Jun 9, 2011 – Republican Jon Huntsman, looking more like a full-fledged presidential candidate every day, has "corrected" a statement he made during a Wednesday radio interview that he would not veto an assault weapons ban if such a bill was sent to him by Congress. The former Utah governor and ambassador to China...

Jun 9, 2011 – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits hardly changed for a second straight week, stuck at a high level that points to a slowing job market. Weekly unemployment benefit applications ticked up 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 427,000 last week, the Labor Department said. It marked the ninth straight week...

Jun 9, 2011 – U.S. initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week, a sign that the labor market is struggling to gain traction. Jobless claims increased by 1,000 to 427,000 in the week ended June 4, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected a drop in claims...

Jun 9, 2011 – Democrats kept up their criticism of Mitt Romney's (R) approach toward the auto industry with a web video Thursday reminding Michigan voters that Romney had favored bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a new web ad, "Welcome to Detroit," featuring clips of Romney talking...

Jun 9, 2011 – NEW YORK — Saddened by the disclosure of her husband’s online sexual antics, Rep. Anthony Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, is on a weeklong overseas trip with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, as another disclosure puts her even more in the unwelcome public eye: She is pregnant....

Jun 9, 2011 – Jon Huntsman is trying out a novel strategy: running for president without criticizing the incumbent by name. Since returning from his post as ambassador to China last month, Huntsman has made scant mention of the man who appointed him in May 2009—President Barack Obama. And his would-be campaign officials say...

Jun 9, 2011 – LANSING, Mich. — Mitt Romney stood in front of an auto factory in his native Michigan during his 2008 presidential race and vowed to bring back jobs, a popular message that helped give him his first — and only — Republican primary victory. He could run into a more...

Jun 9, 2011 – More rough polling numbers for Sarah Palin: In a CBS News poll, a majority of Republicans said they don't want her to run for president in 2012. Fifty-four percent of Republicans said they don't want Palin to run, compared with just 34 percent who said they're hoping for a bid....

Jun 9, 2011 – The 2012 presidential candidate excluded from CNN’s upcoming debate is making his appeal to YouTubers. In a campaign video released late yesterday, Gary Johnson makes the case for being included in the June 13th debate. Apart from the Fox news clips describing the former New Mexico governor’s fiscal accomplishments, the...

Jun 9, 2011 – Scott Brown has spent most of his Senate career with a target on his back. But his maverick voting record and fundraising prowess have positioned him to achieve the unthinkable: winning statewide reelection in Massachusetts as a Republican. Brown has, so far, avoided drawing a serious challenger in his...

Jun 9, 2011 – The Democratic National Committee has a game plan and it’s sticking to it: run over Mitt Romney, reverse, and do it again. In yet another video, the DNC attacks the 2012 Republican frontrunner for his statements objecting to the government bailouts of the auto industry.

Jun 9, 2011 – (CNN) -- A federal appeals court in Atlanta was openly skeptical Wednesday that the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama would survive constitutional scrutiny. A three-judge panel heard arguments in a massive lawsuit brought by Florida and 25 other states.

Jun 9, 2011 – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty won a major endorsement in South Carolina Wednesday as Rep. Joe Wilson announced that he would serve as Pawlenty’s state co-chair. Wilson praised Pawlenty in a statement as “the best man to get our nation back on the right track,” and as the candidate “who...

Jun 9, 2011 – U.S. companies sold more computers, heavy machinery and telecommunications equipment in foreign markets in April, pushing exports to a record high. Imports declined, reflecting a big drop in auto imports from Japan caused by supply disruptions from the March earthquake and tsunami. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the trade...

Jun 9, 2011 – Officials from both parties are already focusing on roughly a dozen key states in preparation for next year’s presidential election, as Republicans view a group of states won by President George W. Bush in 2004 but Barack Obama four years later as fertile territory for a GOP comeback because of...

Jun 9, 2011 – A new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that nearly half of Americans think a new Great Depression is likely to occur in the next year. Whether or not that Great Depression actually materializes in the economy, it’s pretty obvious that a (lower-case) great depression already exists when it comes to...

Jun 9, 2011 – Is it the best of times or end times for public charter schools? 4,000 charter school leaders, teachers, advocates, and policymakers will gather in Atlanta later this month at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools' annual conference. The gathering of upstarts is now larger than many long-standing traditional education...

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Jun 9, 2011 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama‘s governor on Thursday signed a tough new illegal immigration crackdown that contains provisions requiring public schools to determine students’ immigration status and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. The bill also allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being...

Jun 8, 2011 – Most voters still believe President Obama is more liberal than they are, while just one-out-of-four say they share the same ideological views as the president. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters think Obama is more ideologically liberal than they are, while...

Jun 8, 2011 – It turns out that the housing market works a lot like love. At least for some people. Take Christina Huang. She fell in love with a $969,000 house in Northern Virginia. She could picture raising a family. But there were a few red flags after an inspection, and she realized...

Jun 8, 2011 – Workers paid as much as 121 percent more in 2009 than in 2001 for their share of employer-sponsored health insurance, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported on Wednesday. An employee’s share of paying for health insurance rose more than either inflation or the increase in health insurance...

Jun 8, 2011 – For months, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has given the same firm response to potential donors and Republican higher-ups, saying he has no interest in running for the White House in 2012. But over the past two weeks, political advisers and friends say, Mr. Perry has changed his tune on a...