Updated again at 7 am EST, March 5 Jeb Bush’s new book, “Immigration Wars,” is billed as a “call for systemic reform.” In announcing the book last fall with co-author Clint Bolick, a research fellow with the Hoover Institution, the former...
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to the media after being named Chairman of the National Constitution Center's Board of Trustees in Philadelphia.
Jeb Bush’s Path to Immigration Reform: Walking a Line
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The comedian Jimmy Fallon joined first lady Michelle Obama at the White House on Jan. 25, 2012 to mark the second anniversary of ``Let's Move.'' This year, Obama joined Fallon on his set.
Fallon-Obama: ‘Mom Dancing’
First it was Big Bird, dancing at the White House with first lady Michelle Obama. Then it was the first lady, dancing on stage with Jimmy Fallon Friday night. It’s all part of the “Let’s Move” campaign the first lady promotes for...
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David Axelrod on 'Meet the Press' in Washington on Jan. 20, 2013.
Axelrod on the Air: NBC, MSNBC
David Axelrod shaved his moustache in a simulcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and NBC’s “Today Show.” Now he’s coming back as a paid political analyst. The Chicago-based political strategist and one-time political reporter for the Chicago Tribune who nurtured Barack...
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The cast of "16 Penn."
White House Popcorn Roasting: `Gilchrists’ Perform for Obamas
“Lincoln” it’s not. Still, the cast and crew of NBC’s new comedy “1600 Penn,” which premieres tomorrow, are being feted this evening at the White House, where President Barack Obama is hosting a private screening. The show chronicles a fictional...
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The cast of NBC's "1600 Penn."
Washington Daybook: `1600 Penn’
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican, will discuss “State of States” addresses being delivered by fellow members of the National Governors Association at the National Press Club. The Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee...
Read more »Obama: `Pretty Practical Guy’
President Barack Obama says immigration reform, gun control, infrastructure spending and domestic energy production will top his second-term agenda, while his efforts to curb the growth of Medicare and Social Security may be tied to the willingness of Republicans to...
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President Barack Obama is Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
Obama Time’s `Person of the Year’
President Barack Obama, who won re-election last month and is the “author of a new America,” is Time magazine’s Person of the Year for a second time, the publication said today. The president joins 12 others who have been honored...
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Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner at the Capitol for meeting with Congressional leaders on Nov. 29, 2012.
Geithner’s `Full Ginsburg:’ Sunday
Tim Geithner, secretary of the treasury, is performing a “Full Ginsburg” this weekend. That’s the colloquial term for what the point-man in the Obama administration’s fiscal cliff talks will achieve Sunday morning, when he appears on ABC’s “This Week,” CBS’s...
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Voters cast their ballots as they participate in early voting on Nov. 2, 2012 at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Silver Spring, Maryland.
`Tight’ Swing States, Long Night?
“Tight as a tick” — President Barack Obama’s words for how close the vote is in some of the battleground states that matter most. The latest national polling portrays a virtual tie among likely voters divided between Obama and Republican...
Read more »Florida: Eight-Point Gap in Two Polls
In Florida, President Barack Obama is either one point ahead of Republican Mitt Romney. Or seven points behind him. Pick a poll. A survey conducted this week for the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald found 51 percent of likely...
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