The House approved a bill Friday that would provide $642.5 billion in defense spending for the next fiscal year, despite a veto threat from the White House, which objected to a series of provisions that would limit the president’s authority and challenge administration policies. Read full article > >

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$642.5 billion defense bill is approved by House

Clarence Aaron seemed to be especially deserving of a federal commutation, an immediate release from prison granted by the president of the United States. At 24, he was sentenced to three life terms for his role in a cocaine deal, even though it was his first criminal offense and he was not the buyer, seller or supplier of the drugs. Of all those convicted in the case, Aaron received the stiffest sentence. Read full article > >

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Clarence Aaron was denied commutation, but Bush team wasn’t told all the facts

LOS ANGELES — What would you do if you got to spend three hours at George Clooney’s house? With George Clooney? That’s how long President Obama spent at the Hollywood star’s luxurious hillside house in Studio City Thursday evening for a $40,000-a-head fundraiser that was expected to collect anywhere from $6 million to $15 million for the president’s reelection campaign. Read full article > >

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Obama hangs with Clooney in L.A.

What happened when the president came to New York looking for love and money.

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The Money Issue: Obama’s Not-So-Hot Date With Wall Street

New restrictions came two weeks after the Secret Service began investigating the activities of 12 agents and officers on a trip with the president to Colombia.

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Secret Service Tightens Rules for Employees Traveling Abroad

Figures released Wednesday provoked an outcry on the day that Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, shifted his rhetoric on the debt crisis.

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U.K. Slips Into Double-Dip Recession

Daily Caller discovers in the president’s book.

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Obama Ate Dog Meat as a Child

Compares the president to Jimmy Carter.

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Romney: I’m Only Out of Touch With Obama

Type in a Google search for the words “immigration reform,” and in the split second it takes for your results to pop up, the president’s reelection campaign may begin courting you. Up comes an ad for barackobama.com, next to the search results. Read full article > >

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Obama has aggressive Internet strategy to woo supporters

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The race for president shifted dramatically Friday into a general election matchup between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney as the candidates delivered dueling, sharp-tongued speeches about the president’s leadership. Read full article > >

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Obama, Romney shift to general election

The famous image of the 3-year-old next to his mother as the president’s casket passed cemented the journalist’s reputation.

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Stan Stearns, Who Caught JFK Jr.’s Salute on Film, Dies at 76

Evaluates the president’s, candidates’ faiths.

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Graham: Obama Is ‘Son of Islam’

In recent years, many top universities have tried to guide their students into careers other than finance. In 2008, Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard University, went so far as to give a speech to graduating seniors asking them to stand fast against Wall Street’s “all but irresistible recruiting juggernaut.” Tufts University is paying the student loans of graduates who go into public service. Read full article > >

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Wall Street steps in when Ivy League fails

Leaders of several large Catholic organizations have welcomed the president’s plan on birth control coverage, but bishops have continued to voice strong objections.

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Obama Shift on Contraception Splits Catholics

Criticizes the president’s fiscal policies.

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Romney Op-Ed Slams Obama