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GOP senators stave off primary foes
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Lamar Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014. Comment?
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, right, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, left, leave the White House in Washington with President Barack Obama, not shown, en route to New Hampshire for a town hall meeting. Comment?
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No hazardous material in letters to S.D. lawmakers
ABERDEEN – There weren’t any hazardous materials in suspicious envelopes sent to the Aberdeen offices of South Dakota’s congressional delegation, according to police. Comment?
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Ap Ceo calls records seizure unconstitutional
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Comment?
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Republicans continue beating Benghazi drum
After the White House released some 100 pages of emails documenting the development of talking points used to brief the public on the attack in Benghazi, Democrats brandished the disclosure as evidence that there was no attempt by the White House to airbrush or spin the administration's response for political advantage. Comment?
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Marriage and much more: How Minnesota's 2010 election mattered
Here is a surprising hypothesis: The 2012 referendum that rejected labeling marriage as being only between one man and one woman in the state Constitution was not the real referendum that propelled gay marriage toward being legalized in Minnesota. Comment?
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Despite 'shortage of common sense' in D.C., Obama expresses optimism
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Obama kicked off his fundraising tour for Senate Democrats on Sunday with a speaking gig in Atlanta, his first of six events for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee this year. Comment?
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
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Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. Comment?
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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
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A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers. Comment?
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
In this Jan.23, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Comment?
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US senator plans to lower student debt
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to relieve the debt burden of millions of students who have borrowed to pay for their education - especially New Yorkers, who average nearly $30,000 in student debt. Comment?
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Video: May 19: Pfeiffer, Cornyn, Chaffetz & Pruitt
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The latest on the Benghazi, IRS and AP leak investigations with White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. Comment?
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White House aide: 'Nothing that suggests' IRS official at center of scandal 'did anything wrong'
A besieged White House dug in its heels Sunday and defended figures at the center of the unfolding Internal Revenue Service scandal while reiterating that President Obama knew nothing of the misdeeds inside the agency. Comment?
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Obama cultivating "culture of cover-ups and intimidation," Cornyn says
Fielding controversies ranging from the attack last Sept. 11 in Benghazi, Libya to the targeting scandal at the Internal Revenue Service, President Obama is cultivating "a culture of cover-ups and intimidation," Sen. Comment?
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IRS scandal reopens rift over Obamacare; Nevada lawmakers entangled
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Sen. Harry Reid whispers to Sen. Dean Heller during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City on Monday, May 30, 2011. Comment?
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Obama Staggered by Recent Scandals: Polls Show the Public Is Incensed ...
State, National, International , posted by Freedom is more than just a word, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, 16 hours ago Yesterday's Gallup poll shows Obama with a 51-42 approval rating. Comment?
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Rand Paul claims revealing memo exists in IRS scandal
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While the Internal Revenue Service maintains it was not focusing on conservative groups out of political bias, Sen. Comment?
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Train crash could bring 'carmageddon' commute
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As investigators untangle the train crash Friday in Bridgeport, Conn., investigators are warning that Monday's commute could be a "carmageddon" of snarled road traffic for lack of rail service. Comment?
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NTSB investigators focus on 'fractured rail' in Connecticut train collision
Federal investigators ruled out foul play in a commuter train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that left more than 70 people injured and shut down service along the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor, officials said Saturday. Comment?
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In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64. Comment?
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