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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney attends graduation ceremonies as the scheduled commencement speaker at Liberty University on May 12, 2012 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty University is one of the country's largest Christian colleges. Photo by…

President Obama asked Congress Monday to extend for another year the Bush-era tax cut for middle class Americans, but presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the White House plan doesn't go far enough. NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and Stuart Rothenberg…

"No life could have been more the product of randomness than that of Barack Obama," writes author David Maraniss. In his latest biography, "Barack Obama: The Story," Maraniss narrates a series of events in the president's family…