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  • Illustration: Obamacare and the states by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times.

    EDITORIAL: Pull the plug on Obamacare

    Obamacare quickly emerged as the first major issue of the congressional transition. The president says tweak it. We say scrap it.


  • GOP draws religious groups, unaffiliated

    In the 2010 contest for House seats, Republicans won stronger support from people in the major religious groups — and even the unaffiliated who usually vote Democratic, an analysis of exit polls show.


  • A Sikh devotee practices his faith at the Golden Temple, Sikhs' holiest shrine, in Amritsar, India, in January. President Obama's trip to India this week won't include a visit to the temple after all. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Ring

    White House political advisers canceled President Obama's planned visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, amid concerns that his wearing an orange scarf there would fuel misperceptions that he is a Muslim.


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clarissa Martinez De Castro, with the National Council of La Raza, says that "the growing concern over anti-Latino sentiment, anti-immigrant sentiment ... is energizing people into taking a stand."

    Poll: Anti-Latino bias not up, fear of it is

    Hispanic-Americans increasingly see illegal immigration as a problem for their own community, according to a new report that found a significant number of Latinos who say it's causing them to suffer discrimination.


  • **FILE** Silk flowers and wedding-planning guides are among the items available at St. Anthony's Bridal in Bethesda, a one-stop lending shop for engaged couples. (The Washington Times)

    College-educated now more likely to get married

    A review of 60 years of census data finds that college-educated men and women are now more likely to be married by age 30 than their peers who didn't attend or finish college, "a reversal of long-standing marital patterns," the Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends project said Thursday.


  • **FILE** In this photo from June 19, 2009, President Obama delivers remarks at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington. Mr. Obama's once solid support among Hispanics is showing a few cracks, a troubling sign for Democrats desperate to get this critical constituency excited about helping the party hold onto Congress this fall. (Associated Press)

    Hispanics lose zeal to turn out vote for Dems

    Hispanic voters still like Democrats more than Republicans, but they are much less enthusiastic about heading to the polls in this year's elections, according to a broad survey released Tuesday.


  • Hispanics not motivated for 2010 election

    Hispanic voters still like Democrats more than Republicans, but they are much less enthusiastic about heading to the polls in this year's elections, according to a broad survey released Tuesday.


  • FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs poses in front of an iPad display at an Apple announcement in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

    Pew study: In the news, Apple is beating Google

    A new study finds that Apple is beating all other technology companies, at least in terms of media coverage.


  • Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

    Military gay ban becomes election-year hot button

    It's John McCain versus Lady Gaga on Tuesday as the Senate takes up the emotional issue of repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military.


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