In the wake of a terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis — and as Mitt Romney prepares to travel to Jerusalem later this month — the stated commitments of President Barack Obama and his Republican rival to the...
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A damaged bus following Wednesday's deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers at the Burgas airport parking lot, Bulgaria.
Obama’s Appeal to Jewish Voters: `The Unbreakable Bond’
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President Barack Obama drives a golf cart with Robert Wolf at Mink Meadows Golf Club in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Obama’s BBB (Best Banking Buddy) Joins Ranks of Self-Employed
By now, President Barack Obama has learned that Robert Wolf, a tried and true Wall Street supporter — not to mention a basketball and golfing buddy — will join the ranks of the self-employed. If Obama didn’t already know before. Wolf,...
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Sen. Bill Nelson waits for the Senators Only elevator after taking the Senate subway from the Capitol to the Hart Senate Office Building.
Florida Super-PAC for Mack Links ‘State Liberal’ Nelson to Obama
A Florida Republican super-PAC calls Democratic Senator Bill Nelson “the state liberal” in a television ad that links him to President Barack Obama, who’s on a two-day campaign swing in the nation’s biggest swing state. “President Obama is taking a...
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Mitt Romney visited the Middlesex Truck and Coach Company in Roxbury.
In Photo Op With Workers, Romney Meets a Fence-Sitter
In presidential politicking, nothing takes the place of a well-executed photo op to drive home a point or put a face on a central issue. Mitt Romney chose a family-owned trucking company in a blue-collar section of Boston today to...
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Ursula Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corp.
Obama’s Jobs Panel: Members Only
Written by Molly Shiels The campaign fuss over the president’s Jobs Council — the one that hasn’t met for several months — led to a new question today: Does the White House even know who is on its Jobs and...
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The cast of the Jersey Shore.
Chris Christie: What’s Said, Crudely, on the Jersey Shore Stays There
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has made his disdain for MTV’s “Jersey Shore” very clear. He also has some words for those who suggested his own recent outburst on the boardwalk was out of line: I didn’t lose my cool....
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Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin during the Republican Party of Florida's fundraising event in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
For Romney, a Palin Question Looms
The big decision pending for the Mitt Romney camp, of course, is who he’ll pick as his wingman on the Republican presidential ticket. Still, a plethora of other matters await resolution over the next few weeks, including the lineup of...
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A job fair in Brooklyn, New York.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 36
That’s the percentage of people who said this month that the U.S. economy is worsening, according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index. It’s the highest percentage since January and up from 33 percent in June. About 25 percent said the...
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Ann Romney during a dressage event.
Ann Romney a Target Off-Limits?
Updated at 12:45 pm and 2 pm EDT Messing with Ann Romney, it appears, can get messy. First there was Hilary Rosen, the Democratic activist who said that Mitt Romney’s wife, a mother of five, had never worked a day...
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Back-to-school shopping in Colma, California.
Back to School: Dressing for Nov. 6
Are you better off than you were four years ago? How about nine years ago? The numbers on back-to-school shopping show a bigger increase in spending by U.S. consumers than at any time since 2003. The numbers also conceal what...
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