(2010-08-31) — Even though a new Gallup poll shows a generic Republican Congressional candidate up 10 points over a generic Democrat rival, the non-specific GOP hopeful today cautioned against overconfidence, and urged his ambiguous team of supporters to work hard all the way through election day.
“There are still a lot of voters out there who [...]

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(2010-08-19) — The White House today refused to comment on reports that President Barack Obama has considered seeking a fatwa — a kind of religious ruling — against the 24 percent of Americans who incorrectly think he’s a Muslim. However, the president did clarify that a fatwa, despite popular misconception, does not necessarily involve a [...]

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(2010-08-16) — After very nearly swimming in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend to reassure Americans of its safety following four months of catastrophic government warnings and frightening media reports, President Barack Obama is reportedly considering a plunge in the economy, according to a White House source.
“The president knows that Americans won’t vacation on the [...]

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(2010-08-09) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, who called the House back into session this week to pass a $26 billion bailout bill to help cash-strapped states pay for 140,000 teachers, said the legislation’s price tag “may sound like a lot of money, but the value of having all of those union members on our Democrat [...]

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(2010-06-08) — Christina Romer, head of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, has spent months helping the president to recover the nation from the Bush economic crisis, but today she announced that she’s making the transition from being “an agent of recovery, to a beneficiary of the president’s popular policies.”
Ms. Romer said that in [...]

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(2010-07-30) — Hours before his trial was set to begin in the House, veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, struck a deal late last night with the House ethics panel which has charged him with 13 violations of Congressional rules and federal law.
Under the terms of the agreement, Rep. Rangel, who claims he’s done nothing [...]

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(2010-07-29) — Admitting there’s no way to ask a visitor for identification without treating him like a criminal, President Obama today lifted the requirement that Secret Service, military and police personnel assigned to the White House be required to establish a visitor’s threat status before granting admittance.
The move comes just a day after a federal [...]

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