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AP-GfK Poll: Afghan war support drops to new low

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low and is on par with support for the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, a bad sign for President Barack Obama as he argues that to end the war responsibly the United States must remain in Afghanistan another two years....

Obama: I support same-sex marriage

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
President Barack Obama, who previously said his views on the issue were "evolving," said Wednesday he supports same-sex marriage.
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NAACP launches voter registration push in Georgia

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
ATLANTA (AP) -- Saying it won't let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout, the NAACP on Wednesday launched a nationwide drive to register thousands of mostly minority, student and elderly voters before the Nov. 6 elections....

AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's popularity among women, minorities and independents is giving him an early edge over his likely GOP rival, Mitt Romney, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Is same-sex marriage too radical for America?

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
Tim Stanley says North Carolina vote may be the latest demonstration that Americans aren't quite ready for same-sex marriage. Like the ERA and civil rights movement, it could take decades
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In GOP, support for same-sex marriage is growing

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
Margaret Hoover says the tide is shifting in favor of allowing gay marriage despite Tuesday's North Carolina vote.
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Milwaukee mayor will try again to beat Walker

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Democrats' hope for ousting Scott Walker is a low-key, well-liked Milwaukee mayor whose last brush with fame came when he interceded in a fight outside the Wisconsin State Fair and got badly beaten with a tire iron....

Milwaukee mayor will try again to beat Walker

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Democrats' hope for ousting Scott Walker is a low-key, well-liked Milwaukee mayor whose last brush with fame came when he interceded in a fight outside the Wisconsin State Fair and got badly beaten with a tire iron....

Wis. recall leaders struggle to gain momentum

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Amid signs that the effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker is losing ground, Wisconsin Democrats and union leaders are preparing a fundraising and get-out-the-vote push to regain momentum in the final weeks before the June recall election....

Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after Texas

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-04 18:09
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger....
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