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Obama, in Arlington, pushes for lower college loan interest rates
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President Barack Obama says college students shouldn't have to pay higher interest rates on their loans just because Congress can't get its act together.
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Governor Martin O'Malley calls special session
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The governor of Maryland has called a special session of the General Assembly for budgetary purposes.
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Barack Obama pushes student citizenship bill
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A bill backed by President Barack Obama would give students who are illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
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Obama love letters show a different side of the president
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It’s a different view of a man we all think we know so well. In excerpts of a new biography of President Obama, then-student Barack Obama was painted as a man in love--struggling with what his life's goal was.
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Every vote counts in two Northern Virginia campaigns
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They say every vote counts, and in two elections in Northern Virginia Tuesday night, that saying could not be more true.
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Harry Thomas, Jr. lawyers argue for lighter corruption sentence
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Attorneys for Harry Thomas, Jr., a former D.C. councilmember facing sentencing for corruption, are working to get a lighter sentence for their client, citing his positive contributions towards the community.
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Julius Henson on trial for election robocalls
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A political operative for former Gov. Robert Ehrlich is on trial following accusations he used robocalls to suppress turnout among black voters during the 2010 election.
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John Edwards corruption trial continues
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Cheri and Andrew Young are now reliving their volatile relationship with the family of former presidential candidate John Edwards as the star witnesses in the former presidential candidate's campaign corruption trial.
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President Obama, Mitt Romney contest heats up
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As the 2012 presidential election begins to kick into high gear, President Obama and the likely GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, continue to trade jabs.
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President Obama flies Air Force One for presidential, campaign events
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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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GSA spending scandal details revealed in congressional hearing
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The main figure in a General Services Administration spending scandal took trips to Hawaii, Napa Valley and South Pacific islands, all after the agency's inspector general warned top officials about the excesses.
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Secret Service scandal grows: 11 agents now on leave
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An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave.
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Secret Service scandal probably isn't an isolated incident, Issa says
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A Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia that has overshadowed President Barack Obama's diplomatic mission in Latin American probably isn't an isolated incident, California Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of a House investigative panel, said.
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Secret Service agents, 5 service members involved in alleged misconduct in Colombia
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Five service members supporting the Secret Service in advance of President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia may have been involved in inappropriate conduct related to the misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents.
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U.S. can't afford to give tax cuts to the weathy, Obama says
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President Barack Obama says the nation can't afford to keep giving tax cuts to the wealthiest, "who don't need them and didn't even ask for them."
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Vincent Orange takes D.C. Council Member At-Large victory
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The final results are in—and after counting all of the absentee and provisional ballots, there is a winner in the Democratic Party Primary for D.C. Council Member At-Large. Incumbent Vincent Orange has defeated his challenger, Sekou Biddle.
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Are stay at home mothers thought of as working women? (poll)
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Comments from Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen about Ann Romney, stay at home mother and wife to GOP candidate Mitt Romney, never working a day in her life begs the question: Do you think people think of stay at home moms as working women?
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Hilary Rosen apologizes for Ann Romney working comments
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A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life.
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