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Obama reminds supporters Virginia could hold key to White House 13 Jul 2012

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - U.S. President Barack Obama took his pitch for a second White House term to Virginia on Friday, reminding supporters that the election battleground state could secure him victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

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Pro-Obama Super PAC raised $6 million in June

WASHINGTON - The "Super PAC" working to re-elect U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday it had raised $6.1 million in June, in a further improvement after a bad start in the race for cash ahead of the November 6 election.

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Analysis: Rivals on left, right battle in Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - They are heavyweights in the ring that is the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Medicare, Medicaid chief urges states to implement health law

WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. government's Medicare and Medicaid health programs urged Republican state governors to implement President Barack Obama's healthcare law to extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, many of them poor or handicapped.

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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addresses the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Annual Conference at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, June 21, 2012. Credit: Reuters/David Manning

Jeb Bush: Party elder statesman or 2016 candidate?

MIAMI - Ever since Jeb Bush left the Florida governor's mansion with favorable ratings after two terms, his political future has been a hot topic. Recent comments departing from Republican orthodoxy have only fueled speculation about a presidential run - in 2016.   Full Article 

Andrea Davis and Dewey Schilling stand outside their home at Limetree Park where they live year-round in Bonita Springs, Florida, March 23, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Steve Nesius

Florida bingo set will go for safest net - but whose?

BONITA SPRINGS, Florida - More seniors would vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney than for incumbent Barack Obama, even though a majority think Obama's Democratic Party better serves their interests.   Full Article 

President Barack Obama signs a book about him for a boy scout upon his arrival in Richmond, Virginia May 5, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

In Ohio, fracking boom a delicate issue for Obama

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs.  Full Article 

Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney addresses supporters during his Wisconsin and Maryland primary night rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 3, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Darren Hauck

As governor, Romney picked winners and losers of his own

Mitt Romney is hammering President Obama for playing favorites. It's a powerful line of attack. But it may prompt unfavorable comparison with his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, when he favored some industries and singled out individual firms for special favors.  Full Article 

President Barack Obama greets troops at Bagram Air Base in Kabul May 2, 2012. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

Weary warriors favor Obama

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - A poll shows that among those who have served in the military during the past decade, 32 percent think the war in Iraq ended successfully, far more favor leaving Afghanistan, and Obama holds as much as a seven-point lead over Romney among veterans.  Full Article 

Former steel worker Joe Soptic stands near a giant drive wheel that was used by a steel mill that closed due to bankruptcy in 2001 and is now thought of as a memorial to the days that Kansas City, Missouri, December 15, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Dave Kaup

Romney's steel skeleton in the Bain closet

In his campaign for president, Mitt Romney has championed free markets and vowed to shrink the role of government. But after Bain Capital, the private-equity firm he co-founded, bought and then shuttered an aging steel mill in Kansas City, taxpayers were left holding the bag for the company's underfunded pensions.  Full Article 

Ada May Roberts checks her email in the kitchen with her husband Donald while waiting to serve breakfast for the guests at their Amelia Payson House Bed and Breakfast in Salem, Massachusetts, October 30, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder

The legacy of Romney's healthcare Rx

Five years into Massachusetts' first-in-the-nation statewide healthcare program, there is enough data to evaluate some of the brightest claims and biggest fears about the reforms.  Full Article 

New International Olympic Commmittee President Dr. Jacques Rogge (R) and Salt Lake Olympic Committee President Mitt Romney (L) look over a map of the Utah Winter Sports Park, August 7, 2001 in Park City, Utah. REUTERS/Files

Mitt Romney's thrill of victory at the Olympics

By the late 1990s, Mitt Romney had succeeded in business, failed in politics, and reached a crossroads. The path he took was to the Olympics.  Full Article 

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Part IV: Recent college graduates

A Reuters/Ipsos poll of recent graduates reveals a drop in support for President Barack Obama compared with 2008, but it shows no movement toward the GOP.  Full Article 

Part III: Florida bingo set

Part II: The Rust Belt

Part I: Military families

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Maine governor draws ire with new IRS “Gestapo” comments

Maine's Republican governor ignited a fresh firestorm when, for the second time in a week, he compared the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's murderous secret police.

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Case by Case: The U.S. Supreme Court

An interactive look at each issue before the Supreme Court during the 2011-2012 session, featuring case summaries, information on the lawyers, firms and agencies behind every fight and links to important legal briefs and headlines.   Full Coverage