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President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to approve a $5 billion to $10 billion effort to help U.S. homeowners refinance as part of a wider package of proposals to shore up the depressed housing market.

At his first public appearance since aggressively defending himself as "pro-immigration" at last night's final Florida debate, Mitt Romney took to the podium again today to argue that he and the Republican party are firmly in favor of legal immigration.

In a nation where millions of families are struggling to get by, most people who depend on food stamps are white, and the vast majority are working or have just lost their jobs, according to government data and program administrators.

Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night with a coalition of conservative and moderate voters worried about America's economic future and defeating President Obama.

First Read: Joe Kennedy III, grandson of Robert Kennedy, announced that he is leaving his job to start an exploratory committee for a possible run for Rep. Barney Frank's Massachusetts Congressional seat.

First Read: In his first attack against Rick Santorum, Rick Perry labeled the former Pennsylvania senator a "prolific earmarker" who "loaded up on Pennsylvania pork" during his time in Congress.

First Read: After days of silence, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling on the House GOP to pass the two-month payroll-tax-cut extension.

Shifting from confrontation to cooperation, congressional leaders expressed optimism that an agreement was near on extending this year's payroll tax cut, renewing unemployment benefits and averting a federal shutdown.

Taking up a hot button issue, the Supreme Court agreed to rule on the controversial illegal immigration law in Arizona.

Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was alert, comfortable and in stable condition at a South Dakota hospital Saturday after hitting his head during a fall, hospital officials said.