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09/04/2010 03:28 PM
President Obama's former auto czar, Steven Rattner, tried to recruit Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-born, Lebanese descendant, to run General Motors, a one-time symbol of American success, Rattner wrote in his new tell-all book about the federal bailout of GM and Chrysler.
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09/04/2010 09:01 AM
If Republicans regain control of the House in November, some have vowed to launch investigations into controversies that Democrats have tried to ignore, including the New Black Panther voter intimidation case and the activities of the community activist group ACORN.
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09/04/2010 07:53 AM
The internal squabble among Delaware Republicans heated up Friday in the run-up to a contentious Senate primary, as the state Republican Party dropped the L-word -- liar -- in calling out Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell over her alleged financial problems.
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09/04/2010 07:29 AM
Faced with an economy that won't kick into gear, President Obama nonetheless took to the airwaves Saturday to outline what he's done to help the middle class as crucial midterm elections loom.
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09/04/2010 07:05 AM
Nearly a dozen states have filed a legal brief in support of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
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09/04/2010 12:51 AM
With the job market stuck in neutral, the Obama administration is moving toward using the revenue from expiring tax cuts for the wealthy to finance about $35 billion of tax cuts for small businesses and workers, administration and congressional officials said Friday.
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09/03/2010 10:22 PM
The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday.
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09/03/2010 08:29 PM
Louisiana health officials suspended an abortion clinic's license Friday, the first time the state has used its new authority to shut down such a facility over health and safety concerns.
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09/03/2010 06:56 PM
A Wyoming man has given more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement measure in court, Gov. Jan Brewer's office said Thursday.
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09/03/2010 05:47 PM
Louisiana Democrats are seizing on Sen. David Vitter's role in a 2007 prostitution scandal for a new campaign attack ad that seeks to cut into the Louisiana Republican's commanding lead over his election opponents.
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09/03/2010 03:52 PM
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday she was wrong when she claimed that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert as part of border-related violence.
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09/03/2010 02:19 PM
Two oil rig fires in less than five months in the Gulf of Mexico has spurred environmental groups and some lawmakers out of the woodwork to pressure the Obama administration to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.
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09/03/2010 01:54 PM
A shadowy group calling itself "The Tea Party" won't be allowed on the state's November ballot after a Friday order from the Michigan Supreme Court.
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09/03/2010 01:39 PM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning that the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.
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09/03/2010 12:57 PM
Finally, an issue both Democrats and Republicans agree on: term limits. Nearly 8 in 10 American voters like the idea of imposing fixed time limits in office for all members of Congress -- including their own senators and representatives.
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09/03/2010 12:49 PM
With the mid-term elections just two months away, the state of the economy continues to dominate other concerns for most American voters.
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09/03/2010 12:47 PM
The former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $840,000 from a variety of political committees, including more than $670,000 from the NRCC itself.
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09/03/2010 12:44 PM
Two months before Election Day, a new Fox News poll finds that more voters still disapprove than approve of President Obama’s job performance, but his approval rating is up a couple points from its summer lows.
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09/03/2010 12:34 PM
The Sestak campaign said Friday that the president will appear at a Sept. 20 fundraising event in Philadelphia for the Democrat.
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09/03/2010 12:28 PM
Despite its contentious history, most American voters appear to have made a positive judgment about the country’s efforts in Iraq.
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