The Canadian firm behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline reapplied Friday for a presidential permit to ship crude oil from the oil sands fields of Alberta to the United States, reigniting a national debate over how to meet the nation’s energy needs.
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President Obama’s campaign kickoff Saturday in Virginia holds a special challenge for him: Turning out the youth vote is key to his reelection.
But many students at Virginia Commonwealth University, where the president will address supporters in the afternoon, are far from reaching their enthusiasm levels of 2008.
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The disappointing April jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning not only complicates the Obama Administration’s argument that the President’s policies on the economy are beginning to work but also brings them dangerously close to the point at which even a substantial recovery might not be fully noticed by voters.
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A new Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll shows Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock with a ten-point lead over Sen. Dick Lugar in the state’s May 8th Republican primary.
Mourdock beats Lugar 48 percent to 38 percent in the bipartisan independent survey, taken Monday and Tuesday of this week.
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After visiting three college campuses to talk about student loan debt last week, President Obama is taking the issue to an Arlington high school on Friday.
Obama is expected to talk at 11:50 a.m. with Washington-Lee High School juniors and seniors, and continue his push for Congress to extend a low-interest rate on federal subsidized student loans for another year. Right now that rate is at 3.4 percent, and it is set to double on July 1, returning to its previous rate of 6.8 percent.
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