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  • Summers Says We Risk Becoming a ‘Downton Abbey’ Economy

    By Jenny Cosgrave, CNBC

    The U.S. is at risk of becoming a "Downton Abbey" economy, as the gap between the top 1 percent and the poor widens, former U.S. treasury secretary Larry Summers has warned. In a comment piece for...

  • Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    Failed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...

  • Hamid Karzai

    Is Afghan President Hamid Karzai Off His Meds?

    By David Francis

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai has long been rumored to have mental problems. A new report in The Washington Post is likely to add more fuel to that fire. According to the Post , Karzai has been...

  • Is Edward Snowden Working with the Russians?

    By David Francis

    A key House lawmaker took to the Sunday shows to make a stunning allegation – NSA leaker Edward Snowden was working hand-in-hand with Russia intelligence when he stole some 1.7 million classified...

  • Hillary Clinton Kept a ‘Hit List,’ Says New Book

    By NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, The Washington Post

    An excerpt from a new book, HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton , offers an inside glimpse of the waning days of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and shows Clinton’s...