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Super PAC to Launch $25 Million Ad Buy Attacking Obama


6:40 a.m.   Crossroads GPS, one of the super PACs backing Mitt Romney, will spend $25 million on ads attacking President Obama in 10 states this...

Obama Campaign and Committees Raise $43.6 Million in April


6:29 a.m. The Obama campaign and the Democratic committees that support it raised $43.6 million in April, campaign manager Jim Messina announced in an...

Why 2012 Is Reality TV at Nightfall, Not Morning in America


6:00 a.m. Meet the television star of the fledgling 2012 general election campaign: the sad sack.

Fischer Wins Republican Senate Primary in Nebraska


11:01 p.m. State Sen. Deb Fischer won the Nebraska GOP Senate primary on Tuesday in a stunning come-from-behind victory that seemed inconceivable just a...

Romney Wins Oregon and Nebraska Primaries


9:49 p.m. Mitt Romney won the Oregon and Nebraska primaries Tuesday night, inching ever closer to securing the needed delegates to claim the Republican...

Tea Party Takeover


9:30 p.m. Anti-establishment Republicans could score upsets in four Senate battlegrounds.

Despite Concerns, Verizon's Bid for More Spectrum Likely to Be Approved


9:30 p.m. As the nation’s biggest wireless provider bids for more spectrum, competitors and critics air familiar arguments.

What's Behind George W. Bush's Odd Romney Endorsement?


8:49 p.m.

Bishops Make Birth Control Opposition Official (Again)


5:52 p.m. U.S. Catholic bishops made their opposition to a health reform law rule requiring birth control coverage official Tuesday, filing comments on the...

White House Threatens Veto of House's Weaker Violence Against Women Bill


5:52 p.m. The White House threatened to veto the House version of the Violence Against Women Act on Tuesday, saying it cuts too many protections. The House...
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Josh Kraushaar: Against the Grain

Tea Party Takeover

9:30 p.m.
Anti-establishment Republicans could score upsets in four Senate battlegrounds.  Read more »
Juliana Gruenwald: Wired In Washington

Despite Concerns, Verizon's Bid for More Spectrum Likely to Be Approved

9:30 p.m.
As the nation’s biggest wireless provider bids for more spectrum, competitors and critics air familiar arguments.  Read more »
Charlie Cook: Charlie Cook's Off to the Races

Changing Times

May 14, 2012
Republicans need to think hard about their own message in light of public’s shifting attitude toward same-sex marriage.  Read more »
Gwen Ifill: Gwen's Take

The Big Straddle: Why Compromise Can Be Hazardous to One’s Political Health

May 11, 2012

This week, I watched two skilled politicians attempt to negotiate a growing chasm opening under their feet. One of them, GOP Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, slipped and...  Read more »

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Q Poll: Menendez Leads Kyrillos By Ten

6:00 a.m.
Sen. Bob Menendez , D-N.J., leads his presumptive Republican challenger, state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos , by ten points but remains under 50 percent, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll...  Read more »
Hotline On Call

What Deb Fischer's Upset in Nebraska Means

11:41 p.m.
State Sen. Deb Fischer 's remarkable upset victory over Attorney General Jon Bruning on Tuesday night marks the second time in as many weeks an establishment candidate has been taken down in a...  Read more »
Tech Daily Dose

NTIA: Companies, Agencies Will Need To Share Spectrum

4:11 p.m.
Government agencies can't be expected to use spectrum as efficiently as private companies, an official with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration told congressional...  Read more »
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