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October 2011

Obama tackles drug shortages, prices

President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday designed to help reduce a growing number of prescription drug shortages while protecting patients from possible pharmaceutical industry price gouging.

Cardona: Rubio won’t help get Latino vote

Maria Cardona: A look at the Fla. Senator's record–from immigration reform to Dream Act to health care–reveals he's no friend to Latinos.

Frum: Tea party could drive GOP to disaster

Sooner or later, David Frum says, the tea party Republicans must converge on a single choice. When they do, they will present the non-tea party Republicans with a troubling menu of possibilities.

Fate of Bush-era program a matter of life or death

Julian Zelizer says Congress, in its zeal to cut the budget, should protect the PEPFAR program, an initiative that provides billions to fight AIDS around the world — and that saves lives

Romney remains GOP race’s top target

Herman Cain may be battling with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential polls, but Romney remained the "target du jour" Sunday for both his current and possible future competition.

Kids trick-or-treat soggy White House

Some children in Washington braved cold and soggy weather Saturday for an early Halloween treat — a brief visit to the White House.

Congress considers Solyndra subpoena

House GOP leaders announced Friday that they are laying the groundwork for Congress to issue a subpoena for internal White House documents regarding the decision to issue federal loan guarantees in 2010 to Solyndra, a solar energy company that has sinc…

Why Rick Perry’s presidential bid is toast

James Carville says Rick Perry is starting to annoy him. He expected Perry to put up a good fight against Mitt Romney but he’s been a huge disappointment

Crackdown on protesters raises questions of what’s at stake

As "Occupy" demonstrations continue largely unabated, officials in cities across the country appear to be pressing for more strict control of the loosely defined group, raising the stakes for the movement as it stretches into its second month…

Justice officials: there were no $16 muffins

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