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Todd Akin and Abortion on the Campaign Trail
Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) won the nomination for a US Senate seat without support of the party establishment. Now he's defied Mitt Romney's request that he step aside.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenMissouri Republican Congressman Todd Akin won the nomination for a US Senate seat without the support of the party establishment. Now he's defied Mitt Romney's request that he step aside. Will Democrats keep talking about the "Republican war on women" all the way to November? Also, the Congressional Budget Office warns about avoiding the "fiscal cliff," and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks is holed up in Equador's London embassy. Will the rules of diplomacy allow British authorities to take him out?
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3 storiesCongressional Budget Office Warns Avoid the 'Fiscal Cliff'
In January, the Congressional Budget Office, which advises both parties, said failure to cope with looming tax increases and spending cuts in January would trigger a mile recession . Today, it upped the ante and predicted that the recession could be " significant ." Lori Montgomery is financial reporter for the Washington Post .
Read the story7 minTodd Akin, Abortion and the Presidential Campaign
Missouri Republican Congressman Todd Akin now says he knows that rape can make a woman pregnant.
Read the story32 minJulian Assange and the British-Ecuadorian Standoff
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks fame has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy. Diplomatic principle and British law say a foreign embassy is equivalent to the soil of another country. Ecuador says Britain is threatening to break the rules.
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