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Updated: Wed Oct 3, 2012 10:08 PM
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are sparring in the first presidential debate over their differing approaches to growing the economy.
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Updated: Wed Oct 3, 2012 10:09 PM
President Barack Obama has said at the presidential debate that he has a different approach about job creation than rival Mitt Romney, who Obama says favors "top down economic policies." Romney says he favors a different path to restoring the economy including energy independence, more trade, and championing small business.
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Updated: Wed Oct 3, 2012 4:47 PM
They've spent a lot of time talking about each other -- and now, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will be talking to each other, and to tens of millions of viewers of tonight's first debate between them.
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Updated: Wed Oct 3, 2012 4:50 PM
Democrats aren't easing up on their criticism of Mitt Romney over his secretly-recorded comments to donors in which he said it's not his job to care about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal taxes -- and, according to Romney, see themselves as victims.
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Updated: Tue Oct 2, 2012 3:43 PM
Nearly four in 10 voters (38%) say the upcoming debates will be either "extremely" or "quite" important in determining their vote for president.
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Updated: Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:38 PM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pledging millions more dollars in American assistance to the Syrian opposition as the U.S. and its allies explore new ways to help those seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.
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Updated: Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:35 PM
The White House says President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain in "full agreement" about keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
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Updated: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:45 PM
President Barack Obama is practicing for his first debate with Republican Mitt Romney before spending the rest of Friday fundraising in Washington.
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Updated: Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:31 PM
Mitt Romney is acknowledging that he has an uphill battle ahead in Pennsylvania -- telling supporters it would be a "shock" if he's able to overcome President Barack Obama's lead in the state.
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Updated: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:40 PM
The Obama campaign says it expects Mitt Romney "to be a prepared, disciplined and aggressive debater" when the two meet in Denver Wednesday.
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Updated: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:38 PM
Obama's campaign says the former president will hold an event in New Hampshire on Wednesday, the day of the first presidential debate. Obama and Republican Mitt Romney debate two more times in October.
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Updated: Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:01 PM
President Barack Obama is accusing Republican Mitt Romney of showing "newfound outrage" on cracking down on China, saying his rival's approach is "just not credible."
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Updated: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:44 PM
In order to help the developing world, Mitt Romney says, U.S. aid must be used to promote work and free enterprise.
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Updated: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:41 PM
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he wouldn't stop teachers from being able to strike.
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Updated: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:38 PM
President Barack Obama is calling human trafficking "modern slavery," outlining new steps to combat the exploitation of workers and children in the United States and overseas.
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Updated: Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:30 PM
President Barack Obama is condemning an anti-Muslim film and the violence in the Middle East that has followed its release, saying there is "no speech that justifies mindless violence."
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Updated: Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:28 PM
The presidential candidates have been laying out their visions of America's role in the world today -- while also taking subtle political jabs at each other.
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Updated: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:57 PM
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says U.S. foreign policy should not be conducted "at the mercy of events" overseas. He also says the death of a U.S. ambassador in Libya and unrest in the Middle East are more than just bumps in the road.
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Updated: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:53 PM
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he can't imagine calling the killing of a U.S. ambassador a "bump in the road."
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Updated: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:49 PM
Republican election officials who promised to root out voter fraud so far are finding little evidence of a widespread problem.
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