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Analysis: In Michigan, will Romney regret opposing auto bailout?

Analysis: In Michigan, will Romney regret opposing auto bailout?
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Four years ago, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stood at the gates of a Michigan factory and vowed to fight for the U.S. auto industry as it slid toward...
Loose-talking Santorum donor Friess to make star turn in DC

Loose-talking Santorum donor Friess to make star turn in DC
By Samuel P. Jacobs WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foster Friess, the wealthy investor who is fueling Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, is enjoying his new-found fame. ...
Rep. Bachus faces insider trading probe: report

Rep. Bachus faces insider trading probe: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Spencer Bachus, which oversees the U.S. banking and financial services industries, is under investigation for possible violation of insider trading laws, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. ...
Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law

Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left Behind" education law, a move that could prove popular...
New Pentagon rules could put women closer to combat

New Pentagon rules could put women closer to combat
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing to open thousands of military jobs including medics and intelligence officers to women in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, a move likely to...
Ex-Giffords aide to run for her House seat

Ex-Giffords aide to run for her House seat
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Ron Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords who was wounded along with her in a deadly shooting last year, said on Thursday he would run in a...
Biden meets human rights advocates on China

Biden meets human rights advocates on China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and a group of human rights advocates discussed the "deterioration" of the rights situation in China, the White House said on Thursday, signaling the issue is likely to figure in his talks with China's vice president next week. ...
Obama grants 10 states leeway on U.S. education law

Obama grants 10 states leeway on U.S. education law
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 U.S. states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left Behind" education law, a move that could prove...
White House to try to placate Catholics on contraceptives

White House to try to placate Catholics on contraceptives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will announce a move to accommodate religious organizations on its rule for health insurance coverage of contraceptives, ABC News reported on Friday, but said the proposal is unlikely to satisfy Catholic Church leaders. ...
Biden says contraceptives fight can be worked out

Biden says contraceptives fight can be worked out
By John Whitesides and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday the White House was working to address concerns raised by the Catholic Church over a new rule on...
Catholic TV network sues to block U.S. contraception rule

Catholic TV network sues to block U.S. contraception rule
By Susan Heavey and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Roman Catholic television network said on Thursday it has filed suit in federal court to block President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives,...
Senior U.S. Catholic cites Obama "promises" on birth control

Senior U.S. Catholic cites Obama "promises" on birth control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Timothy Dolan, a senior U.S. Roman Catholic leader, said on Thursday President Barack Obama "gave me promises" during a White House meeting in November as Dolan pressed the Church's criticism of a new Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans to cover birth control. ...
House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading

House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials on Thursday, despite objections from Democrats and some Republicans that...
White House lowers "stale" jobless forecast

White House lowers "stale" jobless forecast
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will forecast a U.S. unemployment rate averaging 8.9 percent in 2012 in his annual budget on Monday - but before the document was even released...
White House to issue jobless forecast--but disavows it

White House to issue jobless forecast--but disavows it
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will forecast an unemployment rate averaging 8.9 percent in 2012 in his annual budget on Monday - but before the document has been officially released...