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  • Newt Gingrich to Announce Presidential Bid

    By CHRIS CILLIZZA, The Washington Post

    Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will announce his plans to pursue the presidency in 2012 on Wednesday, according to spokesman Rick Tyler. Gingrich will make the announcement first on Facebook and...

  • Obama Honors Victims of 9/11

    By PERRY BACON JR., The Washington Post

    President Obama, in New York City Thursday to mark the U.S. killing of Sept. 11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden, told a group of firefighters the successful raid showed that, “when we say we will never...

  • White House Releases Obama Birth Certificate

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House released the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate Wednesday in response to questions about whether he was really born in the U.S. The certificate...

  • Daniels Hesitates on Presidential Bid

    By Dan Balz, The Washington Post

    No prospective Republican presidential candidate has done more to highlight the issue of debt and deficits than Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He calls it the “new red menace,” an ocean of red ink that...

  • Obama’s Fundraising Faces Key Test in California

    By Cecilia Kang and PERRY BACON JR., The Washington Post

    President Obama will woo big-money donors in Los Angeles and the Bay Area over the next two days in a trip that will be the first test of whether he can rekindle the embrace from the entertainment...