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Obama to thank Bush for Africa AIDS work
President Obama plans to thank predecessor George W. Bush Tuesday for his efforts against HIV and AIDS in Africa, saying the Republican deserves "enormous credit" for saving millions of lives.
Axelrod pokes fun at Palin floating an exit from GOP
A former senior adviser to President Obama mocked ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Monday for dangling the idea over the weekend that she is open to ditching the GOP and launching a "Freedom Party."
Jeb Bush to House lawmakers: Improve and pass Senate immigration bill
Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and a potential 2016 presidential candidate, says that House Republicans should improve and then pass the immigration bill that passed out of the Democrat-led Senate last week.
Obama, Bush to meet in Tanzania
President Obama and former President George W. Bush will likely meet Tuesday in Tanzania at a wreath-laying, White House officials said Monday.
Obama: 19 deceased firefighters in Arizona are 'heroes'
President Obama on Monday mourned the loss 19 firefighters who were killed in the line of duty while fighting wildfires in a forest northwest of Phoenix, calling them "heroes" and the incident a "terrible tragedy."
Latino population rising in California, to equal whites by mid-2013, demographers say
The number of Latinos living in California will soon equal — and later outnumber — the white population living there, marking a dramatic shift in the state's demographics that has occurred in recent decades.
Rep. Trey Gowdy: Only Jack Bauer could coax truth from the IRS
There may be only one man who can get to the bottom of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.
Obama says it's wrong time to visit Kenya
President Obama said Saturday the "timing" wasn't right for him to visit his father's homeland of Kenya, where a new government is still in turbulent transition.
Obama plans Kenyan 'virtual' town hall meeting
President Obama will hold a virtual town-hall meeting with young people in Kenya Saturday, even though the president isn't visiting his father's homeland during his week-long tour of Africa.
Key Republican: Senate immigration bill won't pressure House
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Florida Republican who has been working on an immigration bill with a bipartisan secretive group in the House, said the pressure for the House to act will come voters and from a broken immigration system, not from senators telling the House to pass the Senate bill.
Boehner: Senate bill still DOA in House
House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that the Senate's immigration bill, which is poised to pass later in the afternoon, is still not going anywhere in the House.
GOP lawmaker blames new USDA school snack regs for 'death' of the tater tot
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new school snack rules are designed to replace foods of little nutritional value with low-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables and lean proteins. But not everyone is enthused.
26 percent of Obama supporters say tea party greatest terrorist threat: poll
About half of all voters see radical Muslims as the biggest terrorist threat to the country, but among those who approve of President Obama's performance, the tea party is not far behind, according to a new poll.
Sen. Tim Kaine: Virginia vote on same-sex marriage could be different today
In 2006, Virginians voted 57 percent to 43 percent for a constitutional ban on gay marriage in the state, but Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine says that just 6½ years later, the outcome could be different
Obamacare in critical condition as support collapses
As the Obama administration kicks its public relations effort for the implementation of Mr. Obama's health care law into high gear, new numbers from Gallup show that 52 percent of Americans disapprove of the law, compared to 44 percent who approve of it.
