards...
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George Zimmerman released from Florida jail on $150,000 bond
George Zimmerman was released around midnight Sunday from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. The neighborhood watch volunteer was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and...
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Afghan military recruits found dealing drugs to US soldiers, Army documents show
Afghan forces are being trained by the U.S. military to take over the mission by 2014, but new documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a request under the Freedom of Information Act show that some of the Afghan recruits stand...
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New federal agency OFR stirs ‘Orwellian’ fears
It is the most powerful federal agency you’ve never heard of — and lawmakers from both parties on Thursday vowed to keep abreast of its astonishing growth and rein it in, if necessary. The Office of Financial Research, or OFR,...
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Obama Calls for Stricter Penalties on Oil-Market Manipulators
President Barack Obama called on Congress Tuesday to devote millions in new funding to increase oversight of US energy markets and strengthen other protections against market manipulation. During an address from the White House Rose Garden, Obama proposed “new steps...
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Senate GOP blocks Obama’s ‘Buffett rule’ for minimum tax rate on millionaires
Senate Republicans blocked President Obama’s so-called “Buffett Rule,” as the proposed minimum tax rate for millionaires failed to advance in a procedural vote Monday. The measure received majority support, 51-45, but 60 votes were required for the legislation to advance....
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