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Obama Threatens to Veto Tax Cuts Bill for Middle, Upper Class

President Obama is threatening to veto any legislation that extends all the tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, as he ... Full story

Romney Raised $106 Million in June For His Campaign

Mitt Romney's campaign officially confirmed June as a record-breaking fundraising month, announcing Monday that he raised $106 million for his campaign and the Republican National ... Full story

Barack Obama Downplays Weak Jobs Report

President Barack Obama downplayed a weak jobs report Friday as he wrapped up a two-day bus tour to critical states in the November election, while ... Full story

Taxes: Obama Vs. Romney

NEW YORK -- Tax reform.Both presidential candidates talk about it -- both say they want it. And there's a good chance that the one who ... Full story

Next President To Face High Unemployment

WASHINGTON -- A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press Economy Survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6 percent – the ... Full story

Hint of Mormon Influence Still in Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada -- In 1986, with control of the United States Senate up for grabs, The Economist dispatched a reporter to Nevada, an important ... Full story

Obama 'Wins' After Healthcare Ruling

WASHINGTON - Voter support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul has increased following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding it, a lthough majorities still oppose ... Full story

Legal Scholars Unsurprised by Roberts Vote

Legal scholars expressed little surprise Thursday that the conservative chief justice of the United States -- John G. Roberts Jr. -- proved to be the ... Full story

Pelosi Tells Kennedy's Widow, "Now Teddy Can Rest"

Nearly three years after he died, Nancy Pelosi was thinking of Senator Ted Kennedy and his long fight to expand U.S. healthcare on Thursday when ... Full story

Nancy Pelosi Boils Down Winning Back the House

Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, says her party can take a strategy to regaining a House majority that is as ... Full story

Reading the Health Care Tea Leaves

After oral arguments over President Obama's health care reform law at the Supreme Court three months ago, it appeared five justices were prepared to overturn ... Full story

7 Killed in Raid of Pro-Syrian TV Station

BEIRUT -- Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, killing seven employees, kidnapping others and demolishing buildings, officials said. The ... Full story

Madrid Bank Aid to Add to Government Debt

The eurozone group of nations insisted Wednesday that the rescue loans for Spain's troubled banks would be channeled through the national government, adding to its ... Full story

Afghan Man's Bid to Fight Detention Denied

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has turned down an Afghan man's plea to challenge his confinement at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan.U.S. District ... Full story

House GOP Leaders to Discuss Student Loans

House GOP leaders are expected to discuss whether or not to extend a rate cut on student loans at a meeting Wednesday morning.On Tuesday, top ... Full story

Charlie Rangel Declares Victory in N.Y. Primary Bid

Rep. Charlie Rangel declared victory Tuesday in a Democratic primary to represent a redrawn New York district, capping a tale of political survival for the ... Full story

Court Mostly Rejects AZ Immigration Law

Washington -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down key parts of an Arizona law that sought to deter illegal immigration, but let stand ... Full story

Congress Ready for High Court's Health Care Policy

Washington -- No matter how the Supreme Court rules on the challenge to the health care law, it will only be a matter of minutes ... Full story

Congressman Accused of Campaign Finance Violations

Washington -- Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan, a self-made Florida millionaire, is only in his third term in Congress, but he already is in charge of ... Full story

Bristol Palin In Hot Water

Before Lifetime's "Life's A Tripp," Bristol Palin had another reality show in the works that followed the "Dancing With the Stars" alum to Los Angeles ... Full story

Voters Respond To Obama's Immigration Decision

A majority of likely voters agree with a recent decision by the Obama administration to stop deporting certain young people, according to a poll released ... Full story

'Rick Santorum Inspired Vampire' -True Blood Creator

Rick Santorum may have stepped out of the limelight, but but that doesn't mean he's not inspiring anyone anymore. The catch? He probably didn't want ... Full story

Obama To Stop Deporting Young Immigrants

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and ... Full story

Battle for GOP's soul

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush testifies this month before the House Budget Committee. STORY HIGHLIGHTS It's a bad sign for GOP when Jeb Bush's conservative allegiance questioned, ...

Rand Paul: Don't let drones invade our privacy

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, fears domestic use of drones would violate our Fourth Amendment rights. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Sen. Rand Paul says surveillance drones in the U.S. ...

Feds drop remaining Edwards charges

By the CNN Wire Staff updated 5:36 AM EDT, Thu June 14, 2012 Former Sen. John Edwards was accused of using illegal campaign contributions to keep his ...

Florida's voting standoff deja vu?

STORY HIGHLIGHTS 2000 cemented Florida's reputation as a place where elections sometimes go awry Voting rights groups and Florida elections officials are facing off over strict new ...

Heckler calls CEO a crook to his face

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com Dad of 20 sometimes forgets names of kids Bad economy forces parents to give up kidsThe smallest victims of the ...

Issa: DOJ can avoid Holder contempt vote

By Deirdre Walsh, CNN updated 7:02 PM EDT, Wed June 13, 2012 House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa wants more documents from the Justice Department. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rep. Darrell ...

Do we need a revolution in higher education?

By William J. Bennett, CNN Contributor updated 3:44 PM EDT, Wed June 13, 2012 More than half of recent college graduates are underemployed or jobless. STORY HIGHLIGHTS William Bennett: ...

Arizona win 'an oasis in the desert' for Democrats

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Democrats won a special election to replace former Rep. Gabby Giffords Top House Democrats were quick to tout the victory in a district that leans ...

Obama's immigration shell game

Marchers with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles protest at an anti-Secure Communities rally. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Last year, Obama administration announced a relaxed policy ...

Holder resists calls to resign in testy Senate hearing

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: GOP Sen. John Cornyn calls for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign or be replaced NEW: Holder tells Senate panel he won't resign A House ...

Jesse Ventura Reveals Why He'll Never Fly Again

Jesse Ventura, the libertarian former governor of Minnesota known as The Body during his pro wrestling career, said he has stopped flying because he won't ... Full story

Mitt Romney Called 'Snobby' By Female Voters

In the 2002 Massachusetts governor's race, a focus group of six women was convened to pick apart the campaigns of Democrat Shannon O'Brien and her ... Full story

Michele Bachmann 'Suicide-Bomber' Warning Fails

Remember when Michele Bachmann was the crazy right-wing congresswoman liberals loved to hate? The one who could be counted on to make inflammatory, nutty-sounding accusations ... Full story

U.S. Secretary John Bryson On Medical Leave After Car Crash

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, under investigation for his role in an alleged hit-and-run accident and another car crash over the weekend in California, will ... Full story

John McCain Mad Over Popcorn Provision

Nebraska grew more popcorn than any other state last year, and Omaha is home to ConAgra Foods, the corporate giant whose brands run from the ... Full story

Betty White Meets Obama

President Barack Obama had a special visitor in the Oval Office on Monday: Golden Girl Betty White.White, who stars in the TV Land show "Hot ... Full story

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Oklahoma tornado 2013: Five tornado victims still missing after storm are found ALIVE

Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis said five of the six residents who were still missing after the tornado have been found aliveOne of the missing was ...

Cleveland kidnap hero Charles Ramsey gets free burgers for life from 14 restaurants... but so far not McDonald's

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:37 EST, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:38 EST, 22 May 2013 Charles Ramsey, who became a national hero after helping rescue three women who ...

Shayla Taylor: Brave mother goes into labor as twister wreaks havoc all around her

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Vitaly Malkin: Russian billionaire sued over noisy building work on Time Warner Center apartment

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Vitaly Malkin: Russian billionaire sued over noisy building work on Time Warner Center apartment

Landlord at Time Warner Center files suit against former Russian senator Vitaly Malkin, claiming that his loud renovation has gone on for two years at ...

The hopeful rise and perilous decline of an American dream: How the once promising Pruitt-Igoe housing projects in St. Louis quickly became a the country's biggest urban nightmare

It was created out of a city's hope and the ingenuity of the same architect who would later design the World Trade Center, but America's ...

The hopeful rise and perilous decline of an American dream: How the once promising Pruitt-Igoe housing projects in St. Louis quickly became a the country's biggest urban nightmare

It was created out of a city's hope and the ingenuity of the same architect who would later design the World Trade Center, but America's ...

Van Halen who? Amazing teen girl's guitar solo goes viral and sparks envy among rockers worldwide (but she's not impressed)

By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 22:22 EST, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:52 EST, 22 May 2013 Move over, Eddie Van Halen, there is new guitar virtuoso in town - and ...

Shayla Taylor: Brave mother goes into labor as twister wreaks havoc all around her

Shayla Taylor, 25, was in the middle of labor on the upper floor of Moore Medical Center delivering her second child when the monstrous storm ...

An end to annual flu injections? Scientists develop new 'universal' jab against all strains of influenza which could last a lifetime

The vaccine targets part of the virus common to all strains Influenza kills between 250,000 and 500,000 globally per year By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 22:12 EST, ...