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House OKs controversial GOP student loan bill, ignores veto threat
4/27/12 6:37 PM
Both parties agree students' interest costs should not rise, but Republicans want to pay for it by abolishing a preventive health fund and Democrats want to end subsidies for oil and gas companies.
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Obama to kick off campaign rallies in Virginia, Ohio
4/26/12 6:43 PM
The president will hit the campaign trail in back-to-back rallies May 5 in Ohio and Virginia. Obama carried both battleground states in the 2008 election.
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President, candidate Obama both fly Air Force One
4/26/12 3:00 PM
President Barack Obama flies Air Force One when he leaves town. So does Candidate Barack Obama. Either way, taxpayers are on the hook for a hefty amount.
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Secret Service scandal posed no threat to President Obama, Napolitano says
4/25/12 12:03 PM
There was no risk to President Barack Obama as a result of a prostitution scandal at a Colombia hotel that involved a dozen Secret Service officers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
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WATCH LIVE: POLITICO State of the Congress
4/25/12 10:01 AM
Watch POLITICO LIVE: State of the Congress from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. here. Jim VandeHei, Jake Sherman, John Harris, Marty Kady, Jon Allen, Lois Romano and Manu Raju will bring you all you need to know about the Congress.
McDonnell, in GOP veep chase, airs sunny pro-Virginia ad
4/24/12 9:23 PM
After a bruising legislative session that saw him targeted by television comedians, Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell is touting his record and burnishing his image as a vice-presidential prospect with a new television ad.

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Obama woos students, pushes low-rate student loans
4/24/12 6:37 PM
"Anybody here can afford to pay an extra thousand dollars right now?" President Obama asked to jeers from the crowd. "I don't think so."
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3 arrested outside IMF meeting in D.C.
4/21/12 4:39 PM
One person was arrested early Saturday and two later in the day outside the International Monetary Fund building at 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Inside Washington April 22, 2012
4/20/12 6:23 PM
This week on Inside Washington: Presidential politics: Romney vs. Obama, which of them is perceived as the nicer guy? Which of them is perceived as having a better handle on fixing the economy? What are the unknowns that could skew the election?
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Student loan bill heads to House vote
4/27/12 7:44 AM
Republican leaders are ready to try pushing legislation through the House holding down interest rates on federal loans to millions of college students.
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Marion Barry under fire for 'Asian' comments
4/26/12 6:42 PM
"My father's one of those dirty store owners you were speaking about during your acceptance speech," D.C. attorney David Chung told Marion Barry Thursday.
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Who will Romney pick as a running mate?
4/25/12 6:42 PM
Mitt Romney has campaigned with a growing list of possible running mates, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
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Report: Gingrich to end presidential bid
4/25/12 12:01 PM
Newt Gingrich will drop out of the 2012 presidential race, with CNN reporting that he'll throw his support behind Mitt Romney at an event in Washington next week.
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Rick Santorum hints at Romney endorsement
4/24/12 11:24 PM
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he expects to endorse Mitt Romney.
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Romney wins GOP primaries in Conn., RI, Delaware
4/24/12 9:07 PM
Mitt Romney has added a win in Delaware's Republican presidential primary to GOP victories in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Watergate felon, evangelical reformer Chuck Colson dies at 80
4/21/12 5:13 PM
Charles Colson, the tough-as-nails special counsel to President Richard Nixon who went to prison for his role in a Watergate-related case and became a Christian evangelical helping inmates, has died. He was 80.
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Politico's Matt Wuerker makes history, wins a Pulitzer Prize
4/20/12 8:37 PM
Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker made history this week when Politico became one of only two primarily online news services to win a Pulitzer Prize.
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D.C.'s Jeffrey Thompson biggest donor to Virgin Islands delegate
4/18/12 9:13 PM
The Virgin Islands' delegate to Congress has benefited from the largesse of prominent government contractor Jeffrey Thompson, whose contributions to D.C. officials are under investigation by federal authorities.
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