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WASHINGTON (AP) — With a calm demeanor and detailed answers, Hillary Clinton sought to turn an hours-long congressional grilling on the deadly Benghazi attacks into an opportunity to look more presidential than political. Clinton, the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic nomination, was largely unflappable through long hours of testimony that began
Republicans
How many times have you heard that Republicans want to "disenfranchise" minority voters? Or that the conservatives on the Supreme Court have "gutted" the Voting Rights Act? Or that Congress might not "renew" its protections? Or that states that require voter ID or reduce
Democratic primary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, moves to the forefront of the presidential race when Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Thursday before a Republican-led House committee. Republicans say the investigation is focused on the four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, killed
Abortion
Months of terrible headlines about the content of undercover videos — content even supporters like Hillary Rodham Clinton called "disturbing" — have taken their toll on Planned Parenthood. In its latest attempt at damage control, it decided it would no longer accept money in exchange for organs from fetuses killed
Democratic primary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Democrats were starting to count him out, Joe Biden sent a clear signal through his political team that not only might he enter the presidential race soon, he has a strategy prepared that he thinks could win. After months of growing calls for him to run,
Massachusetts
STATE HOUSE — Continuing to keep his distance from the simmering race for the nation's highest office, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday deflected a radio show host's assertion that his politics are closer to Democrat Hillary Clinton's than to Republican presidential candidates like Carly Fiorina,
crime
The Justice Department has announced that it will begin releasing 6,000 "nonviolent" inmates from federal prisons starting at the end of this month. Welcome to the era of de-incarceration. At a conference named for former New York Mayor David Dinkins (who presided over the city at a
gun control
LAS VEGAS – It was all cordiality and handshakes Tuesday during the first of six Democratic presidential debates, making it a night to bolster the campaign of frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Out of all the candidates on the debate stage, CNN gave the former secretary of state a whopping 30 minutes and
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