Topic: U.S. Politics
US President Barack Obama's overall popularity has slipped to a new low but his approval ratings are still ahead of current Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich, a poll showed Wednesday.The ABC News/Washington Post poll said the "unfavorable" views of Obama hit 49 percent, ...
DES MOINES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney put his money where his mouth was on Saturday in a quip at a presidential debate that may have backfired.Romney, a multi-millionaire and a frontrunner for the Republican nomination, offered a $10,000 bet ...
Rick Perry on Friday criticized President Barack Obama on repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'Rick Perry on Friday criticized President Barack Obama on repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the recently ended policy that for 18 years banned gay and bisexual troops ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House rejected on Friday the latest proposal from Republicans in Congress on a payroll tax cut, saying its costs needed to be offset in a balanced away and not with budget cuts exempting the rich."We are open ...
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is ramping up his campaign in the key early primary state of New Hampshire in an attempt to undercut a stronghold of Republican rival Mitt Romney.Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker, has picked ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Thursday beat back Democratic President Barack Obama's pick to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and each party accused the other of holding consumers hostage to politics.Democrats were able to muster only 53 of the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich has taken double-digit leads over his Republican rivals in three states, according to a poll on Thursday.Gingrich, former House of Representatives speaker and recent frontrunner in the Republican nominating race, polled ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt ...
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the "gaping inequality" facing the middle class was the "defining issue of our time" in a passionate outline of his 2012 reelection message.Obama traveled to Kansas in a bid to commandeer the aura of barnstorming president ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration released new guidelines on Friday aimed at promoting diversity and reducing racial isolation in education, replacing the policy adopted in 2008 under then-President George W. Bush.Administration officials said the new guidance makes clear that educators may ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday urged Cuba to immediately release jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross, saying it was "past time" to allow him to return home."Cuban authorities have failed in their effort to use Mr. Gross as a pawn ...
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