Hispanic mega-donors launch group
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Conservative groups vs. Boehner
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Wal-Mart cuts off Huffington Post
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Report: Armey quits FreedomWorks
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Obama wants DWS to stay at DNC
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The DNC will meet a day after President Obama’s inauguration to elect party officers.
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What happens to @PaulRyanVP?
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Retaking his Twitter followers is more complicated than simply nabbing the password.
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House to get briefing on Benghazi
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It'll be the latest chance for every member to hear from the intelligence community about the attack.
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Electricity group snags lawmaker
By ERICA MARTINSON | 12/3/12 9:57 PM EST
Causes include opposition to EPA pollution rules.
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Schweikert booted from finance panel
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JAKE SHERMAN | 12/3/12 3:54 PM EST
Aides claim the move stems from the lawmaker voting against GOP House leadership too often.
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By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and KATE NOCERA | 12/3/12 7:50 AM EST
The ’80s-baby lawmakers are coming to Washington.
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Obama warns Syria on weapons
By REID J. EPSTEIN | 12/3/12 5:16 PM EST
Obama says there would be consequences for using them.
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Schwarzenegger on Showtime
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA | 12/3/12 5:39 PM EST
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W.H.: Obama hasn't picked Cabinet
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 12/3/12 3:26 PM EST
The president hasn't finalized any picks for his second-term Cabinet, Jay Carney says.
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Govs to meet with Boehner
By JAKE SHERMAN | 12/3/12 10:56 AM EST
The same bipartisan group of governors that is meeting with Obama will huddle with the speaker.
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A food stamp menu for Cory Booker
By BOBBY CERVANTES | 12/3/12 8:15 PM EST
POLITICO went to Safeway in Arlington to offer Booker some meal suggestions.
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Big red flags for Republicans
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/3/12 9:35 PM EST
GOP pollster David Winston says Republicans from Romney on down failed the economic debate.
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Murdoch's 'The Daily' to shut down
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 1:01 PM EST
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Why did 'The Daily' fail?
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 4:48 PM EST
Rupert Murdoch's iPad only tabloid seemed doomed almost from inception.
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Buyouts to come at New York Times
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 10:13 AM EST
It's the paper's the third round in five years and includes about 30 positions from the news side.
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Santorum, WorldNetDaily columnist
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 12:01 PM EST
The former Republican presidential candidate will pen a commentary featured each Monday.
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By CAITLIN MCDEVITT | 12/3/12 5:47 PM EST
“Michelle is Superwoman ... What can’t she do?" the actor tells Newsweek.
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Walls close in on DesJarlais
By CHARLES MAHTESIAN | 12/3/12 12:37 PM EST
PACs that once supported the embattled Tennessee congressman say they won't donate to him again.
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Bush 41 remains in hospital
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 12/3/12 12:07 PM EST
The ex-president begins the week in a Houston hospital for continued treatment of a lingering cough.
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W.H. petitioners want a Death Star
By BYRON TAU | 12/3/12 2:24 PM EST
Petitioners at the White House website want construction to begin on a Star Wars weapon.
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Christie to D.C. on Sandy mission
By SEUNG MIN KIM | 12/3/12 8:44 PM EST
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Bob Costas speaks for gun control
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 6:32 PM EST
He issues editorial during football game.
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Bredesen won’t challenge Alexander
By CHARLES MAHTESIAN | 12/3/12 6:43 PM EST
The former Tennessee governor says he's not interested in running.
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Obamas congratulate Will and Kate
By CAITLIN MCDEVITT | 12/3/12 1:48 PM EST
The White House has heard the big news from across the pond.
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NRSC's Moran confronts GOP schism
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“I don’t think we have any choice but to work to do things better than what we did," he says.
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The Day in Photos, Dec. 3
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Poll: Congress rates low on honesty
By KEVIN ROBILLARD | 12/3/12 9:05 AM EST
Lawmakers are trusted more now than in 2011, but they still come in behind used-car salesmen.
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W.H.: No mandate for P.R. statehood
By BYRON TAU | 12/3/12 3:46 PM EST
Carney says election results show that Puerto Ricans want a resolution to current political status.
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Poll: Obama voters split on deficit
By JAMES HOHMANN | 12/3/12 8:23 AM EST
Exclusive: They're divided over whether the focus should be on cutting spending or raising taxes.
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Carter: 47 percent a 'turning point'
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 6:18 PM EST
He tells MSNBC that the video was "the turning point" for Romney's campaign.
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Ambassador Wintour?
By CAITLIN MCDEVITT | 12/3/12 10:05 PM EST
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Reagan author: The Gipper's relevant
By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/3/12 8:32 PM EST
He admits that students nowadays have just a cursory understanding of the 40th president.
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DOT: Smoking pot still doesn't fly
By ADAM SNIDER | 12/3/12 3:06 PM EST
The department's notice says its anti-pot stance is all about one thing: safety.
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Norquist: Put fiscal cliff talks on TV
By REID J. EPSTEIN | 12/3/12 2:05 PM EST
Closed-door negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff haven’t yielded much progress so far, he says.
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The politics of tax pledges
By CHARLES MAHTESIAN | 12/3/12 10:33 AM EST
Republicans take a wide variety of positions when interpreting the meaning of the anti-tax pledge.
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Gingrich to appear on 'Parks and Rec'
By CAITLIN MCDEVITT | 12/3/12 4:48 PM EST
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Petition started to dock pols' pay
By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/3/12 1:50 PM EST
The petition calls for lawmakers' pay to be docked 15 percent if they don't find a fiscal cliff solution.
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Kid Rock to Obama: No hard feelings
By CAITLIN MCDEVITT | 12/3/12 8:46 PM EST
The musician saw the president in Washington on Sunday.
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Cold realities behind Medicare cuts
By JENNIFER HABERKORN and PAIGE WINFIELD CUNNINGHAM | 12/3/12 9:20 AM EST
Congress can’t cut $400 billion in Medicare without some beneficiaries taking a hit.
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Thomson CEO of new News Corp
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/3/12 9:42 AM EST
Robert Thomson is the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and editor in chief of Dow Jones
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Obama turns tables on Letterman
By REID J. EPSTEIN | 12/3/12 3:47 PM EST
At the Kennedy Center Honors reception, the president yuks it up with the late-night host.
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Warner: Drop D.C. 'decoder speak'
By KATIE GLUECK | 12/3/12 6:26 AM EST
The Virginia senator says it is time for plain talk about what's required to reach a deficit deal.
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Will the tea party come back with a vengance if the country goes off the fiscal cliff?
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"Bring it on. A renewed tea party is just what Democrats need to motivate the base in the midterms."
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"The beginning of the end of the tea party was this year's elections."
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