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Aug 26 2014
News
Obama Promises 'Culture of Accountability' at VA Hospitals
His standing with veterans damaged by scandal, President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his administration's response to Veterans Affairs lapses that delayed health care for thousands of former service members, but conceded more needed to be done to regain their trust.
His appearance also had deep political overtones in a state where the Democratic senator, Kay Hagan, is facing a
Newsmax (News)Jul 14 2013
News
N.J. Gov. Christie walks a fine line on gay marriage
As activists push states to recognize gay marriages, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — conservative Republican governor in a blue state and a 2016 presidential possibility — is walking a fine line between two electorates and two elections.
Christie vetoed same-sex marriage legislation last year and severely criticized the Supreme Court's decision striking down a ban on federal rights for
USA TODAYJul 17 2012
News
The dark art of negative ads
One reason so many campaign contributions end up funding negative advertisements  all that footage of a teenage Mitt Romney shaving the heads of gay classmates or young Barack Obama heading off with his lunchbox to a madrassa in Indonesia  is because the pleasure of elections is to say no to some person or idea.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78595.
PoliticoAug 23 2014
News
The Story That Rush Limbaugh Says Wouldn’t Have ‘Surprised’ the Media If They ‘Bothered to Listen to Me’ in 2008
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh went after President Barack Obama on Thursday over reports that he went to play a round of golf immediately after issuing a statement on beheaded photojournalist James Foley.
Limbaugh first went to the audio archives of his radio show, playing a 2008 clip of him describing Obama as “cold” and “devoid of passion” like a “programmed robot” before he
The BlazeJul 12 2012
News
In polarized Washington, two worlds apart
Even in an election year, the current dysfunction in Washington reflects a worsening partisan divide that has created what amounts to parallel political universes seemingly unable to comprehend or deal with each other. In one, President Barack Obama and Democrats battle Republican obstruction that they say stunts their plans for economic recovery and advancing equal opportunity for all
CNN DigitalJul 10 2012
News
June: Team Romney $106 Million, Team Obama $71 Million
The official fundraising results are in for June. Team Obama: $71 million. Team Romney $106 million.
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic partners raised some $71 million in June, a campaign official said on Monday.
The figures put Obama, the Democratic incumbent, well below his opponent, Republican Mitt Romney, whose campaign and partners raised $106.
TownhallMar 19 2015
News
Netanyahu Back To Barely Pretending He Supports A Two-State Solution
Fresh off his party's victory in this week's parliamentary election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday walked back a statement from earlier this week in which he had ruled out a "two-state" solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"I haven't changed my policy," Netanyahu said Thursday in an interview with NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea
HuffPostSep 06 2015
News
Clinton rallies around gender appeal
In a state with a history of electing women to its highest offices, and on the 20th anniversary of her famous speech in Beijing, where as First Lady she declared “women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights,” Hillary Clinton defined the entire economic agenda of her 2016 campaign as a women's issue. For the Democratic front-runner, the backdrop for her speech had
PoliticoFeb 18 2024
Headline Roundup
Big Tech Announces Pledge to Combat Voter Manipulation by AI
Several tech giants have signed an agreement to work collaboratively to address the issue of deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) being used to interfere with this year's global elections.
The Details: A group of 20 companies, including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Snap, TikTok, and X, pledged to create tools to counteract the distribution of manipulative AI-
Washington Examiner Reuters USA TODAYJun 07 2016
Opinion
Can love conquer politics? Democrat-Republican marriages in California
In an era of increasingly polarized politics, Republicans and Democrats still manage to find enough common ground for romance—even marriage—though not very often. On the eve of the 2016 primary election, here’s an approximate look at California’s mixed political pairs. At least one study suggests such unions could have implications for Tuesday’s voting. Using voter registration records to
CalMatters