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Obama, Arizona Gov. Brewer Discuss Immigration

2 hours 56 minutes ago |AP

Mandel Ngan, AFP / Getty Images

WASHINGTON (June 3) - Facing off over illegal immigration, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told President Barack Obama that Americans "want our border secured" and called Thursday for completion of a separat ...

Can Blagojevich Win Jurors' Votes in Corruption Case?

5 hours 43 minutes ago |AOL News

M. Spencer Green, AP

(June 3) -- After glad-handing citizens and hustling on the campaign trail, Rod Blagojevich, the man with the trademark Beatles-style do, persuaded 1.7 million Illinois voters to re-elect him governo ...

White House Admits Discussing Job With Colo. Candidate

13 hours 38 minutes ago |Politics Daily

Ed Andrieski, AP

WASHINGTON (June 3) -- The White House today denied accusations of back-room dealmaking after a Colorado Democrat said he had been encouraged by one of President Barack Obama's top advisers to apply ...

2nd Man Claims Affair With SC Governor Hopeful

23 hours 53 minutes ago |AP

Mary Ann Chastain, AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (June 2) -- A South Carolina lobbyist resigned from a rival political campaign on Wednesday and then became the second man to claim he had a tryst with a Republican lawmaker trying to ...

Calif. Town Tops Roll Call of Climbing US Jobless Rates

1 day 2 hours ago |AOL News

David McNew, Getty Images

SAN DIEGO (June 2) -- The Southern California town of El Centro suffers the worst unemployment rate in the nation, with nearly 28 percent of its work force without a job, the Labor Department announc ...

Census Hits Back at Conservative Filmmaker's 'Expose'

1 day 3 hours ago |AOL News

Patrick Semansky, AP

WASHINGTON (June 2) -- The conservative "gotcha" filmmaker who brought down ACORN and is now accusing the Census Bureau of fraudulent payments to temporary employees worked "without incident, allegat ...

Most Americans Can't Name Any Supreme Court Justices

1 day 4 hours ago |AOL News

Gary Fabiano, Abaca Press / MCT

(June 2) -- They are among the most powerful people in the nation. They're appointed for life, and they make decisions that affect all of us. And, if a new survey is right, you probably have no idea ...

Former Fla. GOP Chief Charged With Theft, Fraud

1 day 6 hours ago |AOL News

(June 2) -- The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida was arrested today on allegations he cheated his own party out of at least $100,000. Jim Greer, 47, was arrested at his central Flor ...

Quote-nology: Key Comments About BP Oil Spill

1 day 7 hours ago |AOL News

Jae C. Hong, AP

(June 2) -- The Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster has dominated the national conversation for weeks. With every failed attempt to stop the crude from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the tone of wha ...

Ex-Chair of GOP in Florida Charged With Felony Theft

1 day 8 hours ago |AP

ORLANDO, Fla. (June 2) -- The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida has been arrested for allegedly running a scam bilking money from the party. The Florida Department of Law enforcement ...

LA Mayor Faces Ethics Review Over Free Tickets

1 day 8 hours ago |AOL News

Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images

LOS ANGELES (June 2) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a regular at such high-profile events as the annual Academy Awards festivities and Los Angeles Lakers games, could be facing ethics problems over w ...

Davis Loses Bid to Be 1st Black Gov. of Alabama

1 day 10 hours ago |AOL News

The Birmingham News / Landov

(June 2) -- Alabama voters flatly rejected Rep. Artur Davis' bid to become the state's first black governor in a closely watched Democratic primary race that ended without a historic climax. Alabama ...