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If President Obama lets the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year, Grover Norquist and anti-tax Republicans will reportedly push for impeachment.

Could the GOP impeach Obama for ending the Bush tax cuts?

January 30, 2012, at 1:45 PM

Though liberals are scoffing, that's the threat from Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist who has essentially been setting the GOP's tax policy

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Robert Shrum: Obama is the Reagan of 2012

January 30, 2012, at 12:45 PM

Newt and Mitt are clambering over each other trying to claim the Gipper's mantle. But it's a Democrat whose situation and rhetoric best mirror Reagan's

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Mitt Romney leads by double digits heading into Tuesday's Florida primary, but Newt Gingrich is vowing to continue fighting Mitt all the way to the GOP convention in August.

Is the GOP race over if Romney wins Florida?

January 30, 2012, at 11:47 AM

Mitt Romney is poised to triumph in Florida. Newt Gingrich swears he'll keep fighting, but if he loses Florida, many politicos believe it's all over but the shouting

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Newt Gingrich won Herman Cain's GOP presidential endorsement little more than a week after Cain strangely offered his White House backing to "we the people."

Herman Cain's endorsement: The 'game-changer' Newt needs?

January 30, 2012, at 10:34 AM

The one-time GOP frontrunner felled by sex scandals backs his former rival. But is he too late to make a difference?

Mitt Romney and his allies have outspent Newt Gingrich by roughly $12 million in Florida heading into Tuesday's critical GOP presidential primary.

Mitt Romney's 'phenomenal' Florida resurgence: 6 theories

January 30, 2012, at 9:47 AM

A week ago, Newt's poll numbers were skyrocketing after he trounced Mitt in South Carolina. Now Romney has a double-digit lead in Florida. What happened?

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Weekend talking points: 7 top stories - January 27, 2012

January 27, 2012, at 6:01 PM

What happened this week? Newt rose and fell. Apple soared and stumbled. And Gabby Giffords bade Congress a bittersweet farewell

Give him the moon: Newt Gingrich laughs during a debate in Tampa, Fla.

Moon colonies! Death rays! A brief history of Newt Gingrich's 'crazy' ideas

January 27, 2012, at 5:29 PM

The reliably grandiose Newt Gingrich has long been the GOP's "big thinker in chief." Here, a look back at his biggest thoughts

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Eli Manning is wooing married women and he doesn't even know it: A new poll suggests that wives would pick the New York Giants quarterback over Tom Brady.

Good day, bad day: January 27, 2012

January 27, 2012, at 4:31 PM

Eli Manning wins the affection of married women, while the U.N. gets hit by the delivery of 35 pounds of narcotics — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle

Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading V.P. contender, has not-so-hidden skeletons in his closet, says David Adams at Reuters.

Why Marco Rubio is a bad VP pick

January 27, 2012, at 11:39 AM

The handsome Hispanic senator from Florida seems like a perfect choice, says David Adams at Reuters — until you look more closely

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Despite all his pro-Reagan talk on the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich wasn't always supportive of the Gipper's policies in the past.

Is Newt Gingrich exaggerating his ties to Reagan?

January 27, 2012, at 10:29 AM

Gingrich has been wrapping himself in Ronald Reagan's mantle. But he frequently trash-talked the Gipper in the past, as a paper trail attests

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Mitt Romney won the crowd at Thursday night's Florida debate when he demanded an apology from Newt Gingrich for a campaign ad that Mitt labeled "repulsive."

The GOP's final Florida debate: Did Romney bury Gingrich?

January 27, 2012, at 9:36 AM

Mitt came out swinging, and Newt made for a good punching bag. Is the race for Florida, or even the GOP nomination, over?

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Super-wealthy presidential candidates: A visual history

January 26, 2012, at 6:30 PM

From George Washington to Mitt Romney, a look at the 1 percenters who've made bids for the nation's top office

That the Romneys pay a lower tax rate than the average American has critics pushing for an end to Bush-era tax cuts and a hike in the capital gains tax.

Romney's 'ultra-low tax rate': Proof we need reform?

January 26, 2012, at 5:57 PM

The super-wealthy Republican pays a lower tax rate than many middle-income Americans. Is it time to make him — and other investors — pay more?

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) confronts President Obama after he disembarks from his plane in Phoenix on Wednesday.

Jan Brewer vs. Obama: Is the president 'thin-skinned'?

January 26, 2012, at 5:41 PM

The Arizona governor and the president get off on the wrong foot as soon as he steps off his plane in Phoenix

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Just weeks after getting her driver's license, a high school student jumped into action when her school bus driver collapsed after suffering a heart attack.

Good day, bad day: January 26, 2012

January 26, 2012, at 4:14 PM

A high school student saves a busload of kids, while research says iPads may inflict unwanted pain — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle