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Scott Walker ex-aide's e-mails: how damaging?Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) faces questions over documents depicting aides' illegal campaign activity during his first campaign for governor. Walker himself is not implicated, but the situation tests his mettle as he runs for reelection 鈥� and possibly president.
Ted Nugent on Texas campaign trail. Does he help Democrats more than GOP?Texas GOP gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott took a risk when he invited shock talker Ted Nugent to campaign with him. Now, he's having to answer questions about Nugent. And for what?
Trade deals: why Obama is stymied by members of his own partyAs President Obama meets with leaders from Mexico and Canada, it's fellow Democrats at home who are giving him grief on expanded international trade. The looming fall midterms aren't helping.聽
Anti-union vote at Tennessee VW plant: biggest election of 2014, or duh?A debate ensues over the import of last week's vote in which workers at a VW plant in Tennessee said no thanks to joining the United Auto Workers 鈥� even though Volkswagen itself wouldn't have minded.
Monitor BreakfastMinimum wage hike would cost 500,000 jobs? CBO director defends the estimate.A number of economists from the White House and beyond have criticized a CBO report on the effects of potentially boosting the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. But CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf isn鈥檛 backing off.
Obama apologizes to art historian. Why did he diss her discipline?His comments pertained to the job market, Obama explained in an apology letter to a professor of art history. Here's how he got in hot water with some art history majors.
Would a $10.10 minimum wage really cost 500,000 jobs? Obama and CBO at odds.While the White House disputed the CBO's prediction, the overall evidence in the new report did imply that the benefits of the minimum wage hike 鈥� higher income and reduced poverty 鈥� may outweigh the costs.
Rand Paul vs. Ted Cruz: Who's winning tea party voters?While Rand Paul, who is currently leading in polls of GOP voters, backs fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell against a tea party opponent, Ted Cruz openly defies establishment Republican leaders.
Obama stimulus: On 5th anniversary, White House touts millions of jobs createdFive years after Obama signed the Recovery Act, the White House credits the stimulus with saving millions of jobs and contributing to long-term economic growth. Republicans call the plan a failure and a waste of taxpaper money.
Monica Lewinsky: Why GOP can't stop talking about Clinton scandalMonica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton: The scandal is still on the lips of Republican hopefuls, despite warnings the tactic could backfire. The reason: you have to win the nomination first.
Why does myth of US Presidents Day persist?The official name for the holiday celebrated Feb. 17, 2014, is Washington鈥檚 Birthday. Here are three theories as to why the name Presidents Day endures.
Why is Mitt Romney talking about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky?Mitt Romney says he's made his last run for office, but he still gets asked about controversial political issues. Sunday it was Sen. Rand Paul's connecting Hillary聽Rodham Clinton to Bill Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandal.
A peek into Obama鈥檚 weekend at SunnylandsPresident Obama is kicking back this weekend at Sunnylands, the Camp David of the West. It's a place for high-minded problem-solving 鈥撀爐hen golf and TV.聽
America's best first lady: Eleanor Roosevelt tops the list, againEleanor Roosevelt has ranked No. 1 in a poll of scholars over three decades. Abigail Adams, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Dolly Madison finished 2, 3, and 4. At 5? A newcomer: Michelle Obama.
Monitor BreakfastObama adviser: 'Some optimism' for expecting US economy to strengthenGene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, hopes Republicans' tactic of contesting each increase of the national debt ceiling is permanently 'off the table.' He also offers cautious hope that the economy will keep improving.
Will Obama's 'climate resilience fund' help cope with global warming?President Obama's 2015 budget will include $1 billion聽to help communities deal with the effects of climate change. He made the announcement Friday on a visit to drought-stricken California.
Hillary Clinton tells women to 'grow skin like a rhinoceros.' Good advice?That's advice the former first lady and secretary of State offered this week to women aspiring to high-profile positions, borrowing from Eleanor Roosevelt. It's a hide that didn't come naturally to Hillary Clinton.
Chris Christie's not-so-bad week: Bridge-gate looming less largeThe Bridge-gate scandal that has beset Gov. Chris Christie, a possible presidential contender, is still under investigation. But at least no one died because of it, an AP analysis shows.
Obama in California: a pledge of drought aid, climate change planningPresident Obama heads to the parched San Joaquin Valley in central California on Friday to announce executive action on the state's devastating drought. He will also draw a link between extreme weather and climate change.
Would union cost Tennessee VW plant a new line? Senator and automaker at odds.Sen. Bob Corker is trying to convince workers at VW's assembly plant in Tennessee that a vote to unionize could cost them the manufacturing line for a new vehicle. VW says that's not the case.
