Updated at 9:40 am EDT A Republican National Committee report says the party should change the way it recruits candidates, talks to voters, uses technology, raises money and reaches out to minorities in an effort to appeal to a broader base of voters and...
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Texas delegates during the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida on August 30, 2012.
RNC Told: Fewer Debates, More Populism, More Women on TV
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Former senior executive with the National Security Agency, Thomas Drake, leaves the U.S. Courthouse in Baltimore in this 2011 file photo.
NSA Watching Reporters: Whistleblower
Whistle-blower Thomas Drake says reporters are being tracked by the government, particularly if they cover national security issues or major banks. “It’s routine,” Drake said, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington today. “Anybody that writes in this space,...
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa answers a question at the National Press Club in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2013.
Villaraigosa: Obama’s `Seminal’ Vote Sign for Republicans on Immigration
President Barack Obama’s winning coalition of Hispanics, blacks, women, Jews, Asians and young people marked a “seminal” event in U.S. politics, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said today. Villaraigosa said the electorate that gave fellow Democrat Obama a second term...
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Singer James Taylor performs on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
James Taylor Live: Left, Right Unite: `May Have to Go Over Cliff’
Updated at 3:20 pm EST Singer-songwriter James Taylor, a self-described “yellow dog Democrat,” took a victory lap at the National Press Club today. Taylor campaigned for President Barack Obama’s re-election, including performing at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, where...
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Gloria Steinem at the AT&T Conference Center on September 5, 2012 in Austin, Texas.
Steinem Political at Ms. Mag 40th Without Naming Political Names
Feminist activist Gloria Steinem today called for an economic stimulus with equal pay for women in an often-political speech in Washington which averted any politicians by name. “If we just had equal pay in this country, we would have the...
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Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 5, 2012.
Schumer Draws Line on Tax Rates
Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, says any savings from closing tax loopholes should be used to reduce the federal deficit, not to lower tax rates for wealthy Americans. Schumer backed the 1986 tax reform legislation that did cut...
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Workers continue to prepare for the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on October 2, 2012 in Colorado.
Washington Daybook: Party Time
While New Orleans has Mardi Gras, Tampa has Gasparilla and New York City owns New Year’s Eve, Washingtonians like to make their parties political, and few come bigger than tonight’s debate-watching festivities all around D.C. The National Press Club is...
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Supporters cheer during a campaign rally of Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan on Sept. 25, 2012 in Vandalia, Ohio.
Washington Daybook: Oh, Oh, Ohio
Mitt Romney says his running mate, Paul Ryan, was angry that the Green Bay Packers lost this week on a disputed last-second desperation pass. Romney, campaigning in Ohio today, may need a Hail Mary pass of his own. With 41...
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Teamsters General President James Hoffa, right, at a a rally.
Teamsters’ Hoffa on Tea Party’s `Cultural Revolution’
Organized labor is under attack because it’s the bullwark against a right-wing takeover of the United States, Teamsters President James Hoffa says. “There’s a war on workers,” Hoffa said at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington today. “We are...
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