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THE RACE: Obama and Romney fight over budget goals

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity and Democratic appeals for more spending to promote jobs and growth with tax hikes on high-income earners. It mirrors a fight raging in Europe....

THE RACE: Endorsements slow as Romney closes in

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
As Mitt Romney closes in on nailing down the Republican presidential nomination, endorsements from prominent Republicans are slowing to a trickle. And some endorsements come with noticeable reservations....

Obama jokes with Clooney at star's gala fundraiser

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense....

Obama's Fuzzy Electoral Math

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
By James Freeman It's hard to believe that President Obama's new support for gay marriage is animated by deeply held convictions.


Obama team was lying in wait for Romney

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
With Mitt Romney's victories in the April 24 Republican primaries, a new phase of the campaign began at Obama re-election headquarters in Chicago. Obama for America finally had what it had been waiting for: an opponent.
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Finding bin Laden -- more Agatha Christie than "24"

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
Peter Bergen says much of the key evidence leading to bin Laden wasn't produced by coercive interrogations.
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Video: Walker explains divide, conquer strategy

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Newly-released documentary film footage from January 2011 shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker describing a "divide and conquer" strategy for going after the state's public employee unions that would begin with going after their collective bargaining rights....

Inside Clooney's $15 million fundraiser

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
Hollywood pulled off another blockbuster as a star-studded guest list delivered $15 million into the campaign coffers of President Barack Obama Thursday night.
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NJ.com: "Trucker found with 364 pounds of marijuana doesn't have to reveal BlackBerry password, N.J. court rules"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42

NJ.com: Trucker found with 364 pounds of marijuana doesn't have to reveal BlackBerry password, N.J. court rules by AP:

MOUNT OLIVE — Police in northern New Jersey can't force a California trucker accused of hauling marijuana to reveal his password to unlock his BlackBerry.

A judge in Morristown on Thursday ruled that disclosing the password would violate the trucker's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

How Obama made his same-sex marriage decision

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 05:42
White House officials gave mixed signals this week on just how and when the president would roll out his support for gay marriage.
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