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Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee.

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is calling the foreign policy outlined by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shallow, ill-informed and dangerous and says it would return the United States to "the past we have worked so hard to move beyond."

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans determined to show women voters that they have their interests at heart on Wednesday announced plans to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the federal government's main domestic violence program.

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Diving into campaign mode full-bore, President Barack Obama will headline his first re-election rallies next week, marking an important turning point in the race for the White House.

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama campaign is returning donations from a Los Angeles hedge fund manager who is accused by the government of operating a Ponzi scheme.

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is back in Washington from a three-state trip courting young voters in time to raise money from big-dollar donors.

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conflicting images of the Secret Service and new questions about the military's handling of the prostitution scandal in Colombia emerged on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Apr 25, 2012

Once the waters are muddied, what will be left of Romney's message?

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney likes to talk on the campaign trail about how his father "grew up poor," but that's not the whole story.

Apr 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sure, there's always handwringing about money in politics. This time really is different, though — the first presidential race since the courts changed the rules, clearing the way for secret cash and freeing billionaires and businesses to write multimillion-dollar checks for their favorite candidates. It's the Year of Big Money.

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