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Independent economist group endorses ending Bush tax cuts
Barack Obama’s plan to end tax breaks for America’s rich has been endorsed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Paris-based group of independent economists, in a report on the US published Tuesday. The 34-country group recommends ending the tax breaks for the wealthy introduced by George W…
Stewart: Obama vs. Romney, who can out-pander to Latinos?
On Monday’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart had a look at the presidential candidates’ attempts to pander to Latinos, who are a key constituency in this year’s election. To set up the discussion, Stewart introduced the topic as a telenovela, or Spanish-language soap opera, entitled “Los Panderos,”…
Romney, Obama battle in ‘live free or die’ New Hampshire
DURHAM, New Hampshire — Tiny New Hampshire has only four of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, but late on November 6, small might be beautiful for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama. With both campaigns predicting a cliffhanger election, even diminutive swing states can add up…
WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks at a campaign event in New Hampshire
President Barack Obama scheduled a stop in New Hampshire on Monday. The speech comes on the same day that the Supreme Court issued a ruling that overturned much of Arizona’s anti-immigration law, commonly known as SB 1070 or the “papers please” law. Obama issued an executive order earlier this month…
Biden warned Obama of flaws in Afghan surge plan: book
A forthcoming book about the Afghanistan war claims that Vice President Joe Biden warned President Barack Obama that military leaders’ plans for an Iraq-style “surge” were deeply flawed and would not produce the same results as they did in Iraq. The book, “Little America: The War Within the War for…
Halperin: Any Supreme Court ruling on health care hurts Obama
Time magazine’s Mark Halperin on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama would come out as the loser whether the Supreme Court decided to strike down the health care reform law or not this week. “I actually think whatever the court rules, it’s bad for the president,” Halperin told MSNBC’s Joe…
Nearly one in five Republicans believe Obama is Muslim: Gallup
Republicans are more likely than Democrats or Independents to incorrectly believe that President Barack Obama adheres to the Muslim faith, according to a recent poll by Gallup. The poll, conducted June 7-10, found that 18 percent of Republicans believed Obama was Muslim, even though the President is a church-going Christian.…
Supreme Court poised to rule on health care reform
The imminent US Supreme Court decision on Barack Obama’s signature health care reforms has major implications for November’s presidential election and for the future of the United States. A ruling is expected as early as Monday — two years to the day after Obama signed into law an act to…
Mitt Romney tells voters: ‘I feel your pain’
Republican contender plays to public fears about economy and ditches social conservatism as he chases swing voters The voice was hoarse, but that was the only sign that Mitt Romney was nearing the end of a gruelling tour through the battleground states that will decide who wins the White House.…
Romney lays out immigration plan to ‘supersede’ Obama order
Mitt Romney dismissed as a “stop-gap” measure Barack Obama’s move last week to stop the deportation of 800,000 undocumented young people and pledged that he would implement a long-term solution to immigration reform. Romney was speaking at a convention of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials on Thursday,…
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