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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Major contributors to a key Republican political organization founded by political strategist Karl Rove have boosted their financial support for Mitt Romney, signaling that the GOP's big money may be starting to coalesce around Romney's candidacy, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of federal election data released Tuesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Major contributors to a key Republican political organization founded by political strategist Karl Rove have boosted their financial support for Mitt Romney, signaling that the GOP's big money may be starting to coalesce around Romney's candidacy, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of federal election data released Tuesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Tuesday by winning the Republican presidential primary in Illinois....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voters hunting a candidate who can defeat President Barack Obama and with the proper experience helped vault Mitt Romney to victory Tuesday in Illinois' presidential primary, according to preliminary results of an exit poll of voters. His win was also powered by robust margins from people worried about the economy and federal deficits....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mixing deep cuts to safety-net programs for the poor with politically risky cost curbs for Medicare, Republicans controlling the House unveiled an election-year budget blueprint Tuesday that paints clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mixing deep cuts to safety-net programs for the poor with politically risky cost curbs for Medicare, Republicans controlling the House unveiled an election-year budget blueprint Tuesday that paints clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mixing deep cuts to safety-net programs for the poor with politically risky cost curbs for Medicare, Republicans controlling the House unveiled an election-year budget blueprint Tuesday that paints clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A battle for the Republican presidential nomination that slogs on for months more? If that's what it takes for their candidate to prevail, most voters in Tuesday's Illinois GOP primary say it's not a problem....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....

A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Tuesday, March 20, 2012:...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has whittled his campaign debt down to $17,500....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mixing deep cuts to safety-net programs for the poor with politically risky cost curbs for Medicare, Republicans controlling the House unveiled an election-year budget blueprint Tuesday that paints clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama will make a first visit as president to the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Robert De Niro opened a fundraiser starring Michelle Obama by listing her Republican rivals and jokingly suggesting that America isn't "ready for a white first lady." Newt Gingrich was not amused, and the Obama campaign says the quip was inappropriate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Robert De Niro opened a fundraiser starring Michelle Obama by listing her Republican rivals and jokingly suggesting that America isn't "ready for a white first lady." Newt Gingrich was not amused, and the Obama campaign says the quip was inappropriate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Robert De Niro opened a fundraiser starring Michelle Obama by listing her Republican rivals and jokingly suggesting that America isn't "ready for a white first lady." Newt Gingrich was not amused, and the Obama campaign says the quip was inappropriate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Robert De Niro opened a fundraiser starring Michelle Obama by listing her Republican rivals and jokingly suggesting that America isn't "ready for a white first lady." Newt Gingrich was not amused, and the Obama campaign says the quip was inappropriate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative House Republicans on Tuesday set up what appears to be a potential re-run of last year's turbulent domestic policy fight with President Barack Obama, putting forward an election-year budget manifesto that would blend steep social program cuts with reduced tax rates....