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Possible Deal Near as Shutdown Deadline Approaches

WASHINGTON -- Perilously close to a government shutdown, the White House and congressional leaders closed in on a possible deal to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending and avert the closure, officials said Friday night. House Republican leaders summoned their rank and file to a late night meeting for what...

Fight Over Wisconsin Union Law Heads to Court

MADISON, Wis. -- With Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration insisting a new law eliminating most of state workers' collective bargaining rights had gone into effect and other state and municipal leaders disputing that, many were looking to a Tuesday court hearing for some kind of clarity. The latest over the...

Study: Republicans Happier Than Democrats

(Oct. 31) -- One word that's seldom -- well, all right, never -- used to describe the conservative commentariat is "joyful." But maybe it should apply to them, and to the millions of conservatives who watch them on Fox or listen to them on the radio: A recent study says that Republicans are happier than Democrats and --...

83-Year-Old Retiree Wants to Win White House From Cousin Barack

(Oct. 24) -- In order to get out of a great recession, maybe the country needs a president who lived through the Great Depression. And a retired engineer in Lancaster, Calif., thinks he knows just the guy for the job: himself. Don Cordell, 83, has been running for the nation's highest office since 2000 and doesn't plan...

Palin Endorsed Candidate for Wrong Senate Seat

Oct.20 -- Sarah Palin, the king- and queen-maker of campaign 2010, extended her reach to the mid-Atlantic region Wednesday, but the former Alaska governor got her Lower 48 mixed up. She endorsed West Virginia Republican John Raese for the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. Raese is opposing Democrat Joe Manchin for a Senate...