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Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says the Obama administration's requirement that employers, including Catholic ones, be required to offer contraception coverage is an "assault on religious liberty."

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President Barack Obama's campaign is launching a new offensive against Republican Mitt Romney today, blasting the GOP nominee for criticizing Americans who don't pay income taxes without having "come clean" about his own.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is courting Cuban-American voters with promises to be tougher on the Castro government than President Barack Obama.

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Republican activists are incredulous: Why can't Republican Mitt Romney seem to break open a tight race with President Barack Obama given the nation's sluggish economy and conservative enthusiasm to beat the Democrat?

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U.S. Congressman John Fleming, of Minden, has released a statement after voting for the "No More Solyndras Act."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading tough words over the handling of foreign attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East.

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At least three Republican electors say they may not support their party's presidential ticket when the Electoral College meets in December to formally elect the new president.

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Democrats say it's no time for Mitt Romney to be taking potshots at President Barack Obama's foreign policy -- not in the immediate aftermath of the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three others.

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As Democrats and Republicans gear up for the final stretch of their closely contested race for the White House, President Barack Obama squeaked out a fundraising victory over Mitt Romney.

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President Barack Obama is unleashing a new Medicare offensive against rival Mitt Romney, eager to shake his Republican challenger off his economic focus and turn the campaign to territory more favorable to Democrats.

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