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BREAKING: Gingrich to end White House bid — Washington (CNN) - Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN. — While details are still being worked out …
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Gingrich to leave presidential race next Tuesday, sources say — Newt Gingrich plans to formally leave the Republican presidential race next Tuesday, senior campaign aides told Fox News. — The former House speaker will “more than likely” endorse Mitt Romney when he makes his announcement …
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The pivot: Mitt Romney throws Bill Clinton's ‘economy stupid’ dictum back in Barack Obama's face
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Gingrich Unofficially Concedes GOP Nomination Race to Romney
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Newt Gingrich to suspend campaign
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Little Green Footballs and Hit & Run


Recap: Supreme Court Live Blog: The Immigration Case … Several Supreme Court justices said they couldn't see legal problems in a central part of Arizona's tough anti-immigration law, but some other provisions of the law received more skepticism at arguments Wednesday.
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Supreme Court casts doubt on Obama's immigration law claim
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Considering Arizona Law, Justices Again in Political Storm
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Althouse and Patterico's Pontifications


Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores — A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district member of Congress. But now it's attracting barbs from farm kids themselves.


Ready for the Fight: Rolling Stone Interview with Barack Obama — The president discusses his job, the opposition and the coming campaign — We arrived at the White House on Easter Monday, the South Lawn overrun by children and their parents enjoying the annual Easter Egg Roll.
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Obama Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Grover Norquist
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Obama vows to fight for climate action, make global warming a key 2012 issue
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ThinkProgress, Politico and Get Energy Smart!


Document: Marco Rubio's First Communion — The Senator seeks to establish that he left the Mormon faith, and returned to Catholicism, as a 13-year-old in Las Vegas. — Senator Marco Rubio's staff is disputing a section of a new biography that suggests that Rubio, as a boy, was a Mormon until the family returned to Miami.
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Marco Rubio biography says grandfather was ordered deported
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Rob Portman: Vice President Vanilla?
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Pirate's Cove and Althouse

Obama slow jams the news with Jimmy Fallon. How does that work? (+video) — Start with a late-night funnyman. Add a president. Then, talk about something serious - Obama chose student loans - while Jimmy Fallon's house band, The Roots, lays down an R&B rhythm. Punch it up. Laugh.
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Obama emphasizes new aspects of life story — His talk of his humble beginnings now focuses on the stresses of debt and his grandmother hitting the glass ceiling. Aides to Republican Mitt Romney say the president is trying to sow division. — President Obama at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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American Prospect

President Obama Explains Student Loan Proposals, Drops the Mic on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
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House Republican blames Secret Service for ‘knucklehead’ culture — Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) said Wednesday that the prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service is a “much bigger problem” than a case of “a couple of knuckleheads.” — “Think about the culture that would hire this many knuckleheads.
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Obama Campaign Asks Unions to Help Cover Convention Costs — President Barack Obama's political advisers are pressing labor unions to contribute to the Democratic convention in September to cover a fundraising shortfall resulting from their self-imposed ban on corporate donations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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What's Wrong with the Ross Douthat Creed — Ross Douthat is a very sincere young man who writes a column for the New York Times, and someone who, alas, usually makes David Brooks read like Richard Brautigan, albeit with one memorable exception. Like many people who were born too late …
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Taylor Marsh, The Confluence, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Hullabaloo and Jesus' General

Girl Gone Wild Goes to Washington — Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis is NOT throwing his hat into the political ring with the likes of Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian. However, Francis announced today that he has added an additional prize for the winner of the wildly popular, #1 rated …
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Romney Sets Unwanted Record in Sweep of Northeastern Primaries — Prior to Romney, no presumptive GOP nominee has failed to win 60 percent of the vote playing out the primary string after his last major challenger exited the race — While there was no doubt Mitt Romney would rack …
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Wonkbook: Vote for Romney. He loves America. — You know what, wonks? This campaign is going to be a bummer. — On Tuesday, Mitt Romney gave a speech billed as his big general-election pitch. It was a perfectly serviceable piece of work: competently written and competently delivered.
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Reid draws line against Keystone
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An Exclusive Statement from Bo Guagua to The Harvard Crimson — Harvard Kennedy School student Bo Guagua corresponded with Crimson staff writers Hana N. Rouse and Justin C. Worland on Tuesday via his Kennedy School and Google email accounts and sent The Crimson a statement, which is published verbatim below.
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Guardian, The Other McCain, ABCNEWS and Global Spin

For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately. Labor market conditions have improved in recent months; the unemployment rate has declined but remains elevated.
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Guardian, New York Times, Economist's View, Business Insider and FT Alphaville


Mark Critz defeats Jason Altmire, Matt Cartwright beats Tim Holden — Two conservative Democrats lost their seats in Pennsylvania tonight thanks to the state's new congressional map. — Rep. Mark Critz beat Rep. Jason Altmire in a highly competitive member-vs-member Democratic primary …
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Sen. Marco Rubio's address on U.S. foreign policy — AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY: RUBIO REMARKS AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — Prepared Remarks for Brookings Institution Speech — Thank you, Senator Lieberman. One of the best things about working in the Senate is the opportunity …
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Jimmah: Obama Will Win Re-election, But I'd Be “Comfortable” With Romney … How many other Dems will be “comfortable” with Romney? — Sign-Up to receive Updates from TH — Sign Up — Breaking on TOWNHALL — It's probably about time Greg Hengler started getting “comfortable” with Romney too.
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Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit