May 2012
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“I am also pleased, Mr. President, that when you are wandering these halls as you...”
– Former President George W. Bush to President Obama, at the unveiling of his official portrait at the White House.
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens leveled new criticism against the court’s landmark 2010 ruling on campaign financing, saying it had allowed corporations to ramp up spending and non-voters to influence the outcome of elections.
Stevens, who dissented from the “Citizens United” ruling, said it had increased the importance of cash in contested elections, opened the...
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About one-third of American women believe there is a broad effort under way to limit their access to reproductive services including contraception, family planning and abortion, according to a new poll.
After months of election-year culture wars over Planned Parenthood, abortion and President Barack Obama’s policy on contraceptives, researchers said 42 percent of women have felt strongly...
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“If Obama is moved to pity or anger by all those corpses piling up in the streets...”
– Lee Smith, in his column, “What would Romney do about Syria?”
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As governor, Romney picked winners and losers of...
Mitt Romney is hammering President Obama for playing favorites with green-tech companies, but as governor of Massachusetts, he favored some industries and singled out individual firms for special favors.
Romney, a former private equity executive, backed tax breaks for film makers and biotech and medical-device manufacturers. His administration promoted venture capital-style funds that extended...
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President Obama with recipients of the...
Musician Bob DylanNovelist Toni Morrison Former University of Tennessee basketball coach Pat SummittFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Civil rights worker Dolores Huerta Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul StevensAstronaut and former Senator John Glenn Assistant Attorney General John Doar, who ran the Civil Rights Division of the Department of JusticePhysician and epidemiologist...
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Barack Obama Being Adorable with Adorable Children
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“The problem with the draconian austerity package Romney has in mind come January...”
– Nicholas Wapshott, in his column, “Is Mitt Romney the last true believer in austerity?”
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“Yesterday, reporters asked me how much money we’ll spend. It’ll be a...”
– Thomas Donohue, the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is planning its most aggressive push yet to send business-friendly lawmakers to Washington.
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Supreme Court to hear government eavesdropping...
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an Obama administration appeal arguing that attorneys, journalists and human rights groups have no right to sue over a law making it easier for intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on foreign communications.
The justices said they would review a ruling by a U.S. appeals court in New York that the plaintiffs have the legal right to proceed with their challenge to a...
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Romney super PAC raises less, but still tops...
The pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future raised $3.9 million in April — less than half of its haul in March — but still far ahead of its Democratic counterpart, Alina Selyukh and Alexander Cohen report.
Restore Our Future had $8.2 million in cash on hand at the end of the latest reporting period, filings with the Federal Election Commission showed on Sunday.
The pro-Obama group,...
NAACP board endorses rights of same-sex couples to... →
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Metro Weekly: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People board of directors stated in a resolution that the national civil-rights organization “support[s] marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.” Today’s move represents the first time the organization took a...
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“There is actually a powerful economic argument for equal rights. If you believe...”
– Chrystia Freeland, in her column, “Equal rights and the U.S. economy”
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Three anti-NATO protesters face terrorism charges
Three anti-NATO protesters arrested in a late-night raid days before start of the 60-nation summit have been charged with terrorism for possession of explosive devices, Eric Johnson reports.
But supporters of the three men arrested Wednesday evening at a residence in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago disputed the charges and said the police had confused beer-making equipment with...
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Romney gives money to his own election campaign, Alina Selyukh reports:
Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, have each chipped in $75,000 to help his effort to beat President Obama in November.
This is the first known donation by Romney to his own election bid in this campaign. In 2008 Romney self-funded with more than $44 million toward his failed presidential run.
The sum of $75,000 is the...
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Americans split on Obama’s gay marriage decision
31 percent view Obama more favorably because of his support for gay marriage, while 30 percent view him less favorably, a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. Forty percent of respondents said it has no impact on their view of the president.
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