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Source: Ex-Mass. treasurer Tim Cahill indicted - RealClearPolitics
Former state treasurer Timothy Cahill was indicted Monday on public corruption charges related to advertisements promoting the state lottery that ran during his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010, according to a person familiar with the charges ...
Afghan Ambivalence - RealClearPolitics
But other officials, speaking on background, said the decision was prompted by "an abundance of caution" after six Americans were murdered last month by Afghan personnel. Yet another story in widespread circulation attributed the order to "fairness" ...
Fed investigations hover over developer suits - RealClearPolitics
The FBI is investigating Whittemore contributions, according to a person with knowledge of the case who confirmed the probe to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak about it publically.
Source: Ex-NY pol to plead guilty to tax charge - RealClearPolitics
Politician-turned-lobbyist Nicholas Spano, once one of New York's most powerful lawmakers, will admit in court Friday that he underpaid his income taxes by $52000, according to a person close to the case. Spano, a Republican from Yonkers, ...
Huntsman to Drop Out, Endorse Romney - RealClearPolitics
A campaign official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told RCP that while Huntsman and his family were encouraged by the candidate's finish in New Hampshire, where he had been mired in fifth-place before a late surge in the days before the ...
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson to Retire - RealClearPolitics
The two-term senator is expected to announce his impending exit by the end of the day on Tuesday, the source said. Republicans have been laser-focused on Nelson's seat in red Nebraska as one of the four pickups needed to win the majority in the upper ...
Why Team Obama Is Bullish on Re-election in 2012 - RealClearPolitics
At the White House later in the day, senior administration officials said Obama this year has produced positive policy results using both negotiations with and ultimatums against Congress. They said in the process he's made it more uncomfortable for ...
Source: Rep. Tsongas to endorse Elizabeth Warren - RealClearPolitics
The source requested anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made. Tsongas is the first major Democratic political figure to endorse Warren, who jumped into the race last month. Tsongas is the only woman in Massachusetts' congressional ...
Linda McMahon Poised to Run for Senate Again - RealClearPolitics
A source close to McMahon's future campaign confirmed to RealClearPolitics that the Republican hopeful will make her candidacy official in the next two weeks. (News of her plans was first reported by The New York Times.) Last year's battle between ...
AP: House-Senate dispute arises on - RealClearPolitics
House and Senate GOP leaders and Corbett were trying to resolve the differences, which were confirmed by a Republican House official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. ...
White House Says Obama Fundraising Appeal Not Illegal - RealClearPolitics
"It's no different than what happened under eight years of George Bush and eight years of Bill Clinton," the official explained, speaking on background. This assertion appears to be half-true. Although the news accounts cited by White House officials ...
Romney's Prospects in Iowa Remain Uncertain - RealClearPolitics
As this Republican activist put it on the condition of anonymity, "He doesn't think the same rules apply to him, and he acts too privileged." Dave Funk, the co-chair of the Des Moines-centric Polk County Republican Party, said that this time around, ...
Kyodo news summary -12-+ - RealClearPolitics
According to the man, who requested anonymity, another attendant who worked for a makuuchi-division wrestler approached him, offering to throw a match for ...
Palin Putting Out Presidential Feelers in Iowa - RealClearPolitics
A top official in the Iowa Tea Party who insisted on anonymity to avoid betraying Palin's trust told RealClearPolitics that a friend of SarahPAC met with ...
Secretary Napolitano and Robert Gibbs on "State of the Union" - RealClearPolitics
CROWLEY: When you say that this has helped, we also know, from various reports and -- and people speaking on background, an ABC report out that 70 percent, ...