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FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on Americans, even though Obama's law is closely modeled on the plan Romney achieved in Massachusetts....

FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on Americans, even though Obama's law is closely modeled on the plan Romney achieved in Massachusetts....

Best of the Web Today: Obama's Base Play

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
Maybe his attack on the Supreme Court isn't quite as kooky as it seems.


Are courts being dragged into D.C. polarization?

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
The Justice Department is scrambling to meet a federal court's Thursday deadline to answer fundamental constitutional questions about the health care law championed by President Obama, an escalating political battle that has embroiled all three branches of government.
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Disappearance of 2 Fla. men gets new attention

TAMPA, Fla. — Felipe Santos, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, and Terrance Williams, a black man, had little in common until about eight years ago. That was when they disappeared three months apart in the Naples area, both of them right after crossing paths with sheriff's Deputy Steven Calkins.

Investigations ...

From Neuroses to Neurons

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
Using Viennese culture of the 20th century as a starting point, Eric Kandel examines the intersection of neuroscience and art in "The Age of Insight."


Romney: Obama can't run from his record

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
Mitt Romney raises questions about what the president's intentions are for the American people should he be re-elected.
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Obama: STOCK Act a step toward restoring trust

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
President Barack Obama signed legislation on Wednesday aimed at restoring Americans' faith in the nation's public institutions at a time they rank at record lows in opinion polls. The act bans insider trading by members of Congress and many executive branch employees.
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Republicans try to shut down talk of becoming VP

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans considered to be up-and-comers are scrambling to declare a lack of interest in becoming Mitt Romney's running mate....

Obama: There is a 'deficit of trust'

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
President Obama, while signing the STOCK Act, said there is more that needs to be done to close the deficit of trust.
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5 former New Orleans cops sentenced in Katrina killings

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon were convicted of firearms ...

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Rubio: 'I'm not going to be vice president'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Republican Mitt Romney will win the White House, but not with Rubio on the ticket....

Amputee vets inspire others on softball field

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 01:25
Tim Horton was 20 years old and on his first deployment in Iraq with the Marine Corps when a bomb exploded under the Humvee he was driving. It was February 5, 2005.
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