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  • Jeb Bush Joins Battle to Grab Middle Class Votes

    By Rob Garver

    The man behind the podium decried the “opportunity gap” in the United States, denouncing as unjust a system that allows some a clear path to productive employment and opportunity while others of...

  • Harper Lee and the Capote Conspiracy

    By Allen Wastler, CNBC

    A second Harper Lee book is coming out and is likely to be a wild commercial success. But let's be honest…the success will be fueled, at least in part, by a conspiracy theory. People will buy the...

  • New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivers his state of the state address at the New Jersey State House in Trenton, New Jersey, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

    Now It’s Christie, Jeb, Mitt Competing for Same Donors

    By Supriya Kurane, Reuters

    New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his supporters have formed a political-action committee ahead of a likely bid for president, adding a third well-known Republican figure to the fight for...

  • Jeb Bush, Looking Toward 2016, Challenges the Status Quo

    By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post

    SAN FRANCISCO — Jeb Bush previewed the ideas at the heart of his likely presidential campaign, delivering a sweeping address here Friday about the economy, foreign affairs and energy exploration, and...

  • U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) holds a news conference in his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    Harry Reid Says He’ll Run Again, Bruised or Not

    By PAUL KANE, The Washington Post

    Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) declared Thursday that his recent accident that left his face with broken bones and impaired vision would not impede his running for reelection next year...