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  • Justice Department Defends Subpoena of Media Phone Records

    The U.S. Justice Department official supervising an investigation of national security leaks to the news media said the government struck the right balance when it subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors without informing the news organization.

  • Rand Paul Cuts Own Path Bucking Republicans on Gay Rights

    U.S. Senator Rand Paul opposes a national law banning same-sex marriage and federal penalties for drug offenders. He’s said there could be “thousands of exceptions” to any abortion ban. And the Kentucky Republican questions the costs of federal farm subsidies.

  • Obama Names Pritzker for Commerce; Froman Set for Trade

    President Barack Obama said he is nominating Penny Pritzker, the Chicago businesswoman, philanthropist and Hyatt Hotels Corp. heiress who led record fundraising for his 2008 campaign, as secretary of commerce.

  • Obama, Republicans Squandered First 100 Days

    The 100-day mark is a measure for first-term presidents, not re-elected ones.

  • Inaugural Raises $44 Million Thanks to AT&T, Microsoft

    Microsoft Corp., whose employees gave more money to President Barack Obama’s re-election committee than those at any other company, was the second- largest donor to his January inauguration, contributing $2.1 million, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.

  • Republican Committee Says Marriage Should Be Man-Woman

    The Republican National Committee reaffirmed its view that marriage should be only between a man and a woman, as the party sought to calm members of its base concerned that a rebranding effort might go too far.

  • Republican Rebranding Off-Message as Members Shirk Advice

    Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus has less than 19 months before his next major test, the 2014 elections, to turn around a party with a tarnished brand, skeptical consumers, revenue challenges and internal divisions.

  • How Republicans Can Win Over Asian-Americans

    I am the son of Taiwanese immigrants who came to the U.S. in the 1970s seeking opportunity for themselves and the chance for their children to grow up in a more prosperous society. My story is not unusual among Asian- Americans. It’s also a profile that is tailor-made for the Republican Party, which stands for enhancing opportunity. Yet Asian-Americans from my generation (and others) are finding less and less appeal in the Republican Party.

  • Alabama Republicans Divided Over Hispanics on Immigration

    As U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions becomes the lead critic of a bill that would let undocumented immigrants win citizenship, the Republican Party in his home state of Alabama is pushing in the opposite direction.

  • Portman Avoids Gay-Marriage Talk, Voters Buzz About Shift

    Wearing a Cincinnati Reds jacket on opening day, Ohio Senator Rob Portman is on the baseball field talking up his home team’s prospects.

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