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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with wife Ann bows to Polish WWII veterans and a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp prior to laying a wreath at the Warsaw 1944 Uprising monument in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Romney now seeking to introduce himself to voters

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Mitt Romney has been on the national political stage for nearly a decade — through two presidential bids, countless campaign events and millions spent on TV ads. But the likely Republican presidential nominee still isn't well-known to most voters. More »Romney now seeking to introduce himself to voters

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, signs documents, prior to the start of an EU foreign affairs meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 23, 2012. The European Union foreign chief says the escalating bloodshed in Syria was sparking concerns that the conflict may spill over into neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Obama says U.S. backs 'decisive action' in euro-zone debt crisis

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reiterated his support for "decisive action" … More »Obama says U.S. backs 'decisive action' in euro-zone debt crisis

Supporters of the Affordable Healthcare Act celebrate after the court upheld the legality of the law in Washington

Gay marriage foes ask Supreme Court to uphold California ban

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gay marriage opponents asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold … More »Gay marriage foes ask Supreme Court to uphold California ban

Health Care

  • The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, August 02, 2012 ABC OTUS News - 1 hr 41 mins ago

    The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at … More »The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, August 02, 2012

    The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News Digital News Associates and Desk Assistants Jayce Henderson, Amanda VanAllen, Carrie Halperin and...

  • In this July 5, 2012, photo, retired police officer Hector Rodriquez sits in his office in Kissimmee, Fla. Rodriguez is a self-described fiscal conservative and a military hawk, with one son in the Army and another in the Coast Guard. When it comes to social issues, though, the longtime Republican is moderate enough to have cast votes for Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. A native of Puerto Rico, Rodriguez is undecided this go-round. He and like-minded Puerto Ricans living in the I-4 corridor, a wide swath of central Florida lined with amusement parks, are drawing unprecedented attention from the presidential campaigns. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
    Fla. Puerto Ricans could play a key election role AP - 2 hrs 2 mins ago

    Retired police officer Hector Rodriguez is a self-described fiscal conservative and a military hawk, with one son in the Army and another in the Coast Guard. When it … More »Fla. Puerto Ricans could play a key election role

    In this July 5, 2012, photo, retired police officer Hector Rodriquez sits in his office in Kissimmee, Fla. Rodriguez is a self-described fiscal conservative and a military hawk, with one son in the Army and another in the Coast Guard. When it comes to social issues, though, the longtime Republican is moderate enough to have cast votes for Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. A native of Puerto Rico, Rodriguez is undecided this go-round. He and like-minded Puerto Ricans living in the I-4 corridor, a wide swath of central Florida lined with amusement parks, are drawing unprecedented attention from the presidential campaigns. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

    Retired police officer Hector Rodriguez is a self-described fiscal conservative and a military hawk, with one son in the Army and another in the Coast Guard. When it comes to social issues, though, the longtime Republican is moderate enough to have cast votes for Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

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Economy and Jobs

  • General Services Police officers stand watch as park surrounding City Hall is reopened in Los Angeles
    U.S. loves cops and firefighters - but not their pensions Reuters - Mon, Jul 30, 2012

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pharmacist Michael Nastro is full of admiration for how police responded to a deadly robbery in his suburban New York neighborhood in 2011. A gunman … More »U.S. loves cops and firefighters - but not their pensions

    General Services Police officers stand watch as park surrounding City Hall is reopened in Los Angeles

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pharmacist Michael Nastro is full of admiration for how police responded to a deadly robbery in his suburban New York neighborhood in 2011. A gunman walked into a pharmacy near his own on Long Island, killed four people and fled with a stash of painkillers. Police in the area, which is part of wealthy …

  • German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, in the house where Schaeuble is vacationing, in Westerland on the North Sea island of Sylt, Germany Monday July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/ Philipp Guelland)
    US, Germany stress cooperation to end euro crisis AP - Mon, Jul 30, 2012

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his German counterpart stressed the need for coordinated action Monday in the face of the eurozone debt crisis and faltering … More »US, Germany stress cooperation to end euro crisis

    German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, in the house where Schaeuble is vacationing, in Westerland on the North Sea island of Sylt, Germany Monday July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/ Philipp Guelland)

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his German counterpart stressed the need for coordinated action Monday in the face of the eurozone debt crisis and faltering global growth, but left open what joint steps Europe and the United States would take to shore up the world economy in the coming months.

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Education

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Environment and Energy

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Foreign Policy

  • U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Romney waves to hundreds of people gathered outside before his meeting with Poland's PM Tusk at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk
    Polish Solidarity distances itself from Romney visit Reuters - Mon, Jul 30, 2012

    GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Solidarity, the trade union movement which led the Polish struggle against communist rule, distanced itself on Monday from a visit to Poland … More »Polish Solidarity distances itself from Romney visit

    U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Romney waves to hundreds of people gathered outside before his meeting with Poland's PM Tusk at the Old Town Hall in Gdansk

    GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Solidarity, the trade union movement which led the Polish struggle against communist rule, distanced itself on Monday from a visit to Poland by U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, saying he supported attacks on unions in his own country. Romney was in Poland on the third and final leg of …

  • A Free Syrian Army member stands near a destroyed Government army truck in Attarib
    U.N. mission chief's convoy attacked in Syria: U.N.'s Ban Reuters - Mon, Jul 30, 2012

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The convoy of Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, head of the U.N. observer mission in Syria, was attacked over the weekend and only the vehicles' … More »U.N. mission chief's convoy attacked in Syria: U.N.'s Ban

    A Free Syrian Army member stands near a destroyed Government army truck in Attarib

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The convoy of Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, head of the U.N. observer mission in Syria, was attacked over the weekend and only the vehicles' armor prevented injuries, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. "Yesterday the convoy of General Gaye was attacked by armed attacks," Ban …

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Government Spending

  • U.S. President Obama speaks at Cabinet Meeting at the White House in Washington
    Government signs on insurers to fight … Reuters - Thu, Jul 26, 2012

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration launched a new partnership with private insurance companies, state officials and other stakeholders to … More »Government signs on insurers to fight …

    U.S. President Obama speaks at Cabinet Meeting at the White House in Washington

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration launched a new partnership with private insurance companies, state officials and other stakeholders to scale up efforts to tackle widespread and increasingly sophisticated healthcare fraud. Speaking from the White House at a table surrounded by leaders from …

  • FILE - In this July 13, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign stop in downtown Roanoke, Va. New figures released Friday by the White House predict this year’s federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion. That would make the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits during President Barack Obama’s administration. (AP Photo/Don Petersen, File)
    Administration projects $1.2T 2012 budget … AP - Fri, Jul 27, 2012

    The White House predicts this year's federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion, marking the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits during … More »Administration projects $1.2T 2012 budget …

    FILE - In this July 13, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign stop in downtown Roanoke, Va. New figures released Friday by the White House predict this year’s federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion. That would make the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits during President Barack Obama’s administration. (AP Photo/Don Petersen, File)

    The White House predicts this year's federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion, marking the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits during President Barack Obama's administration.

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Immigration

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Taxes

  • In this Wednesday March 30, 2011 file photo, Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, left, an Overland Park Republican, discusses drunken driving legislation during a caucus of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP. Moderate GOP incumbent Sen. Tim Owens, one of the targets. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
    Conservatives work to cull moderate Republicans AP - Mon, Jul 30, 2012

    Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive … More »Conservatives work to cull moderate Republicans

    In this Wednesday March 30, 2011 file photo, Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, left, an Overland Park Republican, discusses drunken driving legislation during a caucus of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP. Moderate GOP incumbent Sen. Tim Owens, one of the targets. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

    Frustrated by their inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP.

  • In this photo taken Friday, July 27, 2012, a sign reads "PARK CLOSED DUE TO BUDGET CUTS - NO TRESPASSING ALLOWED” on the chain-link fence of Hollenbeck Park in Stanton, Calif. Hollenbeck Park is just one casualty of the budget crisis in the Orange County city of Stanton, which warned residents earlier this year that it could face bankruptcy without an additional $1.2 million in sorely needed revenue. The city of 38,000 people tried to get residents to approve a utility tax hike in June, but the measure failed. Since then, Stanton has slashed $1.1 million from its police budget, losing five of its 24 sworn officers, and agreed to reduce its fire service level to save another $700,000. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    Struggling Calif. cities looking to tax hikes AP - Mon, Jul 30, 2012

    There's a new twist emerging as some of California's most financially troubled cities look for ways out of their predicaments: They're declaring fiscal emergencies so … More »Struggling Calif. cities looking to tax hikes

    In this photo taken Friday, July 27, 2012, a sign reads "PARK CLOSED DUE TO BUDGET CUTS - NO TRESPASSING ALLOWED” on the chain-link fence of Hollenbeck Park in Stanton, Calif. Hollenbeck Park is just one casualty of the budget crisis in the Orange County city of Stanton, which warned residents earlier this year that it could face bankruptcy without an additional $1.2 million in sorely needed revenue. The city of 38,000 people tried to get residents to approve a utility tax hike in June, but the measure failed. Since then, Stanton has slashed $1.1 million from its police budget, losing five of its 24 sworn officers, and agreed to reduce its fire service level to save another $700,000. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

    There's a new twist emerging as some of California's most financially troubled cities look for ways out of their predicaments: They're declaring fiscal emergencies so they can quickly get tax hike initiatives on local November ballots.

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