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AP Top Political News At 12:32 p.m. EDT
Updated: 12 years 21 weeks ago

Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....

Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....

Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....

Ethics problems lose edge as re-election issue

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan is fighting off a congressional ethics investigation linked to a former business partner and campaign donations. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is battling a charge of impropriety about work she might have done to benefit her husband....

Romney kicks off bus tour across critical Ohio

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
BRUNSWICK, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney kicked off his three-stop bus tour of Ohio by telling rain-soaked voters in the battleground state that the country is about to get "a little brighter."...

In many statehouses, GOP confronts dissension

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republicans set out a bold conservative agenda after taking control of state capitols across the Midwest and South in the last general election. They wanted to cut taxes and spending, put new limits on labor unions, crack down on illegal immigrants and give parents more alternatives to traditional public schools....

In many statehouses, GOP confronts dissension

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republicans set out a bold conservative agenda after taking control of state capitols across the Midwest and South in the last general election. They wanted to cut taxes and spending, put new limits on labor unions, crack down on illegal immigrants and give parents more alternatives to traditional public schools....

Calif. lawmakers set budget vote as deadline looms

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California lawmakers have scheduled a Friday budget vote on their plan to balance a $15.7 billion deficit as they run up against a constitutional deadline or risk losing their pay....

New Obama policy will spare some from deportation

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his plan to stop deporting younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children will make the system "more fair, more efficient and more just."...

THE RACE: Presidential slogan wars are heating up

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
Mitt Romney is on an "Every Town Counts" bus tour rolling across six states won in 2008 by Barack Obama and now being courted by Republicans....

THE RACE: Presidential slogan wars are heating up

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
Mitt Romney is on an "Every Town Counts" bus tour rolling across six states won in 2008 by Barack Obama and now being courted by Republicans....

Administration sparing some from deportation

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses a top priority of an influential Latino electorate that has been vocal in its opposition to administration deportation policies....

In many statehouses, GOP confronts dissention

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republicans set out a bold conservative agenda after taking control of state capitols across the Midwest and South in the last general election. They wanted to cut taxes and spending, put new limits on labor unions, crack down on illegal immigrants and give parents more alternatives to traditional public schools....

Calif. lawmakers set budget vote as deadline looms

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California lawmakers have scheduled a Friday budget vote on their plan to balance a $15.7 billion deficit as they run up against a constitutional deadline or risk losing their pay....

FACT CHECK: Where Obama, Romney missed mark

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....

FACT CHECK: Where Obama, Romney missed mark

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....

FACT CHECK: Where Obama, Romney missed mark

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....

FACT CHECK: Where Obama, Romney missed mark

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....

FACT CHECK: Where Obama, Romney missed mark

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....

Young millionaire's PAC seeks influence in races

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- College student John Ramsey stands out in a new campaign finance world order filled with big names like Republican casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Democratic Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg....