Politics

Financier Stanford convicted in $7 billion fraud

HOUSTON — Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas and made him fabulously wealthy, was convicted Tuesday of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme he operated for 20 years.

A day after telling U.S. District Judge David ...

What's so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the busiest day of the Republican race for president, but this Super Tuesday probably won't settle much....

What's so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the busiest day of the Republican race for president, but this Super Tuesday probably won't settle much....

What's so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the busiest day of the Republican race for president, but this Super Tuesday probably won't settle much....

Romney: Real change is on the way

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
Mitt Romney used one of President Obama's lines in addressing his supporters after winning the Massachusetts GOP primary.
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Santorum on defensive as race turns to Louisiana

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) -- Facing heightened pressure to revive his presidential bid, Rick Santorum was forced to explain another apparent misstep as he courted Louisiana voters Friday, the eve of a critical contest in a Republican nomination battle that increasingly favors Mitt Romney....

Santorum huddles with conservatives

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum met privately with conservative leaders on Thursday to craft plans to try to stop Mitt Romney's march to the nomination. Pressuring rival Newt Gingrich to leave the race was part of their overall strategy....

GOP hopefuls brandish their pro-Israel credentials

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican presidential hopefuls brandished their pro-Israel credentials, accusing President Barack Obama of weakness with Iran, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked Mideast strategy with congressional leaders....

Romney says he'll do 'opposite' on Israel

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Standing in front of his campaign tour bus, Mitt Romney on Saturday told religious conservatives he would do "the opposite" of what President Barack Obama has done on Israel....

Postcard form Paris: The marvel of the U.S. election

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
You thought maybe le foot (soccer) was the national sport of France? Wrong. It's la politique. And this year there's a doubleheader! For the first time since 1988, the U.S. and France are holding presidential elections in the same year.
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Santorum: Ohio is 'my roots'

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks to supporters in Ohio on Super Tuesday
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Race for the next presidential birthplace

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
The fate of the country for the next four years could be decided by whichever Republican presidential contender comes out on top this Super Tuesday. A big deal? Perhaps. But for travelers interested in all things presidential, the real race is for the next presidential birthplace.
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GOP candidates make time for AIPAC

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
Republican presidential hopefuls who derided President Barack Obama's speech before a powerful pro-Israel lobby group will get their own chance on Tuesday to address the group.
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Politicians riff on grandmas, bill names

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
Santorum defends scrappy grandmas, President Obama settles in for a long speech and Sen. McCain wants shorter bill names.
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A CNN first: Inside a virtual GOP convention

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
CNN's Tom Foreman takes you inside a virtual GOP convention.
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What's at stake on Super Tuesday?

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
CNN's John King breaks down what's in play and what's at stake in today's Super Tuesday voting across 10 states and what it will mean for the Republican presidential race.
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81-year-old R.I. woman is $336.4 million Powerball winner

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — An 81-year-old woman from Newport, R.I., won last month's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible until coming forward to claim the sixth-largest U.S. prize on Tuesday, a family representative said.

At a news conference at state lottery ...

Expert: Webcam spying suspect's computer used in chat

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers University computer system manager told jurors on Tuesday that it appears the computer of a former student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man was used in two video chats on Sept. 21, 2010.

That ...

Gingrich: 'I'm the tortoise'

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
Newt Gingrich told his supporters he is "the tortoise that takes it one step at a time"
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GOP hopefuls brandish their pro-Israel credentials

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican presidential hopefuls brandished their pro-Israel credentials, accusing President Barack Obama of weakness with Iran, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked Mideast strategy with congressional leaders....
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