The New Yorker's dissection of the 'Obama memos': 5 takeaways
January 24, 2012, at 11:51 AMReporter Ryan Lizza is out with a "monster" 11,000-word investigation into hundreds of pages of secret White House memos. A look at the highlights
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Tax dodgers on the federal payroll: By the numbers
January 24, 2012, at 9:55 AMNearly 100,000 government workers owe a collective $1 billion in unpaid 2010 taxes — including employees at the Treasury Department and Government Ethics Office
The GOP's Tampa debate: Did a 'defiant Romney' deflate Gingrich?
January 24, 2012, at 9:35 AMA newly aggressive Mitt adopts the pose of a fighter, launching a full-on "kitchen-sink attack" on his surging rival
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3 reasons to root for an Obama-Gingrich matchup
January 24, 2012, at 6:15 AMNewt is on a roll, and Mitt Romney no longer appears to have a lock on the GOP presidential nomination. Should political junkies root for Newt?
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Paul Brandus: Obama's top 5 successes
January 23, 2012, at 6:38 PMThe president will surely boast of his accomplishments during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. So what exactly are they?
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Mitt Romney's attacks on Newt Gingrich: Will they backfire?
January 23, 2012, at 6:15 PMAfter a double-digit loss in South Carolina, Romney pummels his surging rival as a "failed leader." Some politicos don't think that's such a hot idea
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Good day, bad day: January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012, at 4:26 PMChina's version of Twitter breaks the tweets-per-second record, while Rand Paul is detained by the TSA — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle
Monday's 'high-stakes' Florida debate: 4 key questions
January 23, 2012, at 2:36 PMRomney and Gingrich are itching to trade verbal blows in the first debate since Newt's South Carolina landslide dramatically changed the race
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History vs. Romney: After South Carolina, which will win?
January 23, 2012, at 11:55 AMThe Palmetto State has a perfect record of picking every GOP nominee since 1980 — and now it has rejected Mitt Romney
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Gabrielle Giffords' 'bittersweet' resignation video
January 23, 2012, at 10:29 AMThe recovering — but still shaky — Arizona Democrat announces that she's stepping down from Congress, but that, one day, she will return
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Newt Gingrich's 'stunning' South Carolina win: 5 consequences
January 23, 2012, at 9:40 AMGingrich steamrolled Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP presidential field in Saturday's Palmetto State primary. What happens now?
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The 'deeply disturbing' rise in unsafe abortions: By the numbers
January 23, 2012, at 7:30 AMAbout half of the world's abortions are performed illegally, resulting in dangerous complications and sometimes death
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The latest tweets about the South Carolina primary
January 20, 2012, at 6:00 PMReal-time, unfiltered commentary from around the world
Weekend talking points: 7 top stories - January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012, at 5:48 PMWhat happened this week? Newt soared. Romney stumbled. And internet activists scored a major victory
Marianne Gingrich's 'mightily hyped' interview: 5 talking points
January 20, 2012, at 4:11 PMNewt's second ex-wife dishes about the his alleged request for an "open marriage" — but many viewers are left disappointed by the lack of juicy details
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