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May 18, 2012
Postal Service to Begin Closing Plants This Summer

House Approves Continued War in Afghanistan

Early Political Sparring Suggests Nothing Is Off-Limits

House Showdown Looms Over Indefinite Detention

Global Leaders Seek Handle on European Debt Crisis

May 16, 2012
House Voting on Violence Bill, Veto Threatened

Vice President Biden Attacks Romney's Tenure as Venture Capitalist

Greece to Decide on Interim Government

May 15, 2012
Shift on Marriage Energizes Immigration Activists

California Governor Urges Budget Cuts Amid $16B Shortfall

Mitt Romney to Talk About US Debt in Swing-State Iowa

George W. Bush Offers Tepid Endorsement of Romney

US Supreme Court Won't Review Petters Ponzi Scheme Appeal

President Obama Says Economy, Not Same-Sex Marriage, Will Decide Vote

May 14, 2012
Both Parties Using Popular Bills to Hurt Each Other

California Governor Brown to Detail Budget for Tackling $16B Shortfall

Senate Nears Vote on Export-Import Bank Renewal

Presidnet Obama Seeks to Undercut Mitt Romney's Record on Jobs

May 13, 2012
China, South Korea, and Japan Try to Ease Tensions with North Korea

May 11, 2012
Mitt Romney to Shift Focus From Gay Rights to Economy

Egyptians Abroad Vote in Presidential Elections

May 10, 2012
Same- Sex Marriage Adds Complexity in Swing States

Justice Deptartment Plans to Sue Arizona Sheriff Arpaio for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Republican Budget Plan Cuts Social Programs to Protect Pentagon

Mitt Romney Stands by His Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage

Is President Obama Making Cultural Waves, or Just a Ripple with Support of Same-Sex Marriage?

House Votes to Stop Pentagon Cuts

Bomb Plot Raises Questions Over European Security

President Obama to Require Regular Reviews of Federal Rules

May 09, 2012
House Readies Vote to Renew Charter of Export-Import Bank

President Obama 'Disappointed' with NC Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

Republicans blocks Senate Debate on Democratic Student Loan Bill

CIA Double Agent Foils al-Qaida Bomb Plot

Lugar Primary Loss Has Lessons for Republicans and Democrats

Colorado Lawmakers Reach Impasse on Civil Unions

May 08, 2012
President Obama's 'To Do' List for Congress Includes Jobs and Mortgages

Santorum Endorses One-Time Rival Romney

Redistricting Leads to Ugly Republican Versus Republican Primary Races

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar Faces Tea Party Rival in Republican Primary

Senate Heads Toward Showdown Vote on Student Loans

May 07, 2012
Senate Turns to Partisan Fight Over Student Loans

Republican Budget Plan Boosts Pentagon, Cuts Social Programs

April 23, 2012
Iceland Court to Give Verdict on Ex-Prime Minister

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