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Here comes Joe? Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his associates have begun to actively explore a possible presidential campaign, which would upend the Democratic field and deliver a direct threat to Hillary Rodham Clinton, several people who have spoken to Mr.... Read More Trump builds his political machine Donald Trump is assembling a team of political strategists and campaign staffers charged with sustaining his lead in the Republican presidential polls. While strategists say Trump still got a ways to go to catch up to his rivals for the... Read More Combative Fiorina targets Bush, Clinton and the media at Koch-funded summit Carly Fiorina said on Saturday she won’t be afraid to throw punches in her campaign for president, and at the Koch-funded Freedom Partners summer conference, she had a few ones saved in particular for Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and the... Read More Georgia rally attracts supporters of Confederate flag… Around 100 people had already arrived at Stone Mountain Park for a rally celebrating the Confederate flag by around 9:45 a.m. Saturday, and traffic on nearby I-285 and U.S. 78 was backed up for miles. Caravans from all over Georgia... Read More Gun in Texas attack linked to ‘Fast and Furious’ sting years earlier… A gunman killed during his attack on an Islamic prophet Muhammad art show in Garland, Texas, reportedly bought a pistol through a botched federal firearm sting. Nadir Soofi bought a 9-mm pistol at a Phoenix gun shop in 2010, one... Read More Merkel to run for fourth term in 2017: Der Spiegel BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has governed Germany since 2005, has decided to run for a fourth term and has started planning her 2017 re-election campaign, Der Spiegel news magazine said on Saturday in an unsourced report. Peter... Read More