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News on the 2012 presidential race.

1 hr ago | WJHG-TV Panama City

Election Reform

This past legislative session, lawmakers worked to make massive changes to the election law to avoid major issues at the polls.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Rick Scott, US Politics, US News

5 hrs ago | WAVE-TV Louisville

Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker

President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but those were minor bumps in an otherwise smooth Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, John Thune, US Senate, Republican, Senator Roy Blunt

7 hrs ago | WTEN-TV Albany

Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation's immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation passed by the Senate.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Scott DesJarlais, Barack Obama

11 hrs ago | New Media Journal

Analysis: If the President Doesn't Run the Government, Who Does?

Every day brings new revelations about who knew what about the IRS targeting conservative groups during President Obama's re-election campaign, but the overall impression is of a vast federal bureaucracy run amok.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn

13 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

Obama to take new look at war on terror

Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

17 hrs ago | GPB.org

Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny

President Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore on May 17. The trip followed a visit by the company's president to Capitol Hill to testify in support of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Twitter, Global Warming, Environment, Science, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives

19 hrs ago | WAPI-AM Birmingham

Obama Picks Former Campaign Official Katherine Archuleta as OPM Director

President Obama will nominate former campaign official Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management on Thursday, according to a White House official.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Wed May 22, 2013

The State

Global, local issues for Iran in upcoming election

In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, joins hands with his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, as he flashes a victory sign, at the start of their press conference, after registering the candidacy of Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Iran,

GPB.org

Scandal Politics: The Downstream Effect

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on the situation regarding the Internal Revenue Service May 15, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Stephanie Herseth, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Barrow

Yahoo!

College costs could go up, thanks to Washington

For a talented, creative few, there's David Letterman. For most, there's a labyrinth of paperwork, hard decisions and painful sacrifices that could have dramatic repercussions on their financial health decades from now.

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Related Topix: Ball State University, US Politics, US News, Vanderbilt University, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Bradenton.com

Scott signs election flaws fix earlier than expected

Gov. Rick Scott has finished the fix of the flawed election law that relegated Florida to a late-night joke in 2012 by signing an elections clean-up bill passed on the final day of the legislative session.

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Related Topix: Rick Scott, US Governors, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Florida, Florida Government, Barack Obama

Connecticut Post

Fbi Id's Benghazi suspects - but no arrests yet

This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, US News, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Prison, US Politics

AmmoLand

Jon Stewart Blasts Obama's Failed Promise to Veterans

During the May 20 2013 edition of The Daily Show , host Jon Stewart brought up President Barack Obama's unfulfilled 2009 promise to "create a seamless, computerized Veterans' health records system." After covering the subject for half a segment, Stewart concluded that Obama took his two elections to office more seriously that he took fulfilling ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Tue May 21, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question Dec. 14, 2012, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax, Entertainment, Drama, Television, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn

Seattle Times

Feds halt data cull for State Dept terror report

The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Outsourcing

WHDH

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Tax, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, John Boehner, Barack Obama

USA Today

Obama appoints members of election commission

President Obama has formally appointed the ten members of a special commission designed to look for improvements in U.S. election systems.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, State of the Union, Weather

Reuters

Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising

With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Non-Profit, Financial Services, Accounting, H and R Block, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Charitable Organizations

Lincoln Daily News

O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016

His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Maryland Government, Maryland, US Governors, Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton

Townhall

Rick Santorum: Obama vs. The Free Press

Last week, the Obama White House finally was exposed to Americans on both the left and right as the abusive and arrogant administration that it is.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Rick Santorum, Opinion