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Obama ad links Romney to outsourcing, Swiss bank account
The Obama campaign began airing an ad Tuesday that portrays Mitt Romney as a man who outsourced jobs and tried to hide a Swiss bank account.
New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism
The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, "Forward" — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.
Obama campaign reveals new slogan, passes on Biden suggestion
Obama campaign officials ignored the advice of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., when they unveiled the campaign's new slogan Monday: "Forward."
GOP lawmakers say administration is ignoring Medicare questions
Three Republican senators say the Obama administration isn't answering their questions about how it's spending billions of dollars earmarked under the health care law to improve Medicare.
Presidential Medal of Freedom winners to include Albright, Dylan and Glenn
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, musician Bob Dylan and astronaut John Glenn were among a select group of 13 Americans named by President Obama Thursday as the latest recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Federal employees union fires back at Romney
A government employees union is blasting Mitt Romney's list of "unfair" government spending after the presumptive Republican presidential nominee complained that government workers get "better pay and benefits than the taxpayers they serve."
Poll: Lugar trails primary opponent
Veteran Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, is trailing his primary challenger by 5 percentage points in a new poll released Thursday.
Boehner says Obama campaigned on taxpayer money
House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that President Obama misused taxpayer money this week when he visited three college campuses and demanded Congress extend student loan subsidies.
Team Obama takes early shot at Portman as veep choice
The Obama campaign already has its talking points cued up if presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney chooses Ohio Sen. Rob Portman as his running mate.
Student: Obama drink mishap not my fault
The college student whose yogurt drink spilled on President Obama in Colorado said Wednesday that a photographer actually was responsible for the mishap.
Hoyer says Democrats will take back House
The No. 2 Democrat in the House said Tuesday his party will overcome its 52-seat disadvantage and take control of the chamber after the November elections.
Top Republican senator boycotts immigration hearing
Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, said he won't take part in Tuesday's Judiciary Committee hearing on Arizona's immigration law and said the whole exercise — coming a day before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the law — smacks of another effort to pressure the justices.
Romney noncommittal on Rubio's Dream Act
Mitt Romney said Monday that he's "studying" the proposal being drafted by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to legalize some of the children of illegal immigrants brought here through not fault of their own — signaling a potential shift in the hardline immigration stance the presumptive GOP nominee staked out in the primary contest.
Obama to make appearance on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'
President Obama will make his first appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" this week, his third time on late-night television.
Giuliani the latest skeptic to embrace Romney
Just months after calling former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the kind of "man who will say anything to become president," former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsed Mr. Romney for president on Monday, arguing that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee provides a "clear contrast to President Obama."
