 | Obama campaign asks fundraisers to back super PAC
President Barack Obama is urging his top supporters to give to a Democratic super political action committee which can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections.
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 | Romney: No Komen money for Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he doesn't think a prominent breast cancer charity should continue giving grants to the organization because it provides abortion services.
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 | Gov. Perry ventures back into public eye
Rick Perry is breaking his silence after abandoning his run the GOP presidential nomination last month.
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 | Gingrich: Nation needs a better choice
Republican Newt Gingrich says he's the candidate offering voters a stark fall choice against President Barack Obama.
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 | Senate passes FAA bill
The Senate has passed a compromise bill that speeds up the Federal Aviation Administration's switch from old-fashioned radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology. It also requires opening U.S. skies to drone flights within four years.
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 | Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge
Mitt Romney is dispatching top surrogates to attack rival Rick Santorum over Santorum's past support for spending on pork-barrel projects.
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 | Surgeons pleased with Kirk's improvement
Doctors say Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has been upgraded to good condition and is continuing to improve after a major stroke.
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 | Santorum will be on Indiana ballot
GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum's campaign says it's found enough valid signatures to get his name on the state's ballot.
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 | Hoekstra's broken English ad draws more criticism
A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies.
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 | Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits
President Barack Obama's proposed cuts in the military pose a tough test for lawmakers who arrived in Washington demanding budget cuts.
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