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Fact Check: Gingrich Overstates His Fla. Results

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney....

Tax Reform In This Election Year: It's Not Likely

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?...

Romney Latest Pol To Join Wait-let-me-explain Club

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history....

Gingrich Shunned Lobbying, But Hired Lobbyists

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports....

Romney Adds To Delegate Lead After Nevada Victory

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses....

Hoekstra's Broken English Ad Draws More Criticism

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies....

Obama Bemoans Wife Being Dragged Into Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."...

Obama: Us Has 'very Good' Intelligence On Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings....

Obama: Negative Ads Will Have Role In 2012 Race

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election....

Gop Ends Nv Vote Count; Romney On Top With 50%

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nevada Republicans have finally finished counting the votes in their Saturday presidential caucuses....