Democrat Ed Markey, seeking to quell attacks from his Republican foe in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race, released some tax-return details this afternoon that showed he has paid an effective income tax rate of 24 percent going back to 2005. Markey, first...
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Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, left, applauds while joining Democratic Senate nominee, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., at a campaign event in Boston, on May 8, 2013.
Markey Gains in Massachusetts Race
Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is widening his lead over Republican opponent Gabriel Gomez in Massachusetts’ race for the U.S. Senate. A new Emerson College survey out today puts Markey 12 points up over Gomez, 45 to 33 percent. The college...
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Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, right, points toward the audience as he takes the stage with his daughters Olivia, 13, left, Antonia, 10, second from left, and wife Sarah, behind, before addressing an audience with a victory speech at a watch party in Cohasset, Mass., on April 30, 2013.
Gabriel Gomez: The Year was 1976
The year was 1976, Gabriel Gomez remembers. He was playing Little League. Rep. Ed Markey was first running for Congress in Massachusetts. Now Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and son of Colombian immigrants, will face Markey in a contest for...
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Senator John Kerry in Washington, D.C.
Kerry’s Campaign Cash Helps Senate Democrats Outraise Republicans
Secretary of State John Kerry left the Senate in February for his current job, though his campaign committee was aiding his former Democratic colleagues as recently as last month. John Kerry for Senate sent $100,000 in surplus campaign funds to...
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Secretary of State John Kerry, center, is welcomed and escorted by U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Sung Y. Kim, left, and deputy director general of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, Moon Seoung-hyun, in front of a traditional honor guard at Seoul air base on April 12, 2013.
Washington Daybook: Definitely Maybe
Will budget cuts reduce U.S. economic growth? No, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg whose median forecast is solid 3 percent growth in the first quarter. Yes, says the International Monetary Fund, which lowered its forecast for U.S. growth for...
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives on stage to address the Vital Voices Global Awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington on April 2, 2013.
Washington Daybook: Clinton Buzz
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6 percent in March, the lowest since December 2008, according to the Labor Department. Workforce participation also fell, by 496,000 to 63.3% — the lowest since 1979. Hillary Clinton will address the Women in the...
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Senior White House Advisor David Plouffe, left, Sen. John Kerry, center, and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew board Air Force One in this file photo.
Lew, Kerry Head to China Soon
Newly seated Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Secretary of State John Kerry are bound for China. Lew, next week. Kerry, in coming weeks. President Barack Obama let Chinese President Xi Jinping know that today during a phone call “to congratulate...
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Elementary school kids pose for a picture in front of the White House on March 8, 2013. Their class had the last tour of the day.
Obama Asks Secret Service to Let Schoolkids in for White House Tours
In Washington, the time-honored threat of the impact of government budget cuts has centered on closing the Washington Monument. The obelisk on the National Mall is already closed, however — thanks to repairs underway following the 2011 earthquake centered in...
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President Barack Obama walks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, right, as they leave the Gridiron Dinner through a loading area at a hotel in Washington, on March 9, 2013.
Obama’s Gridiron: Jindal’s Night
President Barack Obama, wearing white tie and tails at Washington’s premiere show of political satire, made light of budget cuts consuming the capital. “Because of sequester, they cut my tails,” Obama said at the head table of the Gridiron Club’s...
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From Russia With Love for Kerry — and an Invitation for Obama
From Russia with love comes this tweet of the foreign minister’s thoughts. Our traveling correspondent, Nicole Gaouette, following Secretary of State John Kerry in a multination tour from the United Kingdom and Germany through Saudi Arabia and Qatar reports this...
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