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Trump Says Obama Birth Certificate Missing; Israel-Egyptian Peace in Trouble
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Newser Daily Digest - Romney: Obama's on ' Peacetime Spending Binge'
Romney: Obama's on ' Peacetime Spending Binge'
(Newser) - Mitt Romney was so busy slamming President Obama over the deficit yesterday that he somehow managed to forget two little wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and US involvement in Libya. In a Union-Leader op-ed on America's debt problem, Romney knocked Obama for "one of the biggest peacetime spending... More »What Barbour Exit Means for GOP Race
(Newser) - Haley Barbour's surprise exit from the field of Republican contenders for 2012 has shaken up the race before it even officially began, notes Aaron Blake at the Washington Post . Some likely effects of the Mississippian's departure: The way is clear for Mitch Daniels. Barbour and Daniels are old... More »Jon Stewart: Relax, Trump Polls Mean Nothing
(Newser) - Jon Stewart has some advice for anybody alarmed by Donald Trump's apparently relentless rise in the polls: Relax. Polls this early don't mean squat. The Daily Show host, in a segment on "Premature Ecalculation," looked at some other front-runners from the spring before elections of yesteryear,... More »Trump: Obama Wasn't Qualified for Ivy League
(Newser) - Move over birthers, here come the "graders." President Obama was a "terrible" student who didn't deserve to get into the Ivy League universities he attended, Donald Trump suggests in an interview with AP . "I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad... More »Ethanol Group Paid Gingrich $300K
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich earned more than $300,000 acting as a consultant to a coalition of ethanol lobbying groups in 2009, according to IRS records. The possible GOP 2012 candidate—who declared "I am not a lobbyist for ethanol" during a spat with Wall Street Journal editors over his support... More »Ron Paul to Announce Exploratory Committee
(Newser) - Haley Barbour might be sitting 2012 out, but Ron Paul is looking to get in, a Paul source confirms to Politico. The Texas Republican will announce tomorrow that he's forming an exploratory committee—at a Holiday Inn in Des Moines, no less—the latest in a rash of... More »Haley Barbour: I'm Not Running
(Newser) - There are a number of Republicans salivating over a shot at the Oval Office next year, but Haley Barbour won't be joining them. The Mississippi Republican, called a "fundraising powerhouse" by Politico, said today he won't run, calling it a "difficult, personal decision, and I am... More »House Progressives Release Their Own Budget
(Newser) - As the budget debate continues, the House Progressive Caucus has released a plan of its own—and it's all about taxes. Their proposal would end the Bush tax cuts, add new tax brackets for millionaires, and raise corporate taxes. It would also add a public option to health care... More »Trump: De Niro ‘Not the Brightest’
(Newser) - This weekend, Robert De Niro slapped Donald Trump’s “crazy” behavior with a piece of advice: "Don’t go out there and say things unless you can back them up." Appearing on Fox & Friends today, Trump had some choice words about the actor, notes Mediaite : “... More »Anti-Drug GOPer Caught Driving High
(Newser) - A Rhode Island Republican lawmaker who made a splash with some anti-drug comments a few months ago has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of marijuana and possessing drug paraphernalia, Raw Story reports. House Minority Leader Robert Watson drew gasps in February for saying that the state legislature... More »White House Blasts Syrian Government
(Newser) - The National Security Council has condemned the “brutal violence” launched by Syria’s government against protesters, NPR reports. The crackdown is “completely deplorable and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” said an official statement. In response, “the United States is pursuing a range of... More »Time to Stem Tide of Special Interest Campaign Cash
(Newser) - In 2010, special interest groups and lobbyists in Washington alone gave nearly $300 million to political candidates—"more than the donations of 32 states combined," notes Alan Simpson, writing for Politico . And 2012 is sure to be worse, unless we do something about it—now. Special interest money... More »GOP-Hired Law Firm Quits DOMA Case
(Newser) - The law firm hired by the GOP to defend the Defense of Marriage Act is quitting the case, for reasons it hasn’t specified, notes Politico . “In reviewing this assignment further, I determined that the process used for vetting this engagement was inadequate,” said King and Spalding’s... More »Supreme Court: We Won't Fast-Track ObamaCare Suit
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has denied Virginia’s request to fast-track the state’s case against the health care law, MSNBC reports. Virginia’s attorney general had sought to take the case—which calls the law’s requirement that almost all Americans purchase health care unconstitutional—straight to the high court,... More »Unsubscribe or change your alert settings.
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