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44 min ago | The Guardian

Boy Scouts leaders will vote Thursday to lift ban on gay youth members

Photograph: Rex Features The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on whether to accept gay youth members, partially overturning a long-running ban on allowing gay people to join the organisation.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, Barack Obama

44 min ago | PE Hub

Solamere Capital, Romneys' PE Firm, Launches Fund II

Solamere Capital , the private equity fund-of-funds and co-investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney's eldest son, Taggart Romney , has begun raising its second vehicle, Solamere Capital Fund II LP, according to a government filing.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Massachusetts, Startups, Bain Capital

1 hr ago | MLive.com

Donald Trump in Michigan: The U.S. should have taxed China and taken...

The ultimate businessman offered some far-fetched revenue-generating ideas Tuesday night in an hour-long speech at a Michigan Republican gathering.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Celebrities, Donald Trump, Oakland County, MI, US Politics, US News, Novi, MI

1 hr ago | Center for American Progress

A Dual Disenfranchisement: 2013 Update

Coming out of the 2012 presidential election, women's role in determining its outcome-the so-called gender gap-was a dominant narrative.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, African-American, Liberal Political News

1 hr ago | Salon

Pa. governor "can't find" any Latinos to work in his administration

Later in his remarks, Corbett noted that Pennsylvania is home to 800,000 Latino residents , who represent about 6.8 percent of the state's total population.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

6 hrs ago | WISN-TV

Rep. Paul Ryan writing book

The book will be "a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions," wrote Robert Costa, National Review's Washington-based political reporter.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan

9 hrs ago | Wizbang

CNN's Crowley Admits Obama Didn't Call Benghazi a Terror Attack

On the May 19 broadcast of CNN's State of the Union , host Candy Crowley said that Obama was late in identifying the attacks in Benghazi as terrorism quite contrary to what she said during the Presidential debates late last year.

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Related Topix: US News, State of the Union, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics

11 hrs ago | The Guardian

The LA mayoral race is a case study on the Latino vote | Timothy Spangler

City councilman Eric Garcetti carried 33% of the vote but gained no clear majority over Wendy Greuel, his opponent in the runoff.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan

15 hrs ago | Park Record

New Republican leader wants a GOP sweep in Summit County

The new chairman of the Utah Republican Party has an ambitious goal for the GOP in Summit County: win each of the partisan elected offices in the county.

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Related Topix: US News, Summit County, UT, Sundance Film Festival, US Politics, Park City, UT

Tue May 21, 2013

American Reporter

On Native GroundCAN Mitt Romney Tell the Truth?

DUMMERSTON, Vt., May 4, 2012 -- "To all of the thousands of good and decent Americans I've met who want nothing more than a better chance, a fighting chance, to all of you, I have a simple message: Hold on a little longer.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christian Music, The Truth, Manchester, NH

Salon

How to oust Michele Bachmann from Congress

Democrat Jim Graves was feeling good as he sat down for an interview with Salon in Washington Monday, the same day his campaign released a poll showing him two points ahead of Rep.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News

WNFL-AM Green Bay

Gov. Walker hitting campaign tour this week amid P...

Governor Scott Walker won't be around to lobby lawmakers Tuesday, as they act on some of his biggest state budget proposals.

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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: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, State of the Union, Weather

Detroit News

Romney campaign intern to face cyber-stalking charge in Detroit

A 2012 Republican presidential campaign intern who worked for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will make an initial appearance in federal court Tuesday on charges he cyber-stalked 15 women and extorted them into sending nude photos.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Great Neck, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Newt Gingrich, WebMD

Examiner.com

Five Falsehoods and Reelection

In the midst of scandal, it now appears that the president was reelected to some degree under false premises.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News

American Reporter

Campaign 2012THE New Hand

BRADENTON, Fla., Sept. 7, 2011, 10:38pm ET -- Americans watching the MSNBC GOP presidential candidate debate tonight could not have been very encouraged about their future under any of the seven men and one woman seeking election to the White House in 2012.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rick Perry, US Governors, Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Mon May 20, 2013

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Rand Paul Calls IRS Scandal 'Un-American'

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made another stop in an early voting state Monday evening, continuing to feed the speculation that he will possibly run for president in 2016.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton

The Atlantic

The IRS Conspiracy Theories Don't Hold Up to Math

During last week's first-of-many hearing into the IRS scandal , one subplot emerged: Conservatives presented anecdotes to argue that the IRS didn't just target Tea Party groups seeking tax exempt status but a broader swath of conservative individuals and organizations.

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Related Topix: Tax, Life, Hobbies, Conspiracy Theory, US News, Tea Party, US Politics

Real Clear Politics

ObamaCare's Tricky Next Phase

THOUGHT YOU HAD seen the last of the fighting over the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare? Since its passage in 2010, after all, it has survived Supreme Court review, innumerable challenges from House Republicans and Mitt Romney's unsuccessful campaign to evict its author from the White House.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures

In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Roland and Natalie Jones embrace as President Barack Obama is predicted as the winner over challenger Mitt Romney at a Colorado Democrat's election party at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Boulder, CO