Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:16 AM EST
He's an ardent supporter of Israel. A megabillionaire casino mogul whose Las Vegas Sands Corp. is under federal investigation. And the self-proclaimed "richest Jew in the world."
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:34 PM EST
A South Carolina prosecutor says officials will launch an investigation into fake emails aimed at Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:05 PM EST
Newt Gingrich says he never lobbied for Freddie Mac even though he was a consultant to the government-backed mortgage company's chief lobbyist.
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:28 AM EST
Mitt Romney confused moose with elk as he described his last hunting trip.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:29 PM EST
Mitt Romney says he'd like to scrap campaign finance laws that have given rise to a war of independent attack ads from political action committees. Romney said he'd instead like to allow candidates to accept unlimited donations and take responsibility for their own words.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:32 PM EST
Newt Gingrich is refusing to back down from comments he made about the poor.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:03 PM EST
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is blasting the Obama administration for intruding on states' rights.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:34 PM EST
Republican presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry are continuing to attack front-runner Mitt Romney for his time leading Bain Capital.
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Mon Jan 9, 2012 3:27 AM EST
Mitt Romney is a timid Massachusetts moderate, a flip-flopper on abortion and gun rights. As governor, he raised taxes and even tried to hike fees on the blind. He's also a liar full of "pious baloney" — according to Newt Gingrich.
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Thu Jan 5, 2012 3:59 PM EST
Under pressure from some in his own party, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich pulled back his public attacks on front-runner Mitt Romney — at least for now.
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Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:10 PM EST
Republican Newt Gingrich fought on two fronts Thursday, branding Mitt Romney's policies as "timid" and accusing President Barack Obama of carrying out "an imperial presidency.
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Mon Jan 2, 2012 4:09 PM EST
For Republicans here, the ideal presidential candidate would blend Ron Paul's ideological passion with Mitt Romney's electability. Newt Gingrich's intelligence with Rick Perry's evangelical appeal. Add a dash of social conservatism from Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum — and stir.
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Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:11 PM EST
Don't expect Herman Cain to endorse any of the Republican presidential candidates before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses
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Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:40 AM EST
As he scrambles to stop a slide in Iowa, Newt Gingrich's strategy amounts to this: hammer home a message about jobs and the economy while wrapping himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan. But the loquacious former House speaker keeps struggling to stay on message.
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Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:09 AM EST
So much for staying positive.
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Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:51 PM EST
Newt Gingrich and his allies are planning to hit back hard at Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential campaign moves east.
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Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:53 AM EST
In a story Dec. 27 about state efforts around the country to reduce Medicaid costs, The Associated Press reported erroneously that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pushing a plan that would mean a parent of two making more than $103 a week would no longer be eligible for coverage. Such an option had been under consideration but was rejected.
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Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:59 PM EST
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's office says the Obama administration has approved new political boundaries in Georgia.
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Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:56 AM EST
When his top aides walked out this spring and left his campaign in tatters, Newt Gingrich considered dropping out. But he says it was his wife, Callista, who persuaded him to soldier on.
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Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:30 PM EST
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich once praised the health care law enacted in Massachusetts by then-Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:49 AM EST
As he works to rev up his conservative base in Iowa with just two weeks to go until the state's caucuses, Newt Gingrich is launching a full-throated assault on a reliable GOP target: judges.
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:06 PM EST
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lashed out at Mitt Romney on Tuesday, accusing his chief rival of a "negative smear campaign" fueled by a political action committee with close ties to the former Massachusetts governor.
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Thu Dec 8, 2011 5:24 PM EST
At a private gathering of pastors in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a contrite Newt Gingrich pitched his story of personal redemption Thursday. Along South Carolina's coast, Texas Gov. Rick Perry referenced Scripture as he worked to pump life into his floundering White House bid.
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:02 AM EST
Newt Gingrich has charged into the fray over illegal immigration, risking conservative ire just as his Republican presidential campaign — once declared all but dead — has vaulted into front-runner status.
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Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:23 PM EST
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said Wednesday that the failure of a deficit-cutting supercommittee to strike a deal means the so-called Gang of Six is back in business.
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