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No disrespect, Mr. President, but you really should have known better than to bring up the subject of California Attorney General Kamala Harris' looks the way you did Thursday.
True, she's one gorgeous woman. Everyone at that fundraiser in Silicon Valley that you both attended could take one look at Harris and see it. Trust me, Harris knows it, too. No doubt, she’s reminded about how men view her every single time she walks down the street. So, there was no need to bring it up the way you did when you called her the “best-looking attorney general in the country.”
WASHINGTON – Could Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey be a GOP bridge that helps secure a deal on background checks on guns?
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Double Down: Steve Wynn talks about his design decisions for Wynn Philadelphia, proposed for 60 waterfront acres in Fishtown.
Inquiring Consumer: Reports say Obama will again propose a supposed "technical fix" to Social Security: Using a "chained consumer price index" that reflects consumers' ability to choose substitutes as prices rise.
District Attorney Seth Williams wants to send a new message to Philadelphia residents who walk around with illegal guns:
Increasing the "liquor-by-the-drink" tax to help provide $60 million for the schools seems to be gaining traction.
A fresh crop of South Jersey candidates vying for legislative seats this year have impressive backgrounds but little or no political experience.
Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Obama courted well-heeled donors in California on a two-day fundraising jaunt that required him to walk a fine line: Berate Republicans too much, and he could put fragile prospects for achieving his second-term goals in jeopardy.
NEW YORK - So what does it all mean?
Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration, Simon & Schuster told the Associated Press.
Four seats will be contested in this fall's Cherry Hill township council race, with three incumbents vying to keep their spots on the all-Democratic panel.
Starting this weekend, control towers at scores of small airports are to begin shutting down because of government-wide automatic spending cuts. But federal officials insist the closures won't compromise safety, and there's evidence that some of the closures may even make economic sense.
Stu Bykofsky: A creative pizza-maker is asking some plain questions about the city's new tax plan.
The first Democrat hoping to take on Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick formally opened his campaign Thursday. Kevin Strouse, a former Army Ranger, declared his candidacy for the 2014 race in the Bucks-based Eighth Congressional District.
When President Barack Obama meets over the next month with leaders from Mideast and other regional nations, he will have a timely opportunity to try to rally the Syrian opposition's main backers around a unified strategy to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he is optimistic that the nation's first offshore wind farm will break ground this year after more than a decade of delays.
President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include nearly a 14 percent spending increase for the section of the Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for attacking a growing backlog of disability claims _ a problem that officials warned is likely to worsen in coming months.
President Barack Obama has apologized to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for causing a stir when he called her "the best-looking attorney general" at a Democratic fundraiser they attended together this week.
President Barack Obama's proposal to change the way the government measures inflation could lead to fewer people qualifying for college grants and anti-poverty programs, reduced benefits for seniors and veterans, and higher taxes for low-income families.
The Homeland Security Department has received more applications for high-skilled immigration visas than are available and will use a lottery to select which companies will receive them and then pass them on to prospective employees.
The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, due to begin this weekend because of government-wide spending cuts, are being delayed until mid-June, federal regulators announced Friday.
President Barack Obama's plan to change the way the government measures inflation would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low-income families.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their GOP colleagues working on a bipartisan immigration bill of operating in secret, saying in a letter Friday that "the time for transparency has come" and pushing for briefings and full hearings before any votes.
A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine trade has been brought to the U.S. and is being held by authorities in New York City following his arrest at sea by federal drug agents, a law enforcement official said Friday.
The Obama administration is delaying the closing of 149 airport control towers until mid-June in order to deal with legal challenges.
Federal employees who have been victims of sexual assault will no longer have to disclose that they sought mental health support following an attack when they fill out security clearance applications.
Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. still needs an ambitious agenda to make American products competitive overseas.
Mayor Anthony Foxx, considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, said Friday he would not run for re-election, but he didn't indicate what he planned to do next.
Pennsylvania leaders put forth a bill mandating 2-year jail terms for having illegal firearms in Philadelphia.
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