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NEWS ABOUT: Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich stories: 70 news summaries

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 Bush Strikes
 Chord at
 Scribes Dinner 

Prez pokes fun at his final White House correspondents gala

Apr 28, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush did a star turn at his final White House correspondents dinner—showing video snippets of previous appearances and grabbing a baton to conduct the Marine Corps Band in Stars & Stripes Forever. Correspondents were way down the pecking order behind celebrities like Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Martha Stewart,... More »

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Dick Cheney • Newt Gingrich • New York Times • Craig Ferguson • George W. Bush • White House Correspondents Dinner • Ann Compton • U.S. Marine Band • Jayson Blair • Judy Miller


 Gore Launches
 $300M Climate
 Campaign 

Celebrity 'odd couples' come together to raise global warming awareness

Mar 31, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore is putting his money where his Inconvenient Truth is and pairing celebrity odd couples to push his global warming message in a $300-million ad campaign that launches Wednesday, reports CBS. "Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, two people who don't agree on very much at all," Gore... More »

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climate change • Nancy Pelosi • Newt Gingrich • Al Gore • global warming • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson • An Inconvenient Truth • advertising campaign

Newt Argues a Conservative Green Plan

He debates critics in TNR over how to
spark fuel innovation

Jan 30, 08 9:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has triggered a debate in the New Republic over how to inspire eco-friendly fuel innovation. He argues that tax breaks and a billion-dollar prize can spark green entrepreneurs to usurp the "oligarchies and dictatorships" that control US oil dependence. But a pair of eco-authors wants more, and... More »

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climate change • Newt Gingrich • carbon taxes • trial lawyers

Newt Won't Run for President

Gingrich decides not to leave his political organization

Sep 29, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - After dipping his toes in the water ever so briefly, Newt Gingrich has decided not to run for president, CNN reports. Gingrich determined he could not legally explore a run while running his beloved political organization, American Solutions, his spokesman said. Two days ago, the former House speaker pledged to... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • presidential race • Election 2008

The Case for a Newt Candidacy

Okay, it's a long shot. But Gingrich could be
a Barry Goldwater
for beleaguered GOP

Sep 29, 07 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Newt Gingrich makes noises about running for president, as he did again this week, eyes roll all over America. He’s deeply unpopular, according to polls, and it seems too late to mobilize a serious campaign. But Newsweek sees an opportunity for the former House speaker in the gloom... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Republican Party • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008

Gingrich to GOP: Abandon Bush

Speaker says GOP must bring 'dramatic, bold change' to win in '08

Sep 14, 07 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican presidential candidates should make a “clean break” from the Bush Administration, Newt Gingrich declared today. “If you don't represent real change, you just gave away the 2008 election,” the former Speaker said, citing Iraq, the Hurricane Katrina response, and border control as reasons for public unhappiness.... More »

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Bush administration • Newt Gingrich • Republican • Election 2008 • Iraq war • George W. Bush

'Vive Sarko!' Say GOP Hopefuls

French prez would be left of center in US, but Republican candidates are fans

Sep 4, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American right may hate the French, but it loves Nicolas Sarkozy. Republican presidential hopefuls have put the Freedom Fries era behind them and embraced the rightish president, the AP reports—despite his occasional tough talk about the American system. Giuliani’s proud that Sarko's been dubbed “the French... More »

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Mitt Romney • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Newt Gingrich • Nicolas Sarkozy

Ex-Speaker Leaving Congress

Hastert was longest serving Republican speaker

Aug 15, 07 12:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, Republican House Speaker for eight years until he was ousted when Democrats won the majority in November, will not seek re-election in 2008, the New York Times reports. Hastert, who served longer as speaker than any other Republican, says it's too difficult to adjust to a... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Tom DeLay • House of Representatives • J. Dennis Hastert • Speaker

Breaking from Bush, GOP Splinters

Rove, DeLay, and Gingrich on the future of the conservative movement

May 28, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party is fracturing politically and strategically, writes the New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg. As Bush's approval ratings continue to sink, current and former GOP bigwigs—like Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay—are looking to redirect the conservative movement as the 2008 election nears. More »

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Bush administration • Newt Gingrich • Karl Rove • Republican • politics • GOP • Tom DeLay • conservative • Republican Party • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Gingrich: 'I Cheat, but Don't Lie'

Republican denies hypocrisy, mulls presidential run

Mar 9, 07 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich, the former "family values" congressman from Georgia, was cheating on his wife even while hounding Bill Clinton for doing the same. In an interview that airs tonight, Gingrich confessed the 1998 affair to Focus on the Family's James Dobson. But he's no hypocrite, he reasons, because he... More »

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Newt Gingrich • divorce • sex scandal • family • Election 2008 • scandal

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