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Nation's capital makes a play for the 2024 Olympic Games 27 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
Washington (CNN) – Washingtonians are paying close attention the quadrennial contest for a major job on the global stage. But this time it's not the race for the White House - the nation's capital is...
Budget brawl: Just the facts 27 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
New York (CNNMoney) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew just put a rush on looming fiscal fights this fall. Lew said Monday that Congress must raise the country's debt ceiling before mid-October, which is ...
Palin jumps onto defund Obamacare effort 27 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
(CNN) – The effort by some Capitol Hill Republicans to wield leverage in upcoming budget battles in order to defund President Barack Obama's health care law gained the backing of Sarah Palin Tuesday. ...
Hagel: 'We're ready to go' if order comes on Syria response 27 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
Washington (CNN) – With a flurry of diplomatic signals and activity, U.S. officials sought Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a possible military attack on Syria in response to last week's suspected ch...
Ford describes glimpsing gun before assassination attempt 27 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
(CNN) – A bright red dress. A weathered face. And a gun, almost as large as the shooter's hand. Those were the images seared into President Gerald Ford's memory as he recalled the September day in 19...
Defund Obamacare supporters target top Republicans 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Washington (CNN) - Conservatives backing a move to shut down the federal government if funding isn't cut off for President Barack Obama's health care law by the end of September are launching a tour s...
Jack Gilligan, former Ohio governor, dies 27 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
(CNN) – John "Jack" Gilligan, the former Ohio governor, congressman and World War II veteran, has died, the governor's office said Monday. He was 92. A cause of death was not specified. Follow @poli...
Haley announces re-election bid in South Carolina 27 Aug 2013 | 05:48 am
Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) - Surrounded by a massive American flag, a modest late-summer crowd and three governors with possible designs on the White House, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley annou...
'Whatever:' Flake dismisses call to defund Obamacare 27 Aug 2013 | 05:18 am
(CNN) - Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona had two words to conservatives who want him to back a government shutdown threat in their effort to defund Obamacare: "Oh, whatever." Follow @politicalt...
Crossfire: Is Obama leading from behind in Syria? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:16 am
Crossfire hosts S.E. Cupp and Stephanie Cutter discuss Syria with Wolf Blitzer.
