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Darrell Issa has had a busy year
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Obama sings blues with B.B. King
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Rick Santorum, opinion columnist
The former senator’s newspaper columns for the Philadelphia Inquirer offer a window into the candidate’s mind.
Justices to hear affirmative action case
A white student claims that the University of Texas’s race-conscious admission policy cost her a spot in the freshman class.
Obama pays tribute to black history
The president hailed the groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
New members named to Waters probe
Six members of the House Ethics Committee replaced after recusing themselves from troubled case of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).
Birth control a winner for Democrats
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Video: Obama speaks at ground breaking of Black History Museum (2:04)
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that a new national black history museum will help future generations remember the sometimes difficult, often inspirational role, that African Americans have played in the nation's history. (Feb. 22)
At the Red, White and Blues concert played at the White House on Tuesday night, President Obama sang a few bars of the blues classic with B.B. King and Mick Jagger.
President Obama sang along as Glary Clark Jr. performed "Catfish Blues" at the White House on Tuesday night. (Feb. 21)
At the Red, White and Blues concert played at the White House on Tuesday night, Mick Jagger proved he's still got his rock star moves. Watch highlights from his performance. (Feb. 21)
Names such as Buddy Guy and Sehemekia Copeland joined B.B. King on stage for a performance at the Red, White and Blues concert at the White House. (Feb. 21)
President Barack Obama welcomed blues legends to the White House on Thursday night, praising the message of overcoming within the music. (Feb. 21)
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is facing off with Yale University over efforts by the NYPD to monitor Muslim student groups. He says there is nothing wrong with officers keeping an eye on websites available to the general public. (Feb. 21)
An unmistakable dynamic is playing out in the money game among Republican presidential candidates: New "super" political action committees are growing more powerful than the campaigns they support. (Feb. 20)
Republican hopeful Rick Santorum says the way to solve the country's deficit situation is by cutting back on entitlement programs. (Feb. 21)
President Barack Obama has thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her leadership in helping secure a Eurozone agreement to prevent a potentially disastrous fiscal default by Greece. (Feb. 21)
Locked in a tight race a week before the Michigan primary, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a crowd that rival Rick Santorum is a Washington insider and said he was an outsider candidate. (Feb. 21)
GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says America needs to 'go all out' in its quest for energy independence. He told a group of lawmakers in Oklahoma that if the country utilizes resources properly the cost of gasoline could drop to $2. (Feb. 21)
President Barack Obama is urging Congress to "keep going" and work on more measures to help the nation's economy after lawmakers agreed to extend the payroll tax cut. (Feb. 21)
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