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Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The White House says President Barack Obama picked up the dinner tab at a tony Washington restaurant where he had dinner with 12 Republican senators.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the White House race is a "gut check election for America," and offered a stinging indictment of the Republican presidential ticket on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Businesses right down the street from the Republican National Convention are losing money.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  50,000 additional people have made their way to Tampa. How are they embracing it?

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  Ron Paul supporters are making their presence known at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  Thousands of protesters are in Tampa at the Republican National Convention.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  The RNC is underway and we are there to bring you the latest.

Saturday, July 07, 2012  View her speech, in the weekly GOP radio address

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Three Republicans are competing for the chance to take on a well-funded Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall's run for the U.S. Senate.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  Karl Rove is scheduled to talk at Syracuse University on Wednesday evening in Goldstein Auditorium at the Schine Student Center.

Friday, December 23, 2011  GOP aides say House Republican leaders have agreed to a two-month extension of Social Security payroll tax cuts and federal unemployment benefits

Monday, December 05, 2011  Republican Newt Gingrich is meeting with Donald Trump at his office in Manhattan's Trump Tower and running his first TV ad in Iowa.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  A new poll of New York voters finds President Barack Obama with big leads over potential Republican challengers.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  President Barack Obama has ended a nearly two hour debt-limit negotiation brusquely, declaring: "Enough is enough" as he rejected Republican demands that he accept a short-term extension of the government's borrowing authority.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  UPDATE: The effort to legalize gay marriage in New York is getting an all-out lobbying effort from Democrats and celebrities, but there's still no sign of wavering among a critical bloc of Senate Republicans who led the defeat of the measure and blunted national momentum two years ago.