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July 15, 2011

Obama: Chance for 'something big' to calm economy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by…
July 15, 2011

Deficit reduction could make single, senior black women poor

Deficit reduction plans currently on the table would cut social security benefits, impacting single, senior African-American women the hardest and…
July 15, 2011

Cain says Tenn. mosque would spread Islamic law

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain opposes a planned Tennessee mosque that has been the subject of…
July 15, 2011

Is Obama winning the debt war by playing tough?

OPINION - The president's supporters have been urging him to do grow a backbone, or at least find the one…
July 14, 2011

Debt talks: No 'hallelujah moment' in sight

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Testy lawmakers and President Barack Obama headed back for a fifth day of debt-limit negotiations Thursday, pointing…
July 14, 2011

Herman Cain not signing 'marriage vow' either

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is declining to sign the controversial "Marriage Vow" pledge pledge put forward by the Iowa…
July 14, 2011

Voters don't blame Obama on debt, trust president on economy

A majority of American would blame Republicans if the nation fails to raise it's debt ceiling. In addition, voters give…
July 13, 2011

McConnell warns GOP: Don't help re-elect Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Failure to raise the U.S. debt limit may ensure President Barack Obama's re-election in 2012, Senate Republican…
July 13, 2011

Miscarriage of justice for some pregnant women

OPINION - Surely the irony of threatening to leave three real-life children motherless by putting a young woman behind bars…
July 12, 2011

Can we believe in the gospel according to Herman Cain?

OPINION - When the communion plate comes around in the church of Cain, it'd be in America's best interest to…
July 12, 2011

Contrary to popular opinion: Deficit cuts are colorblind

OPINION - Most Americans, believing the mythology of rugged individualism and bootstrap levitation, refuse to believe they benefit from government…
July 11, 2011

No stopgap: Obama demands big deal for debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Monday he would reject any stopgap extension of the nation's borrowing limit by…
July 11, 2011

National Hispanic GOP group wants Herman Cain to quit race

A National Hispanic Republican group is calling on Herman Cain to drop his candidacy in to be the Republican nominee…
July 11, 2011

Slavery deleted from marriage vow signed by Bachmann

A socially conservative Iowa group apologized Saturday evening for a controversial reference to slavery in a "marriage vow" signed by…
July 11, 2011

Will the GOP ever pay a price for race-baiting politics?

OPINION - Bachmann may very well indeed say a lot of stupid things, but it's certainly not barring her success...
July 10, 2011

President Obama not giving up on big debt deal

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is pressing congressional leaders to accept a $4 trillion debt reduction deal that Republicans…
July 7, 2011

Bill Clinton likens GOP voter laws to Jim Crow

Former President Bill Clinton went after the GOP on Wednesday for their "disciplined, passionate, determined effort" to pass controversial voter…
July 6, 2011

Can white supremacists stage a comeback in the GOP?

OPINION - David Duke's presidential hopes can serve as a warning sign: that the threat, though unlikely, is still very…
July 1, 2011

Obama urges supporters to regain 2008 energy

PHILADEPHIA (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election effort is powering toward an impressive early fundraising haul, campaign officials are trying…
July 1, 2011

Can Obama force the GOP's hand on debt and taxes?

OPINION - Should the stalling continue, the extension of the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit will be put at risk…