It was a state dinner at the home of President Shimon Peres of Israel. The guest of honor was President Barack Obama, who received Israel’s Presidential Medal of Distinction. The host served a Mediterranean sea plate of seared tuna, ceviche,...
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State Dinner in Jerusalem: Mediterranean Diet
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A same-sex couple during a sit-in protest after same-sex couples were denied marriage licenses from the San Francisco county clerk on Feb. 14, 2013.
Democratic Chair to Supporters: Get Obama’s ‘Back’ on Gay Marriage
So far, President Barack Obama has gone little further than voicing his own personal support for same-sex marriage, although the platform he gave it in his second inaugural address was significant. Impending arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court over the...
Read more »Biden’s Swearing-In for a Second Term
First came Biden: At 8:21am EST today, Joe Biden was sworn in for a second term as vice president in a private ceremony at the Naval Ceremony attended by about 120 people, including family, congressmen and women and former members....
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Charles "Charlie" Crist, governor of Florida, waits for President Barack Obama to speak in Washington.
Florida’s Scott Hears Footsteps — Loudest Coming from Charlie Crist
Updated at 3:45 pm EST Florida’s Republican Gov. Rick Scott, a former chief executive officer at HCA Holdings, could lose his 2014 re-election bid to several hypothetical opponents, including former Gov. Charlie Crist, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and...
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 1, 2013, to a Democratic caucus meeting with Vice President Joe Biden.
House Cliff Vote: 3-1 and Counting — Most Democrats Ready to Go
Updated at 12:50 pm EST It could be a long afternoon. About 150 Democrats will support the Senate-passed fiscal cliff bill, assuming “we’ll have enough Republicans to pass this thing,” Rep. Norm Dicks, a Washington Democrat says. Rep. Debbie Wasserman...
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Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Florida, bangs the gavel to begin the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Wasserman Schultz to Remain DNC Chairwoman
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will get a full four-year term to run the Democratic National Committee, serving at the pleasure of the president she helped re-elect. President Barack Obama will ask the DNC to keep Wasserman Schultz as the...
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Mitt Romney and senate candidate Richard Mourdock, right, greet supporters at a campaign event at Stepto's Bar B Q Shack on Aug. 4, 2012 in Evansville, Indiana.
Obama: Romney’s Mourdock Ad Reminder of Threat to Women
Updated at 11:50 am EDT President Barack Obama, in a bid for women’s votes in critical states, is trying to make Richard Mourdock’s problem Mitt Romney’s problem. Mourdock, an Indiana Republican, began a Senate candidate debate last night with a...
Read more »Obama’s Empty Chair: NYer Cartoon
Clinton Eastwood lectured an imaginary Barack Obama in an empty chair. So did Mitt Romney — the way the cover cartoon of The New Yorker magazine next week portrays the first of the season’s presidential debates in Denver this week....
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DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz introducing Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign event in Boca Raton, Florida.
Wasserman Schultz: Romney Scored With Style Points, Not Facts
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, is willing to give Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney some style points for his performance against President Barack Obama in their first debate. But she wants to deduct even more...
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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stands on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention
Gabby Giffords Gets Rock Star Reception for Pledge
The crowd inside the Time Warner Cable arena erupted when former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, severely wounded in a Jan. 8, 2011, shooting, came out at about 8 p.m. to lead the pledge of allegiance at the Democratic National Convention...
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