The speaker said House Republicans would push to change the administration’s rule that religious institutions must offer insurance plans that cover birth control.

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Boehner Vows to Fight Contraception Rule

Newt Gingrich’s campaign remains roughly $600,000 in debt, two months after it reported deep debts and a long list of creditors, newly released campaign spending records show. Fundraising by the former House speaker’s campaign has stepped up markedly since then and Gingrich just last month cut by half the $1.2 million owed in October 2010. Still, several outstanding creditors remain. Read full article > >

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Gingrich campaign paid off some debts, still owes $600,000

A harsh new ad from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney uses news footage from 1997 to remind voters of then-House speaker Newt Gingrich ’s ethics violations. “History Lesson” is unusual in that neither Romney nor Gingrich appears. The entire 30-second spot consists of an NBC News report from Jan. 21, 1997, the day Gingrich was reprimanded by Congress for using tax-exempt money for political purposes and giving the House Ethics Committee false information. Read full article > >

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NBC objects to Mitt Romney’s ‘history lesson’ ad

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The revenge of the Republican establishment is a sight to behold. From one corner to another, those who have tangled with Newt Gingrich, who feel aggrieved toward Newt Gingrich or who fear Newt Gingrich have amassed to stop him. They know how much harder it will be to do so if the former House speaker wins Florida on Tuesday. Read full article > >

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The GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich

MIAMI —Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that the reason he seemed less combative during Thursday’s televised debate was that he was shocked by what he described as rival Mitt Romney ’s “totally dishonest” replies to several questions. Read full article > >

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Gingrich professes shock at Romney’s ‘dishonest’ debate performance

For the first time in a series of debates, Mitt Romney was on the offensive. He aggressively tore into Newt Gingrich’s time as House speaker and the ensuing years, when he advised companies like Freddie Mac.

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Romney Unleashes Attack With Gingrich Sole Target

Sends the former Speaker a cake for the occasion.

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Romney Celebrates Gingrich’s Ethics Scandal Anniversary

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich exhorted conservatives to rally behind his ascendant candidacy as he bid for an upset victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who only a week ago appeared to be on an easy march to the Republican presidential nomination. Read full article > >

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Romney scrambles to fend off Gingrich in South Carolina

S ome months ago, I was sitting at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York with enough time on my hands that I actually noticed the music coming over the speakers in the ceiling. It was the scherzo from Schubert’s first piano trio. Schubert’s piano trios are among my favorite pieces in the universe, but as I listened, I found that I wasn’t relaxing; quite the contrary. The music sounded awful: tinny, hard-edged, aggressive. I wanted to get away. Read full article > >

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Blasting Mozart to drive criminals away

As far back as the ’90s, Marianne Gingrich has been saying she could end her ex-husband Newt Gingrich’s political career with a single interview. So has she finally dropped that long-threatened bomb, just when the former speaker and GOP presidential hopeful is rebounding in polls? Read full article > >

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What’s Marianne Gingrich got on her ex?

In the new session, Speaker John A. Boehner’s challenge is not only to corral House Republicans but also to preserve his party’s majority and fend off attacks from President Obama.

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House Republicans Fear Another Session of Infighting

A new Pew Research Center poll suggests that most voters have little idea about even the most basic facts regarding the backgrounds of the men seeking the Republican presidential nomination this year. Pew asked registered voters four questions: 1) “Which candidate served as the speaker of the House” 2) “Mitt Romney was the governor of ___” 3) “After Iowa and New Hampshire, the next primary is in ____” 4) “Which GOP candidate opposes U.S. involvement in Afghanistan” Read full article > >

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What do voters know about the GOP field? Very little.

The Consumer Electronics Show is winding down now, after two (well, three, if you include the media day) days of frenzied discussion over what’s next in the technology world. On Thursday, the keynote speaker of the day comes not from a hardware company, but from YouTube: Robert Kyncl, who heads up its Global Content Partnerships program. The theme of the keynote is in keeping with a theme we’ve been seeing throughout the show: the move toward a central platform for entertainment. Read full article > >

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CES 2012: Day 3 preview

Pundits say the darndest things on television. Take, for example, the genius who said in January that “the president has a fairly easy” reelection ahead of him. Or the guy who said in June that Newt Gingrich was “finished, whether he knows he is or not.” How about the talking head who said in July that House Speaker John Boehner had suffered a “mortal wound” at the hands of fellow Republicans? Or the one who predicted in August that Rick Perry would “hold his own” in the presidential debates? Read full article > >

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A few cracks in my crystal ball

As Newt Gingrich will be the first to tell you, he is a man with a vast and deep résumé. One boast he has been offering lately makes the former House speaker and current presidential contender sound like a cross between Mr. Chips and Sun Tzu . “I am the longest-serving teacher in the senior military, 23 years teaching one- and two-star generals and admirals the art of war,” Gingrich said at the most recent GOP presidential debate in Iowa. Read full article > >

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Newt Gingrich: Kibitzer-in-chief?