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Stimulus price tag rises again
The price tag of President Obama's stimulus ticked up slightly, to $833 billion, according to the latest report Thursday from the Congressional Budget Office.
Poll: Allen, Kaine now in literal dead heat
The 2012 Virginia Senate race has been within the margin of error for virtually the entire campaign, but Republican George Allen now has literally drawn even with Democrat Tim Kaine in a new poll from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling after narrowly trailing in the firm's previous five polls.
Lawmaker questions Holder on abusing FBI travel privileges
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and the ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants answers about whether Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and other senior Justice Department officials misused FBI aircraft, hindering the agency's investigations and ignoring a White House order to cut travel costs.
Poll: Akin trails McCaskill by 10 points
Missouri Rep. W. Todd Akin has plummeted in a new poll, falling 10 points behind Sen. Claire McCaskill in a survey taken after he made controversial comments about rape.
Obama campaign to accept donations by text message
The Obama campaign announced Thursday that it will soon allow supporters to donate by mobile phone, making it the first campaign ever to do so.
Romney: Mass. health care reform 'an important accomplishment'
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has made no secret of his distaste for President Obama's health care law, repeatedly vowing to give states an immediate waiver from it should he win election and to work to repeal the entire law.
Brown up by 7 points in new Ohio Senate poll
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown leads his Republican challenger by 7 percentage points in the hotly contested Ohio Senate race, a new poll released Thursday shows.
Poll: Swing-state voters prefer current Medicare over Ryan plan
Nearly two-thirds of Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin voters prefer the current Medicare system over a proposed privatized voucher system supported by Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to a poll released Thursday.
Navy injury updates: Aiken back by Penn State?
Wideout suffered knee injury during scrimmage
Clinton goes it alone in new Obama ad
Former President Bill Clinton appears alone in a new ad for President Obama's campaign, touting Mr. Obama's vision as Republican candidate Mitt Romney's campaign continues to use Mr. Clinton's landmark welfare reform during his time as president to attack the current one.
Washington Times’ Ralph Z. Hallow to lead discussions live each day from 2012 Republican National Convention
The Washington Times’ Ralph Z. Hallow will lead webcast discussions on conservative philosophy and GOP policy with distinguished guests and a panel of experts from 5:00 to 6:00 PM each day.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Pro-life attorney conceived in rape debates pro-choice attorney Gloria Allred
CNN's Piers Morgan invited pro-choice attorney Gloria Allred and pro-life attorney Rebecca Kiessling on his program Tuesday night. Allred, who had become pregnant through a rape and decided to have an abortion, debated Kiessling whose biological mother was raped at knife-point and almost decided to abort Kiessling via back-alley abortion. Both Allred and Kiessling's mother made their decisions at a time when abortion was illegal in their respective states.
MILLER: Gun training
Illinois is the only state in the country that denies all rights to carry arms. When I arrived there this week, however, I felt like I was free compared to the District. To get better at shooting, I took a ladies self-defense training course taught by Rob Pincus at the Winchester Company in the Prairie State.
9 for 9?: Economic model correctly picks last 8 presidents, predicts Romney win
A University of Colorado economic model that has correctly predicted the last eight presidential elections shows Mitt Romney emerging as the victor in 2012.
Analyzing Maryland's nonconference basketball schedule
Terps release rest of slate Wednesday afternoon.
PICKET: Establishment and grassroots conservatives start rallying around Ann Wagner to replace Akin
Could Missouri Republican Ann Wagner be the answer that GOP'ers are looking for? Although the first deadline passed for embattled Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri Republican, to withdraw from his U.S. Senate race against Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, without a court order and a fine, grassroots and Washington D.C. establishment conservatives I have spoken to are beginning to rally behind Ann Wagner.
Maryland basketball conference schedule released
Terps play first two league games in College Park
Polls: Thompson leads Baldwin in Wisconsin Senate race
Fresh off his Republican Senate primary victory last week, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson appears to be favored in this fall's general election, according to two polls released Wednesday.
Poll: McMahon jumps to lead in Conn. Senate race
After consistently trailing in polls for the past year, Connecticut Republican Linda McMahon has taken the lead in her state's U.S. Senate race, according to a poll released Wednesday.
