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Spring Break is a common ritual for students across the country, and First Daughter Malia Obama is no exception. But, of course, there is an important difference between the First Daughter and other students. When Malia Obama takes a trip,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) —A top House Republican insisted the Obama administration’s goal in the fiscal cliff talks was to get more money for spending rather than deficit reduction. Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., contended the White House’s insistence on

(AP) Obama, Boehner discuss ‘fiscal cliff’ stalemateBy ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House to discuss the “fiscal cliff,” while rank-and-file Republicans stepped forward with what they called pragmatic ideas to break

Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash told Breitbart News that it’s “hypocritical” for House Speaker John Boehner to criticize President Barack Obama over his administration’s lack of transparency while keeping the secret list of criteria used in his conservative purge from

For the first time in weeks, President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner met face to face in an attempt to overcome disagreements about the fiscal cliff. White House spokesperson Josh Earnest stated, “This afternoon, the President and

Pretend you’re Barack Obama. Put on your crown and think hard. If the Republicans hold fast on taxes and the country goes over the fiscal cliff, the Bush tax cuts will expire and the middle class will get clobbered. How

(AP) Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov’t groupBy DANIEL WAGNERAP Business WriterBELTSVILLE, Md.Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government’s heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping

President Barack Obama’s first term taught businesses a clear lesson: CEOs and businesses that support the president will be rewarded with taxpayer-funded corporate welfare and favorable regulations, and those who oppose him will be shut out or crushed. On Friday,

The White House argued that its $800 billion stimulus plan passed in 2009 would bring down the unemployment rate to 5.6%. And even as Friday’s jobs report showed that the unemployment rate is 7.7%, Democrats and President Barack Obama may push

(AP) Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining DemocratsBy GARY FINEOUTAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, announced on Twitter

(AP) Obama request for Sandy aid could face hurdlesBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama’s proposal for $60.4 billion in federal aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy adds a huge new item to an end-of-year congressional agenda already packed with

(AP) Democrats want jobless benefits in `cliff’ dealBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONHovering in the background of the “fiscal cliff” debate is the prospect of 2 million people losing their unemployment benefits four days after Christmas. Emergency jobless benefits for about 2.1

Speaker John Boehner said today that tax rates might be on the table in the fiscal cliff negotiations. “There are a lot of things that are possible to come from revenue, if the president seizes the opportunity,” said Boehner, asked

For the first time, the Obama administration is showing some flexibility by deploying Vice President Joe Biden to explain to the media that raising rates on top earners to Clinton rates would not be an unbreakable precondition for negotiations over

Corporate CEOs looking to curry favor with the ascendant Obama administration are speaking out, claiming that raising taxes on the top two percent of income earners won’t hurt the economy. At an event at the National Press Club organized by

(AP) Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talksBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a “fiscal cliff” combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts in January and called

As liberals again urged President Barack Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to raise the debt ceiling without getting approval from Congress, White House press secretary Jay Carney on Thursday said the White House does not believe

(AP) Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donationsBy JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated PressWASHINGTONRemarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House. It

(AP) Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-workBy JOHN FLESHER and JEFF KAROUBAssociated PressLANSING, Mich.In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making

(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Thursday he vetoed a bill that would have created a health insurance exchange for his state under President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare program. Christie, whose announcement came on a day when