Articles filed under U.S. President
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Second time with Obama not as thrilling as beforeJan 13, 2013 6:04 am - WASHINGTON — Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America’s first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. presid...
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2016 politics on display as Congress ends termJan 03, 2013 5:24 am - WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP’s 2012 vice presidential candidate, voted for the “fiscal cliff” compromise that raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Republica...
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Government releases once-secret Watergate filesNov 30, 2012 3:28 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government on Friday released more than 850 pages of once-secret documents from the Watergate political scandal, providing new insights...
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Obama adviser says Ryan pick was a surpriseNov 26, 2012 8:38 pm - A top adviser to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign says one of the biggest surprises of the 2012 election was Mitt Romney’s choice of a running mate. Speakin...
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Women overrule moody male votersNov 24, 2012 5:19 pm - WASHINGTON — Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama’s re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box. For the first time in research dating t...
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Romney: Obama won with ‘gifts’ to certain votersNov 14, 2012 6:25 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling top donors that President Barack Obama won re-election because of the “gifts” he had already provided...
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Obama photo is snapshot of modern, equal marriageNov 11, 2012 6:14 am - Who is embracing whom in that photograph of the Obamas that went viral on election night? The photograph, shot from below and isolating the first couple against a cloudy...
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Nation’s political divide is deepeningNov 11, 2012 6:03 am - This was another paradoxical election. An increasingly conservative Republican Party held onto the majority of seats in the House, while Democrats retained the White Hou...
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Sasha and Malia get four more years as First DaughtersNov 11, 2012 5:14 am - When her father’s second term as president is up, Malia Obama will be 18 years old and entering adulthood. She and her younger sister, Sasha, will have spent their forma...
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Florida win gives Obama 332 to Romney’s 206Nov 10, 2012 5:37 pm - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida’s 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that nar...