• Former Justice Stevens: Campaign money isn't speech

    Former Justice Stevens: Campaign money isn't speech

    Apr 30, 2014 08:44 PM EDT

    ... speech rights. Campaign donations pay for ads, of course. But that money also pays for polling, operatives' salaries and offices -- the nuts and bolts of a campaign operation that aren't necessarily speech. The Karl Rove-supported American Crossroads super PAC raised almost $5.2 million last month from three ...

  • Putin, Ukraine continue to test Obama

    Putin, Ukraine continue to test Obama

    Apr 21, 2014 01:07 PM EDT

    ... are found in contempt of Congress. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraised their Republican counterpart by $400,000 in March. Getting back to fundraising after a year off, American Crossroads raised more in March than in the previous 14 months combined, but their fundraising base includes three corporations and just ...

  • Ryan to release latest budget with little fanfare

    Ryan to release latest budget with little fanfare

    Apr 01, 2014 01:24 PM EDT

    ... says her trek recalls “images from the disastrous trip to Washington by the heads of Detroit’s automakers five years ago during the automotive crisis.” American Crossroads released a new TV ad Tuesday in support of Thom Tillis’ campaign for the GOP nomination in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate ...

  • Outside groups start fundraising early ahead of Senate midterm elections

    Outside groups start fundraising early ahead of Senate midterm elections

    Feb 07, 2014 02:52 AM EDT

    ... all play out in the end. One thing that's been striking is some of the really big conservative super PACs from 2012, such as American Crossroads, have had really paltry fund-raising so far this year. There's definitely a sense among conservative donors that I think they're ...

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    Pope Benedict XVI Cites Advancing Age and Poor Health for Resignation

    Feb 11, 2013 04:00 PM EDT

    ... subordinated to the decisions of a small number." April 2008: Pope Benedict Says Church, American Society at a 'Crossroads' Pope Benedict XVI held mass before a crowd of some 45,000 worshipers at the Washington Nationals Park where he addressed the challenges facing American Catholics. April 2008: Pope Visits White ...

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    Obama, Boehner Still Talking, but No Closer

    Dec 12, 2012 02:08 PM EDT

    ... to averting nearly $500 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts at year's end. Mr. Obama called the Republican leader Tuesday after receiving a counter-offer to a fresh proposal put forward by the administration on Monday. The conversation came two days after they met at the White ...

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    Three More Battleground Polls Give Obama the Edge

    Sep 28, 2012 01:04 PM EDT

    President Obama campaigns Thursday in Virginia Beach. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Friday may be a new day, but for the most part it's the same old story when it comes to the latest batch of battleground state polls. President Obama leads Mitt Romney by seven points, 51 percent to 44 percent, in New Hampshire,...

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    New Polling Puts Women Voters In Sharp Focus

    Jul 13, 2012 07:12 PM EDT

    A woman votes in the New Hampshire primary in January. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images Democrats and Republicans alike acknowledge one of the main keys to success at the polls this November lies in luring women voters. Both sides were out targeting that critical demographic in force this week as new polling data shed light...

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    News Wrap: Eurozone Agrees to Spain Bailout Package; Oil Prices Fall

    Jul 10, 2012 04:00 AM EDT

    In other news Tuesday, Spain will get its first bailout payment of more than $36 billion before the end of the month. In early trading on Wall Street, stocks moved higher, but gains were erased by falling oil prices.

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    Report: Conservative Super PAC Planning 'Provocative' Attack on Obama

    May 17, 2012 01:12 PM EDT

    GOP strategists are working with billionaire Joe Ricketts, above, on a proposal to mount a "provocative" campaign against President Obama, the New York Times reports. Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images. Update, 2:25 p.m. A few hours after the New York Times story made a splash, organizers behind the effort are saying they won't put a...