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Obama Ready for Showdown, Demands House Extend Tax Cut

U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured alongside a tax law count down clock in the White House Briefing Room
President Barack Obama demanded Tuesday that House Republicans pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 million Americans.
Newt Gingrich

Gingrich Wins Tea Party Straw Poll, Edging Out Bachmann

Newt Gingrich won the Tea Party Patriots straw poll on Monday, edging out Michele Bachmann and beating Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum by a large margin. It was a good sign for his campaign in the wake of fading support in national polls.
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Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney

Romney Still Getting Millions from Bain Capital: Report

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney receives millions of dollars a year in a retirement agreement with Bain Capital, nearly 13 years after he left the private equity firm he helped start, the New York Times reported Monday.
Newt Gingrich

Gingrich: Arrest Judges who Defy President

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich threatened Sunday to have federal judges arrested if they disagreed with his policies as president, ratcheting up his attacks on the judiciary as he tries to halt a slide in his campaign.
House Speaker Boehner Endorses Mitt Romney

House Republicans Oppose Senate Payroll Tax Bill

The fate of an expiring tax break for 160 million American workers was in doubt on Sunday after the top Republican lawmaker declared his opposition to a two-month extension passed overwhelmingly by the Senate.
U.S. Congress

U.S. Senate OKs Payroll-Tax Cut, $915B Spending Bill

The U.S. Senate OK'd on Saturday a $1 trillion bill to fund the government and a two-month extension of the payroll-tax cut, capping a contentious political year while preparing the arena for a fresh battle in 2012.
Obama Christmas Portrait, 2011

Obama Christmas Card Released: First Family Celebrates Holidays [PHOTOS]

As President Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha send out their annual holiday portrait and release the 2011 White House Christmas card, tsee photos of the First Family celebrating the holiday season, from lighting the National Christmas Tree to greeting Santa's elves in D.C., and look back at Christmas with the Obamas in years past.
U.S. Department of Defense

White House Says No Veto of Defense Bill Expected

The U.S. Congress sought to avoid a showdown with the White House over detainee policy in the war against al-Qaeda on Monday, with a panel approving new rules for handling terrorism suspects after adding changes wanted by the administration. Further, the White House said senior officials will not recommend that President Barack Obama veto the bill.
France's President Sarkozy sits next to German Chancellor Merkel and European Commission President Barroso at the EPP congress in Marseille

Global Military Balance Shifts as Economic Winter Hastens Europe’s Decline

A shift in the global military balance is one of the inalienable fallouts of the economic winter experienced by the Western world. While military spending in the U.S., the reigning super power, is increasingly coming under a scanner, the extended defense holiday in Europe signals that the continent’s global influence is on irreversible decline.
Romney and Garon

Vietnam Vet Confronts Mitt Romney on Gay Marriage [VIDEO]

Vietnam veteran Bob Garon, 63, was having breakfast with his husband at a restaurant in Manchester, N.H., when Mitt Romney saw his veteran's hat and approached him to ask about his war service. But Garon wanted to talk about same-sex marriage.
U.S. President Barack Obama meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the White House in Washington

Obama Meets Iraq's Maliki at White House on Monday

As U.S. troops prepare for departure from Iraq, President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met at the White House Monday for talks focusing on the future relationship between the two countries.

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