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Trump Bashes Obama, Questions Qualifications for Ivy League

Apr 25, 2011 - 5:19 PM |AP

NEW YORK -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he...

Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour Rules Out 2012 Presidential Run

Apr 25, 2011 - 4:18 PM |AP

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ruled out a 2012 presidential bid on Monday, saying he lacked the necessary "absolute fire in the belly" to run and wasn't ready for the...

Supreme Court Rejects Quick Review of Health Care Law

Apr 25, 2011 - 10:41 AM |AP

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial...

Franklin Graham: Look for Christ's 2nd Coming on Facebook, Twitter

Apr 25, 2011 - 7:38 AM |AOL News

Chuck Burton, AP

The Rev. Franklin Graham says he knows what could be the ultimate trending topic on Twitter: the second coming of Christ. Graham, son of the prominent and politically connected Christian evangelist...

Giffords Standing on Own, Trying to Improve Gait

Apr 24, 2011 - 7:27 PM |AP

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PHOENIX -- Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning to...

Senators Concede Feeling Pressure on Deficit Issue

Apr 24, 2011 - 10:05 AM |AP

Charles Dharapak, AP

WASHINGTON - The Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says if members of a Senate deficit group fail to come to grips soon with the deficit problem, "we won't be relevant to this...

Past House GOP Tactic Proves Useless to Democrats

Apr 24, 2011 - 8:30 AM |AP

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WASHINGTON -- A year ago, when Republicans were in the minority on Capitol Hill, they drove Democrats crazy by using an obscure parliamentary maneuver to change, delay and even kill Democratic...

US Default on Debt Could Be Disastrous Choice for Economy

Apr 23, 2011 - 10:28 PM |AP

Alex Brandon, AP

WASHINGTON - The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don't want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and...

Gas Prices Loom as Re-Election Obstacle for Obama

Apr 23, 2011 - 9:56 PM |AP

Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

WASHINGTON - With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are...

Donald Trump Skipped Primary Voting 21 Years, NYC Board Says

Apr 23, 2011 - 5:30 PM |AP

Mark Wilson, Getty Images

NEW YORK - Donald Trump says he's considering running in the primary for the Republican presidential nomination, but the real estate mogul didn't vote in primary elections for more than two decades,...

In Hawaii, Accessing Some Obama Birth Info Is Easy

Apr 23, 2011 - 12:39 PM |AP

Marco Garcia, AP

HONOLULU - Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Barack Obama's birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage...

Timing of Sen. Ensign Resignation Raises Questions

Apr 22, 2011 - 8:21 PM |AP

LAS VEGAS -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign's decision this week to resign marked a mysterious change of heart for the Nevada Republican, raising questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has...

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