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Republicans scrap 'Plan B,' fiscal cliff deal elusive

A controversial Republican plan to let tax breaks expire on millionaires crashed to defeat Thursday when it failed to earn enough party support, leaving negotiations on averting the "fiscal cliff" up in the air.

Republicans scrap 'Plan B,' fiscal cliff deal elusive
US House Speaker John Boehner. ©REUTERS
Obama, Boehner spar on fiscal cliff, deal may go to wire

US President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner dueled over the fiscal cliff Wednesday, and despite narrowing differences remained stubbornly at odds over how to avoid looming tax hikes and spending cuts.

Obama, Boehner spar on fiscal cliff, deal may go to wire
Obama, Boehner meet in fiscal cliff talks

President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner held surprise talks Thursday, as time ran short for hopes of a pre-Christmas deal to solve a fiscal crisis that could cause a recession.

Obama, Boehner meet in fiscal cliff talks
With Romney filing, 2012 election spending tops $2 bn

Republican Mitt Romney raised $85.9 million in the final weeks of the White House race, his campaign said Thursday, bringing the total spent on the presidential election to a record $2 billion.

With Romney filing, 2012 election spending tops $2 bn
Obama to Republicans: raise taxes on rich or no deal

US President Barack Obama warned Republicans Tuesday there would be no deal on averting a potentially disastrous fiscal crisis without them caving in to his demand to raise tax rates on the rich.

Obama to Republicans: raise taxes on rich or no deal
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White men to head all committees in US House

US House Republicans, ruing a presidential election loss in which it failed to attract enough women and minorities, has picked leaders for the 19 committees in the upcoming Congress, and they are all white males.

White men to head all committees in US House
Money flowed in for 2012 elections, but with little gain

Despite their funding deluge from wealthy donors, Republicans failed to overwhelm President Barack Obama and Democrats at the ballot box. So was throwing all that money at the 2012 election worth it?

Money flowed in for 2012 elections, but with little gain
Top Republican 'confident' of US immigration deal

US House Speaker John Boehner expressed confidence Thursday that he and his Republicans can work with President Barack Obama to hammer out a comprehensive deal on immigration.

Top Republican 'confident' of US immigration deal
Republicans lay down battle lines over fiscal cliff

Republicans offered newly re-elected President Barack Obama a short-term fix to the fiscal cliff Wednesday, but insisted they would not cave in to tax increases to boost revenues.

Republicans lay down battle lines over fiscal cliff
Congress vote leaves US set for more gridlock

Democrats were projected to hold onto the Senate and Republicans were to retain the House of Representatives on Tuesday, raising the likely prospect of more partisan gridlock in a divided US Congress.

Congress vote leaves US set for more gridlock
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Political standoff has US on path to 'fiscal cliff'

As the US candidates battle it out in the final weeks of the campaign another showdown looms, with the world's largest economy coasting towards a potentially disastrous "fiscal cliff."

Political standoff has US on path to 'fiscal cliff'
Obama team hits back hard at Romney over Libya

Top Democrats accused Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Sunday of "cravenly" politicizing the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi to further his presidential ambitions.

Obama team hits back hard at Romney over Libya
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US court blocks controversial voter ID law

In a win for President Barack Obama's Democrats, a judge in Pennsylvania ordered state officials Tuesday not to enforce a controversial voter ID law in the coming presidential election.

US court blocks controversial voter ID law
Americans set to measure Obama and Romney in key debate

Barack Obama and his Republican foe Mitt Romney clash Wednesday in the first of a trio of debates, a test of nerve, temperament and presidential mettle before tens of millions of viewers.

Americans set to measure Obama and Romney in key debate
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Republican women more feminine than Democrats: study

Female Republican politicians look more feminine than their Democratic counterparts, according to a study published Thursday based on facial features of US women lawmakers.

Republican women more feminine than Democrats: study
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Obama holds three-point lead over Romney in new poll

US President Barack Obama is leading his Republican rival Mitt Romney by three points, even though many Americans remain dissatisfied with the situation in the country.

Obama holds three-point lead over Romney in new poll
Romney hit from all sides for Egypt attack remarks

Republicans and Democrats alike came down hard on Mitt Romney Wednesday for an act of political opportunism when the White House hopeful said the Obama administration "sympathized" with attackers in Egypt.

Romney hit from all sides for Egypt attack remarks
Clinton believes in Obama 'with all my heart'

Bill Clinton told Americans Wednesday he believed "with all my heart" that President Barack Obama saved the economy, had left them better off than four years ago and should be re-elected.

Clinton believes in Obama 'with all my heart'
Republicans slam Obama as US debt tops $16 trillion

Republicans pinned America's "crushing" fiscal burden squarely on President Barack Obama on Tuesday after the national debt passed $16 trillion just before the Democratic National Convention opened.

Republicans slam Obama as US debt tops $16 trillion
Obama: Romney has no 'single new idea'

US President Barack Obama accused Republican foe Mitt Romney on Sunday of failing to offer "a single new idea" and of being a relic of the last century as he revved up a pre-convention tour.

Obama: Romney has no 'single new idea'