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David Cameron says progress is being made in the G8 summit as world leaders says they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone. Read more

A small number of British soldiers could remain in Afghanistan after forces withdraw in 2014, a senior UK government official says. Read more

WASHINGTON — He barely speaks in his own first general-election ad. On the top floor of his Boston campaign headquarters, the most visible poster is one of his dad’s. His party’s leaders in Congress, the states and the lobbying world … Continue reading →

This week, Facebook went public with the third largest IPO in history. On the downside of the ledger, Moody’s downgraded more than three-dozen Spanish and Italian banks, and JPMorgan’s trading losses zoomed past the original $2 billion estimate. On the … Continue reading →

Wisconsin’s biggest newspaper released an editorial on Saturday recommending that voters choose to keep Governor Scott Walker in office. (Read the whole thing here.) “No governor in recent memory has been so controversial,” the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial begins. “No governor … Continue reading →

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A military judge is considering whether to split off one or more of the defendants and hold separate trials for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, a lawyer for one of … Continue reading →

BEIJING — A blind Chinese activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital Saturday and boarded a plane that took off for the United States, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. Chen Guangcheng, his wife and … Continue reading →

UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached. Read more

WASHINGTON -– Austerity is out. Growth is in. And Mitt Romney’s campaign has taken notice. Politicians in Europe and in President Barack Obama’s administration can’t get enough of the G word these days. “Growth must be a priority, at the … Continue reading →

National Review writer Katrina Trinko ended up with egg on her face Friday evening after accusing Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarism — a charge that was quickly debunked. Trinko published an item early Friday evening bearing the accusatory … Continue reading →