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ED HENRY: I don't know how many years, maybe you do, George Romney released his college transcripts but Republicans like to complain that the President has not released his college transcripts, what is the stated reason for that?

On Saturday Mitt Romney gave 50 bucks to an unemployed Ruth Williams, 55, of Colombia, who started volunteering in his campaign offices. NBC News analysts thought the entire episode embodied racial stereotypes... and ripped Mitt Romney for helping out the poor.

On the Sunday before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett visited Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to give a political speech, in support of her boss (Barack Obama) and congressional Democrats. "We all sleep a little better at night knowing Osama Bin Laden and his lieutenants are not plotting a terrorist attack against the United States," she said, eliciting applause from the crowd. There was also a brief jab at Republicans. "Teachers, and firefighters, and policemen, whose jobs are now in jeopardy because congress, well let me be specific, because the Republicans in congress...

President Barack Obama will ask Congress for greater powers on Friday to shrink the federal government and consolidate several trade and commerce related agencies, which would save the government just $3 billion over 10 years, and eliminate 1,000 jobs. $3 billion over TEN YEARS? The government during the last three years has borrowed on average about $4 billion EACH DAY. In addition, Obama notified Congress on yesterday of his intent to raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.2 trillion to cover increased U.S. spending commitments. The proposed savings, $3 billion, is one-four-hundredth of the debt limit increase he just requested...

'Factor' producer surveying the folks about presidential politics and leadership. Most of them have a hard time even identifying past U.S. presidents, let alone remembering their policies and accomplishments.

President Bill Clinton entered the No Spin Zone for the first time and discussed a wide range of issues with Bill O’Reilly. Check out the interview tonight at 8m/11pm ET on Fox News Channel. Here’s a sneak peek…

REP. JIM MCDERMOTT SHOVING COAL IN STOCKING: ...Here's your Christmas gift, right? We're going to say to 2.5 million unemployed people, no unemployment benefits because its only for 2 months and we can't... There's every excuse in the book you can give, but when they get up on Christmas there's going to be coal in their sock! The working poor of this country are counting on that tax break. They've gone out and bought gifts for their kids! And they think they are going to pay for them because they have this tax reduction and you are taking it away...

In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will have lunch in the private dining room at the White House. This lunch is closed press.

Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell, two media personalities who have never kept their mutual loathing for one another a secret, are in the midst of an explosive Twitter feud. O'Donnell revisited her feelings towards the "Celebrity Apprentice" host when she joined the chorus of critics who bashed Trump for deciding to moderate a GOP debate. O'Donnell compared him to Lord Voldemort on Joy Behar's HLN show last week. Trump took to YouTube on Wednesday to criticize O'Donnell's new show on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Trump called O'Donnell's show a "complete and total disaster."

I’ve got a Tim Tebow problem. I want to root for the guy, but I’m afraid of what will happen if the hulky Denver Bronco quarterback continues to pull off what is fast becoming the Greatest Gridiron Story Ever Told. A poster boy of the Christian right, Tebow steadfastly thanks Jesus after every game and, while in college, often inscribed biblical messages on his eye paint. Now tiny Tim has grown and is on track to possibly appear in this season’s Super Bowl – on the field – and that is what scares me. In this country, nothing, not even...

‘Tis the season for dancing sugarplums, goodwill toward all — and sometimes emergency-room trips for holiday decorating injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that injuries involving falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts from broken glass ornaments and other decorating activities are on the rise. The agency also reminded people that those twinkling Christmas trees can erupt into flames in a matter of seconds if they come in contact with an open flame. “A well-watered tree, carefully placed candles, and carefully checked holiday light sets will help prevent the joy of the holidays from turning into a trip...

Newt: The idea that you're going to wage a bombing campaign that accurately takes out all the Iranian Nuclear program I think is a fantasy. It would be a gigantic mess, enormous collateral civilian casualties.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We ended up asking the wealthiest Americans to do a little bit more in terms of taxes. Going back to rates that would still be lower than they were under Ronald Reagan, our deficit problems would be solved.

Jesse Watters tracks down Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and asks him why he insists on calling the Christmas tree a 'Holiday tree.' Caught off guard, Chafee says he is 'continuing the past practice of previous governors that have instituted in calling this a holiday celebration.'

MSNBC host Chuck Todd and Donald Trump got into a heated on-air exchange Monday over who requested the interview. The flareup came after Todd, host of the Daily Rundown, said earlier on the program that Trump wanted to respond to a poll that showed voters were less likely to support a Republican candidate if one was endorsed by Trump. When Todd got on the phone with Trump on the air, he was greeted by the irate real estate mogul fuming over what Todd had said.

"Somebody needs to be held accountable, and they need to pay."

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman made public his letter to the President, in which he calls for Obama to end his class warfare rhetoric and appeal to all voters today..."the divisive, polarizing tone of your rhetoric is cleaving a widening gulf, at this point as much visceral as philosophical, between the downtrodden and those best positioned to help them. It is a gulf that is at once counterproductive and freighted with dangerous historical precedents. And it is an approach to governing that owes more to desperate demagoguery than your Administration should feel comfortable with."

REP UPTON: Last question though my time is expired. Based on what you know and what’s happened, who is to apologize for the half a billion dollars that has been out the door?

President Obama praised then-N.J. Governor Jon Corzine at a 2009 rally as an “honorable man” and one of his “best partners” in the White House. Obama insisted Corzine was a man who “tells it to you straight” and highlighted how he and Corzine worked together to put the stimulus together.

Sharon Bialek talks about her hair with reporters and is quickly silenced by her attorney, Gloria Allred.