WASHINGTON — Preaching to the converted on lower taxes and less regulation, Republican Mitt Romney courted more than 100 of America’s top chief executives Wednesday demanding government be an ally of enterprise, “not the enemy.” The man challenging President Barack Obama for the White House in November made a rare…
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WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney thumped President Barack Obama in campaign fundraising in May, and while the incumbent’s team is dismissing the surge, it could sow concern among Democrats five months from the election. Figures released Thursday show Romney outraised Obama for the first time in the White House race,…
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Republican Mitt Romney is not the wealthiest American to run for president, but he is undoubtedly a member of the mega-rich, according to disclosure forms he filed Friday with US authorities. The Romney campaign pegged his net worth at between $190 million and $250 million — not quite the billionaire status of Ross Perot,…
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WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney said he was “greatly disturbed” that President Barack Obama’s administration had granted a visitor’s visa to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro. Mariela Castro, a sexologist who supports gay rights, was granted the visa to attend the annual conference of the Latin American Studies…
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WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney unveiled Friday his first TV ad focused on the general election campaign, saying he’d repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, cut taxes and approve a key oil pipeline. The 30-second, upbeat advertisement is the Romney campaign’s first since he became the presumptive Republican nominee…
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WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney took the White House race into uncharted waters, suggesting he would like to challenge President Barack Obama to a bit of waterskiing. “I don’t think I’ll play the president a round of golf but I’ll be happy to take him through a waterski course,” the…
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NEW YORK — Republican Mitt Romney praised President Barack Obama on Tuesday for taking out Osama bin Laden and said he would have done the same, but that it was “inappropriate” for the US leader to politicize the mission. Romney, his party’s presumptive nominee in the presidential race, made his…
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama told debt-laden students Tuesday he had walked in their shoes, as he sought to connect to Americans hurting in a tough economy, in an apparent dig at Republican Mitt Romney. Obama, opening a tour of three university campuses in three swing…
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WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney notched a huge presidential primary triple win, strengthening an already compelling case that he is the presumptive nominee in the battle for the White House. Romney thumped his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland and the US capital Washington, and was expected to win a…
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DES MOINES, Iowa — China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping reached out to heartland America Thursday with billions of dollars in farm deals, as Republican Mitt Romney slammed the “prosperous tyranny” of Beijing. China’s vice president, who is expected to lead the rising Asian power for a decade starting next year, hopped…
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