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President Barack Obama hammered Republicans on Saturday over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition party's economic ideas "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

The party's manifesto calls for tax and spending cuts, a repeal of Obama's healthcare law and strict adherence to the Constitution.Drawing on ideas favored by conservatives and given new voice by "tea party" activists, Republicans will unveil Thursday a governing manifesto that calls for dramatic cuts in government spending, repeal of the new healthcare law and a strict constitutional test for every proposed law, according to a draft of the plan.

Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what?

We already know the numbers. Pew finds that 18% of Americans believe President Obama is a Muslim. A new Newsweek poll, taken after the controversy over the New York mosque, places that figure at 24%. Even if he's not a Muslim, Newsweek finds, 31 percent think it's "definitely or probably" true that Obama "sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the world."

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio used a speech in Cleveland to blame Obama's spending, tax and regulatory policies for creating uncertainty and stalling economic growth. He also criticized extended jobless benefits and money for states to save the jobs of teachers, police officers and firefighters.

Republicans attacked President Barack Obama on Sunday for his comments on a controversial plan to build a Muslim cultural center in New York, saying he was "disconnected" from the nation in an election year.

Just a few days ago, two potential Republican presidential candidates traveled to this Midwestern hub and in a span of 24 hours addressed some of the most powerful GOP conservative activists in the country.

President Barack Obama on Saturday pinned blame on Republicans for making life harder for the unemployed and for those who could lose their jobs without new federal intervention. He did so even as he sought to distance himself from the ...

President Barack Obama is asking Republican lawmakers to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients ...

Republicans score a midterm election victory in winning a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Barack Obama grew up.