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Obama, congressional leaders talk about debt

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders met Wednesday to discuss upcoming budget deadlines, one day after House Speaker John Boehner drew a line in the sand over what could be another bitter showdown between the White House and Congress later this year.

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Citizens United could be Obama’s friend in Ohio

During his 2010 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made headlines by directly criticizing the Supreme Court for its decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the political funding case. He said Citizens United would "open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections."

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N.C. gay marriage vote spells the end of Obama

North Carolina is so important to the re-election chances of Barack Obama that he picked Charlotte as the host city for the Democratic nominating convention.

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Biden’s campaign trail goes where Obama’s won’t

Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a two-day swing Wednesday through the eastern edge of the must-win battleground state of Ohio, an area that President Barack Obama is unlikely to visit this election year.

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Romney, GOP try to shift focus to deficit

Mitt Romney continued his blitz against President Barack Obama over the federal deficit on Tuesday, signaling a GOP shift away from social issues and back to what Republicans consider the president's Achilles' heel: the economy.

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In election, ‘a seat at the table’ costs $5,000

President Obama appeared at two recent fundraisers with some serious sticker shock.

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Obama talks same-sex marriage on ‘The View’

Last week, Barack Obama went on record as the first American president to support same-sex marriage, but he doesn't appear ready to take his commitment beyond the endorsement stage.

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Opinion: Obama’s speech shows changes for same-sex parents

Monday morning, as we scrambled to get Luna off to school, there came a moment when the timeline of my life leapt into fast-forward. I was carrying around an iPad turned to CNN, checking in to see what news awaited me at work, while Luna danced around me, knowing my partner or I would turn off the TV if watching it slowed her down. Then, suddenly, something brought us to a halt.

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How the right helped launch same-sex marriage movement

After President Barack Obama made his tepid endorsement of same-sex marriage last week, the pundits, from Fox News all the way to The New York Times, quickly pivoted from asking why to whether it will hurt him politically.

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Itinerary suggests Obama will have more to say on same-sex marriage

President Barack Obama on Monday could add more insight into his decision last week to support same-sex marriage when he holds fundraisers in New York with entertainment industry headliners and tapes an appearance on the program, "The View," where he's expected to discuss this issue.

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