Australian PM Julia Gillard’s fragile minority government loses the support of an independent MP after a disagreement over slot machine controls.

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100 leaders from 25 states to show their support.

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Tea Partiers Form Coalition for Newt

As Jon M. Huntsman Jr. quit the Republican presidential race and endorsed Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum vied for the support of divided conservatives.

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Discord in G.O.P. as Conservatives Air Differences

Prominent Tea Party Senator gives his support.

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Paul Wins Key South Carolina Endorsement

Mitt’s “so proud” to have the support of Arizona’s immigration law author.

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Kris Kobach Endorses Romney

It is the final day of his best year at work, and Keith Lazar, 62, settles into his corner office at the community bank. He eats a doughnut with a fork and turns on an instrumental CD titled “Relaxation.” Outside his office window, the town square is bustling with proof of his impact during the past 12 months: trucks financed by his loans, restaurants expanding because of his savings advice and small businesses created with his support. Read full article > >

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‘Life is good’ in Iowa’s Washington, but the candidates keep raising alarms

The white supremacists, survivalists and anti-Zionists who have rallied behind Ron Paul’s candidacy have not exactly been warmly welcomed. But he does not disavow their support.

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Ron Paul Disowns Extremists’ Views but Doesn’t Disavow the Support

Tuesday’s attack on Britain’s embassy in Tehran had the “acquiescence and the support of the state”, says the UK’s former ambassador to Iran.

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Iran attack ‘had state support’

On the basic question of personal popularity, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former House speaker Newt Gingrich get roughly equally positive ratings from conservatives, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll . But Gingrich has a slight advantage in some core GOP groups on “strongly favorable” numbers, one that reflects his new-found support from conservatives in the race for the Republican nomination. The latest round of national polls shows Gingrich securing the support of the GOP’s crucial conservative base, surpassing Romney at the expense of embattled Herman Cain. Read full article > >

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Gingrich and Romney equally well liked among conservatives

Several thousand protesters from across the country encircled the White House on Sunday to demand that President Obama deny a permit for a proposed oil pipeline that would stretch from Alberta to the Texas coast. Chanting “Hey, Obama, we don’t want your pipeline drama” and “yes, we can, stop the pipeline,” demonstrators warned the president that he won’t be able to rely on their support in the 2012 election if the TransCanada pipeline gains administration approval . Read full article > >

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President Obama’s support among young voters has dropped 32 percent since 2009, the Fix’s Aaron Blake wrote Thursday. How did President Obama’s approval numbers fall so sharply among a demographic that voted for him in record numbers in 2008? And how can he regain their support in 2012? We asked Twitter , Facebook and Quora followers to weigh in. Here is what you had to say. Read full article > >

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Obama and young voters: Why all the love lost?

She might be the leader of the House Tea Party Caucus, but at least one tea party leader wants Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to drop out of the race for the White House. Writing on the web site of American Majority , the group’s president Ned Ryun had blunt advice for Bachmann, who has courted and drawn much of her support from tea party activists. Read full article > >

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Michele Bachmann is urged by tea party leader to quit the race

The prospect that the nation’s biggest retailer is interested in building a 50,000-square-foot store in the Shirlington area of Arlington has prompted the county board to consider whether it should require big-box retail stores to get special scrutiny. Wal-Mart is reportedly looking into building one of its urban-style consumer emporiums along I-395 at Four Mile Run, now an industrial site, but close enough to a residential area to prompt the support of two neighborhood associations including one that represents Nauck, one of the county’s oldest historically African American areas. Read full article > >

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Wal-Mart interest in Shirlington prompts zoning questions

Democrats took away their support for stopgap in protest of disaster funding.

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GOP’s Spending Bill Rejected

The unlikely issue has become the latest flashpoint among G.O.P. presidential candidates as they vie for the support of social conservatives.

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Rick Perry Under Fire by Republican Rivals for Requiring HPV Vaccine for Girls