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• May 14, 2012

  House Passed Bill Seeks to End Illegal Immigrant Tax Loophole

  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that seeks to end the practice of illegal immigrants getting child tax credit refunds. Attention was brought to the issue after an investigative report by a local television news station went viral on the Internet.

• May 13, 2012

  Tony Perkins Criticizes Rand Paul's Off-Color Gay Obama Joke

  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) cracked a joke about President Obama's position on gay marriage Friday. Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, criticized the remark on a Sunday talk show.

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  May 13, 2012

  JPMorgan CEO Talks About $2 Billion 'Stupid' Mistake

  Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, admitted the bank made an "egregious error" by making risky investments that led to a $2 billion loss, in a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press." He did not know whether the company broke any laws in making the investments. The incident has led to a debate over the best way for government to regulate banks that are deemed "too big to fail."

• May 11, 2012

  Why Does Obama 'Evolve' but Romney 'Flip-Flop'?

  Most of the press has covered President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney differently in how they changed positions on issues, notes Brendan Nyhan, political science professor at Darmouth College, in a Columbia Journalism Review article. Nyhan believes that the differences can be attributed to less media scrutiny of Obama during his 2004 senate race, Obama's greater skill at explaining his changed positions, and the media's "authenticity fetish."

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  May 10, 2012

  Poll: White Evangelicals Who Say Mormons Not Christian Strongly Back Romney

  White evangelical Christians who believe Mormons hold different beliefs strongly favor Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama, according to a new poll.

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  May 9, 2012

  Ron Paul Would Take More Votes From Obama Than Romney in 3-Way Race

  If Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul were to run as an independent or third-party candidate in the general election, he would take more votes away from President Barack Obama, a Democrat, than Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, a Rasmussen Reports poll suggests.

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  May 9, 2012

  Obama: 'Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married'

  President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that his "evolution" on same-sex marriage is complete. He favors allowing gay couples to marry.

• May 9, 2012

  Prisoner Gets 41 Percent of Vote Against Obama in Democratic Primary

  Keith Judd, who is currently behind bars in a federal prison, received 41 percent of the vote to President Barack Obama's 59 percent in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday. He beat Obama in several counties, making him eligible for at least one delegate to the Democratic convention.

• May 8, 2012

  Gay Marriage Advocates Split on Financial Backing for Obama

  One-in-six of President Barack Obama's top campaign bundlers are gay, and gay donors had previously given more than expected to Obama's reelection effort. Now, however, some of Obama's previous donors are withholding giving unless Obama signs an executive order banning discrimination based upon sexual orientation by federal contractors.

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  May 8, 2012

  Emory Commencement Speaker Sparks Evolution Controversy

  A letter signed by about 500 Emory University faculty, students and alumni seeks to bring attention to the anti-evolution views of Dr. Ben Carson. The world-renowned Johns Hopkins University neurosurgeon will be the Atlanta university's May 14 commencement speaker.