Billionaire Donald Trump says Republicans could be on a “suicide mission” if the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are eventually allowed to vote. “Every one of those 11 million people will be voting Democratic,” he warned those...
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An image of Donald Trump is seen above a message board that is announcing job cuts at Hewlett-Packard in Times Square in this May 17, 2012 file photo in New York City.
Trump Warns of the Immigrant Vote
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Villagers of the hamlet of Kogelo in western Kenya dance in celebration following media-announcements of the re-election of President Barack Obama early on Nov. 7, 2012.
Kenyans Ask Obama for Correction
The Gridiron is supposed to be fun. Certainly, President Barack Obama had no intention of creating an international incident when he stood to deliver a script crafted by joke-writers on furlough — victims of the budget sequestration, he joked at...
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2013.
Jeb Bush ‘Open’ to 2016: CPAC Chair
Jeb Bush is “open” to running for president in 2016. So says Al Cardenas, a longtime political associate and friend of the former Florida governor. Open, Cardenas noted today — nothing more, not committed, simply open. For his part, Bush...
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Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to former President George W. Bush, left, talks to Sen. Orrin Hatch, on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 27, 2012.
Rove as Kingmaker Rejected by Republicans Seeking Better Returns
For more than a decade, Republicans have looked to Karl Rove for the solution. Now, a growing number see him as the problem. Rove, 62, has put his imprimatur and donor money behind the Conservative Victory Project, formed to choose...
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A Tea Party protester in San Francisco, California.
Rove: ‘I Don’t Want a (Tea Party) Fight’ — with Fighting Words
Karl Rove says he isn’t at war with the Tea Party. Then he blasts the Tea Party groups complaining about his new venture into Republican primary races. Rove was speaking with fellow Fox News employee Sean Hannity last night to...
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President Barack Obama departs the White House on Feb. 4, 2013 to Minneapolis to tout his gun control proposals.
Obama’s $5,000 Shotgun Real McCoy, Wrong Question in Gun Control Debate?
The release of the White House photo showing President Barack Obama shooting skeet at Camp David comes two days before Obama travels to Minneapolis to promote his agenda for curbing gun violence, following the Dec. 14 shootings of 20...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand with Senator Inouye's wife Irene Hirano during funeral services for the late Senator Daniel Inouye on Dec. 23, 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Obama Home for the Holiday: Really
Daniel Inouye already had been the congressman from Hawaii for almost two years when Barack Obama was born there. Inouye, who died last week at 88, the second-longest serving U.S. senator after the late Robert Byrd, was the first congressman...
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, right, with state Rep. Anna Tovar, D-Tolleson, as they react to the Supreme Court ruling that has upheld the Affordable Care Act, on June 28, 2012, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.
First Openly Bisexual Congress Member Will Record Another First
Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat who won a squeaker in the Nov. 6 election for an open U.S. House seat in Arizona, already has gained attention because when she gets sworn into office in early January, she will become the first openly bisexual...
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Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, in San Francisco in this file photo.
Rove Piling-On Continues As He Rings Donors Today
If Election Day was bad for Karl Rove, the days after may be even worse. News organizations, including Bloomberg, have labeled Rove one of the biggest losers of the 2012 elections. He bragged about raising more than $300 million for...
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Vice President Joseph "Joe" Biden reacts during a debate with Representative Paul Ryan in Danville, Kentucky.
Biden: Donald Trump Will Give You $5 Million for Voting Early
“Honestly, don’t you want this election over with already?” That’s Joe Biden talking. The vice president delivered the Top 10 Reasons for Voting Early on “Late Night with David Letterman.” That was No. 1 — a sentiment with more than...
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