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Student loans 101: What's at stake in feud over college loan subsidy? Interest rates are set to double on certain federal student loans, if Congress and President Obama don't agree on a fix by July 1. Who would be affected? How did we get here in the first place? Here are answers to five key questions.
'Fast and Furious' probe: Obama's Watergate, or a waste of time?The political fight over 'Fast and Furious' has escalated dramatically. Republicans say it could be as serious as the Watergate break-in 40 years ago that brought down Richard Nixon. Democrats call it a politically motivated fishing expedition designed to embarrass Obama.
Monitor BreakfastFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio calls on Attorney General Holder to resignA rising Republican star and the lone GOP Hispanic in the US Senate, Marco Rubio says Congress has reached a 'point of no return' with the embattled attorney general.
Mitt Romney's sons on 'Conan': Why so much focus on pranks?Mitt Romney as prankster has been a campaign theme of late – and his five sons played it up again Wednesday on 'Conan.' Why this might not work for Romney, image-wise.
House panel cites Eric Holder for contempt. Will he go to jail?There's a jail in the US Capitol, but it's not likely to hold Attorney General Holder anytime soon. The executive branch has many options to delay criminal proceedings, which require the Department of Justice to initiate.
On Fast and Furious, Obama invokes 'executive privilege.' What's that?Facing a contempt vote, Attorney General Eric Holder urged Obama to invoke 'executive privilege' to avoid turning over documents to Congress. To be valid, the claim must bear on a core power of the presidency.
Obama leads Romney by 13 points in new poll. Can that be right?The preponderance of evidence suggests that a new Bloomberg poll is probably an outlier. Other polls put Obama ahead of Mitt Romney in the presidential race by one or two points.
FocusUnpacking 'Romneyomics': how Mitt would adjust dials on the US economyMItt Romney offers a prescription for the ailing US economy that hews to Republican principles. But it also has some unorthodox differences. Well-off Americans could get fewer government benefits and pay more for Medicare.
'Robin Hood tax': What is it and why does Occupy want it?As Jamie Dimon testifies before Congress (again), Occupy protesters don pointy hats to promote the 'Robin Hood tax' on stock and bond transactions – an idea Washington opposes.
Are Americans with Obama on illegal-immigration move? Poll says yes.A Bloomberg poll released Tuesday shows 2-to-1 support for President Obama's new illegal-immigration policy, aimed at helping young undocumented immigrants stay in the country.
Is Ron Paul's campaign better with money than Mitt Romney's?Six percent of Ron Paul’s campaign spending goes to fundraising, mainly via Internet 'money bombs.' Mitt Romney's campaign spends 23 percent of what he raises to do the same thing.
Three reasons Mitt Romney will win Michigan, and three reasons he won'tFamily ties and changing state demographics could help in Michigan, but Mitt Romney has a long way to go to overcome President Obama's lead in the polls – and his own opposition to the auto bailout.
Why isn't Mitt Romney vetting Marco Rubio as a VP candidate?Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is not being vetted as part of the Romney campaign's vice-presidential search, a report from ABC News says. Is that a snub of the GOP's most prominent Latino?
Was Obama’s move on immigration legal? Lawyers' memo makes the caseA memo by six immigration lawyers, written more than a year ago, argues that historical precedent supported Obama's authority to take action. Critics decry an effort to circumvent Congress.
Health-care reform law will survive even if mandate doesn't, experts sayChaos will not ensue if the US Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate to buy health insurance, even if other parts of Obama's health-care reform law are upheld, health experts say. But premiums would be likely to rise.
Ron Paul wins Iowa! Does that matter?Ron Paul's final victory in Iowa – Mitt Romney won the caucuses, but Paul got most of the delegates – could affect how hard Paul supporters push to get their issues on the agenda at the GOP's national convention.
Monitor BreakfastWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finds lessons in recall fightWisconsin Republican Scott Walker reflects on surviving a historic recall election and warns that Mitt Romney shouldn't assume that he'll automatically get Republican voters' support in the Badger State.
- How much do you know about presidential pets? Take our quiz.
As a struggling economy dogs President Obama, his famous four-legged friend, Bo, could be a political risk, a new George Washington University study finds. The authors conclude that presidential pets are welcomed in times of scandal and war but not in bouts of economic instability. Whatever the case, first pets have long attracted publicity and press. From pooches to parakeets, see what facts you can recall about some noteworthy presidential pets.
Did Obama's immigration move make Marco Rubio a more likely veep pick?Mitt Romney's gap with Hispanic voters is so wide that he may have no choice but to try to one-up Obama – perhaps by putting Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on the GOP ticket.
What did President Obama get for Father's Day?There’s no word yet on whether Sasha and Malia got him any new ties. But President Obama did get to play a round of golf and released a new Father's Day campaign video.
