Biden proves catalyst for Obama on gay marriage

Sorry, Mr. President.

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McCain to Romney: VP should be someone you trust

US Republican Senator John McCain had some advice Sunday for his party’s presumptive nominee to take on President Barack Obama: choose someone you trust for vice president.

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Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains U.S.-China ties

BEIJING (Reuters) – Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng appealed on Thursday for asylum in the United States, throwing into doubt a deal used to coax him out of hiding in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and fanning U.S.-China tensions at a sensitive time. The standoff appears particularly troublesome for the Obama administration, with Chen saying he now fears for his and his family’s safety if he stays in China, as was planned under the deal that Washington called a good outcome for the dissident. …

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Romney and Obama battle ahead of 3 GOP primaries

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest presidential primaries, a sign that both sides believe the race to decide who will oppose the Democrat this fall is coming to a close.

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EPA to reduce new power plants’ carbon pollution

The Obama administration will press ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from Republicans who have said the regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal, a dominant U.S. energy source.

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US OKs Egypt aid despite congressional concerns

The Obama administration told Congress on Thursday it will waive democracy requirements to release up to $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt despite concerns that the country is backsliding on commitments it made to democratic governance and rule of law.

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Santorum blasts Romney on healthcare ahead of Ohio vote (Reuters)

Reuters – Republican Rick Santorum lashed out at chief rival Mitt Romney on Saturday as “uniquely unqualified” to challenge President Barack Obama in November’s election and urged Ohio voters to join him in rejecting the party’s old-boy establishment.

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Poll: Millionaire tax popular, spending cuts too (AP)

AP – Most people like President Barack Obama’s proposal to make millionaires pay a significant share of their incomes in taxes. Yet they’d still rather cut spending than boost taxes to balance the federal budget, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows, giving Republicans an edge over Democrats in their core ideological dispute over the nation’s fiscal ills.

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Santorum says Obama agenda not "based on Bible" (Reuters)

Reuters – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged President Barack Obama’s Christian beliefs on Saturday, saying White House policies were motivated by a “different theology.”

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Obama takes on big government: `It has to change’ (AP)

AP – Seeking more power to shrink the government, President Barack Obama on Friday suggested smashing six economic agencies into one, an election-year idea intended to halt bureaucratic nightmares and force Republicans to back him on one of their own favorite issues.

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