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Obama at Disney World: foreign tourists could create 1 million jobsPresident Obama paid a visit to Mickey Mouse at his Florida home Thursday to mark the signing of an executive order aimed at facilitating the processing of foreign tourist visas to lure travelers.
Oops! Turns out Rick Santorum beat Mitt Romney in Iowa. Does it matter?A new vote tally shows Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses by 34 votes over runner-up Mitt Romney. But aside from bragging rights, the shift in results is unlikely to affect the GOP race.
SOPA and PIPA protest power: why Marco Rubio backed off piracy billSen. Marco Rubio was one of the original co-sponsors of the Senate's anti-piracy bill, but he reversed course Wednesday amid a flurry of protests against PIPA and SOPA.
Jerry Brown's defiant State of the State: California is still goldenWith chronic budget woes engulfing California, many analysts had expected a 'gloom and doom' State of the State address from Gov. Jerry Brown. They got nothing of the sort.
SOPA and PIPA bills: old answers to 21st-century problems, critics sayThe SOPA and PIPA bills are an attempt by the music and movie industries to hold on to outdated business models, critics say. But finding compromise on anti-piracy laws could be tough.
Polls show a Newt Gingrich comeback? Not so fast.New polls seems to indicate that Newt Gingrich might be closing in on Mitt Romney, the front-runner in the GOP presidential race. How much and how quickly? That's still unclear.
Obama puts Keystone pipeline on hold, decries 'rushed and arbitrary' deadlineSpeaker Boehner accuses Obama of 'selling out American jobs for politics,' but Keystone pipeline operator TransCanada says it will submit plans for a rerouted project later this year.
Would SOPA and PIPA bills 'break Internet?' Anti-piracy measure being revised.On the verge of passage in Congress, the SOPA and PIPA bills targeting online piracy have been bounced back for revision in the face of a public outcry and high-profile Internet protests.
Why Ron Paul left South Carolina to take part in a 'charade'Ron Paul left campaigning in South Carolina so he could vote to oppose Congress raising the debt limit. The resolution has no chance of passing, but for Paul it is a core issue.
Monitor BreakfastL.A. mayor calls tax code unfair, cites Mitt RomneyL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the news that millionaire Mitt Romney has been paying federal taxes at close to a 15 percent rate is going to spur talk about fixing the US tax code.
Monitor BreakfastCities brace for bad news in Obama's next federal budget, top mayor saysThe Obama administration is preparing its 2013 federal budget proposal and is letting some allies know how spending cuts will affect them. For Antonio Villaraigosa, president of the US Conference of Mayors, the news has not been good.
Did Sarah Palin endorse Newt Gingrich or not?A lot of media folks are leaping to the conclusion that Sarah Palin did endorse Newt Gingrich on a Fox News show Tuesday night, but we’re not so sure.
Why Mitt Romney's 15 percent tax rate may not matter in the long runRepublican voters already knew Mitt Romney is wealthy. Now that they know his effective tax rate, chances are they won't suddenly decide he'll have a harder time beating Obama than any of his GOP rivals.
Still in, Newt Gingrich is the wild card in GOP raceNewt Gingrich, who once pledged to run a 'relentlessly positive' campaign, has embarked on a scorched-earth approach to his rivals, especially Mitt Romney. Big donors give the notoriously volatile Gingrich extra staying power.
House to reject debt limit increase. Why that doesn't really matter.The House is voting Wednesday on a resolution disapproving of a request by President Obama to raise the national debt limit by $1.2 trillion. But the issue actually was resolved last summer.
Gov. Scott Walker vs. unions: Wisconsin set to count recall petitionsPetitions calling for the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who emerged last year as the national face of anti-union legislation, are due Tuesday. Signature-counting is set to begin this week.
The other Martin Luther King Jr. holiday: how it's observedThe Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, established in 1994, is meant to be a day of personal action in Dr. King’s memory – as its boosters say, a day on, not a day off.
Mitt Romney: Does it hurt him that he's a French-speaking rich guy?Newt Gingrich thinks Mitt Romney’s linguistic skills are a big deal. Mr. Gingrich is hoping a new French-themed ad appeals to conservative voters in South Carolina.
Rahm Emanuel and public sector union play hardball over Chicago library hoursAcross the US, financially strapped local governments are cutting back on library hours. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reduced the libraries' week to five days amid a stand-off with a public union.
US Chamber sees limp economy, high unemployment rate in election yearUS Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue offered a grim outlook Thursday for cutting the politically sensitive unemployment rate, citing slow economic growth.
