Democrats turn guns on GOP over Medicare

Democratic committee's ad suggests seniors would have to strip in order to afford health care costs if GOP plan passed

• Apr 19, 2011

House to pay up to $520 per hour to defend DOMA

Defending federal ban on same-sex marriage could cost up to $500,000; Democrats call it Republican "boondoggle"

• Apr 19, 2011

CEOs got 23% pay raise in 2010, study shows

With the nation's top CEOs raking in an average $11.4M in compensation, labor leaders are denouncing GOP efforts to roll back Wall Street reform

• Apr 19, 2011

Obama jokes: I'm re-thinking tax breaks for rich

President quips that looking at how much he owed prompted him to reassess support for raising rates on highest earners

• Apr 19, 2011

Supreme Court hears new global warming case

Obama admin. sides with power plants against environmentalists over question: Can courts regulate greenhouse gases if EPA doesn't?

• Apr 19, 2011

Obama goes local to sell deficit reduction plan

Sidestepping White House press corps, Obama sits for interviews with local reporters

• Apr 19, 2011

Obama invokes bridge collapse in hit on GOP plan

President says GOP deficit-reduction plan would cut transportation funding by a third, points to Minnesota bridge tragedy in lamenting aging infrastructure

• Apr 19, 2011

GOP official sorry for sending Obama chimp image

Republican official apologizes for sending email deemed racist, says she has no plans to step down

• Apr 19, 2011

Prescription drug abuse called "health epidemic"

Prescription drug abuse has become second-leading cause of accidental death, according to the office of National Drug Control Policy

• Apr 19, 2011

Trump called tax-hiking liberal for past beliefs

Donald Trump says he's strongly against the president's health care reforms, even though he previously supported universal health care

• Apr 19, 2011

Romney: Obama "playing chicken" with economy

Likely presidential candidate slams Obama's handling of economy, says his presidency has been "downgraded"

• Apr 19, 2011

George W. Bush to honor veterans on bike ride

Former president will host "Warrior 100," a 100-kilometer bike ride to honor men and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan

• Apr 19, 2011

Arizona gov. vetoes presidential "birther" bill

Bill would have required presidential candidates to prove U.S. citizenship before names could appear on state's ballot

• Apr 18, 2011

Ariz. vetoes gun bill on campus rights of way

Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes bill to allow guns to be carried on public rights of way on public college campuses

• Apr 18, 2011

Wall Street sounds alarm on U.S. government

Standard & Poor's lowers U.S. credit outlook to "negative;" Rising cost of borrowing money could trickle through economy

• Apr 18, 2011

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