Live-tweeting the debate

  All eyes are on the GOP hopefuls who are taking the stage tonight in  Florida at a debate sponsored by CNN,  the Republican Party of Florida and the Hispanic Leadership Network. The NBC political team will be live-tweeting the debate, offering minute-by-minute u …

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Gingrich-Romney battle dominates the final debate before the Florida primary

Updated at 10:30 pm ET Republican rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney clashed early and often Thursday night over issues ranging from immigration and personal wealth to the various charges that have been fired in television ads and on the campaign trail as they conducted their  …

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Requiem for a campaign: Rick Perry's rise and fall

  CHARLESTON, SC -- It was in a cramped Myrtle Beach coffee shop, just hours before the debate that would prove to be his last, when Rick Perry swallowed hard, looked at his wife Anita, and peered into his political future.  "If I just had to walk away from all this,"  …

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Giffords officially resigns from Congress

On the House floor Wednesday morning, the day after her appearance at the president’s State of the Union address in the same chamber, Arizona Democratic Rep.

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Ahead of State of the Union, rating Obama's past promises

When President Barack Obama addresses the nation Tuesday night for his State of the Union speech, his re-election bid will be front and center.

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Politics key in Obama's State of the Union speech

  President Barack Obama prepared to address the nation Tuesday night in an annual speech heavily laced with calls for economic fairness — a key political message as the U.S.

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Live-tweeting the debate

Please visit NBCPolitics.com to watch live video of the NBC News/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times debate. You'll also find a special box to follow along with our correspondents and producers on Twitter.  

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Vote: Should a candidate's private life be open for scrutiny?

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High court orders new maps in Texas

Updated 1:45 pm ET The Supreme Court Friday morning rejected interim maps drawn by a federal court in Texas that created new lines for congressional and state legislative districts in the state. Texas gained four seats in the House of Representatives, due to population growth as …

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High court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps

In an unsigned opinion, the Supreme Court has thrown out a map created by a federal court in Texas that drew new congressional districts in response to the state's gain of four new seats in the House. "Because it is unclear whether the District Court for the Western District of  …

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Live-tweeting the GOP debate

  All eyes are on the GOP hopefuls who are taking the stage tonight in South Carolina at a debate hosted by CNN and the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. The NBC political team will be live-tweeting the debate, offering minute-by-minute updates and analysis. T …

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Debate reactions on Twitter

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Warren hauls in an impressive $5.7 million

Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren raised an impressive $5.7 million in the last three months of 2011, the Boston Globe reported Wednesday. Warren, a Harvard law professor and former advisor to President Barack Obama, is seeking to unseat Republican Sen.

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Live-tweeting the New Hampshire primary

It's the nation's first primary, and NBC News is there -- offering updates and breaking news from correspondents and producers on the ground. Check back here for updates all night.

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Romney wins N.H. primary, Paul second, Huntsman third

  Updated at 10:12 p.m. ET MANCHESTER, N.H. – Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, scoring a decisive victory for the former Massachusetts governor in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Texas Rep.

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Daley stepping down as chief of staff

Bill Daley is stepping down as President Barack Obama's chief of staff. The president made remarks from State Dining Room of the White House at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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Chat live with NBC's Andrea Mitchell

NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell hosts an all-political hour from 1 p.m. ET to 2 p.m. ET weekdays on MSNBC. Join us to chat with her live at 2:15 p.m. ET.

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Vote: Did the NBC-Facebook debate change your pick for president?

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Live-tweeting the debate

  All eyes are on the GOP hopefuls who are taking the stage this morning in New Hampshire at the NBC News - Facebook debate. The NBC political team will be live-tweeting the debate, offering minute-by-minute updates and analysis. Tweets from NBC producers and correspondents …

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Gingrich on offensive to prove his viability to N.H. voters

MEREDITH and LEBANON, N.H.

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In 'It Takes A Family,' Santorum's views are an open book

“I’ll be very upfront about this: I am not a libertarian,” Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum told those who showed up to hear him at a two-hour town hall meeting in Brentwood, New Hampshire on Wednesday night. “I am a conservative.

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N.H. voters give Santorum a second look after Iowa

TILTON, N.H.

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Will GOP's 2011 star survive recall in 2012?

As he marks his first anniversary as governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker has accomplished what Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Ron Paul haven’t in their collective decades in politics: enacted two fundamental conservative polic …

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Perry stays in race, tweets: 'Here we come South Carolina'

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is staying in the presidential race despite a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

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Running unopposed, Obama still launches Iowa counter-offensive

President Barack Obama is running unopposed in the Iowa caucuses, but that didn’t stop him from launching a counter-offensive in the state Tuesday night.

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