AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.

AP - Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the head-scratching claims kept coming.

AP - The Republican candidates say more must be done to combat illegal immigration.

AP - Republicans Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are sparring over Santorum's support for his former Senate colleague, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.

AP - An Idaho Republican state senator who had been seen as a political riser has stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations.

AP - The Republican presidential candidates are trying to avoid a debate on contraception and instead are looking to keep the focus of their criticism on President Barack Obama.

AP - Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are clashing on spending requests during a sharp confrontation that fellow Republican Newt Gingrich calls "silly" as the Republican presidential contenders' debate.

Politico - Simon says the Republican hopefuls still managed to amaze in their 20th debate.

Politico - The two leading Republican candidates squabbled in an ugly, personal fashion on the stage in Mesa.

AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is explaining what he meant when he described himself as "severely conservative" at a conservative political meeting earlier this month.

AP - Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are sparring in what is likely to be the final debate before the next slate of states has nominating contests, trading barbs on Washington spending and borrowing.

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will address the annual conference of AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby, next month.

AP - A longtime security official and his wife have been detained in Estonia on suspicion of passing classified information and state secrets to Russia, prosecutors said Wednesday in a case likely to add to long-standing tensions between the two countries.

Reuters - As Republican presidential candidates toss barbs at Barack Obama over expensive gasoline, the U.S. president and his team are going on the offensive with a strategy to divert blame and prepare voters for higher costs.

The Week - The proposal would doom the recovery: "This is a terrible, terrible plan," says James Pethokoukis at The American. The stagnant economic recovery is already "arguably the worst in modern American history," and instead of giving corporate America a hand, Obama now wants to saddle companies with so-called reform that would "actually raise the tax burden on American business by $250 billion over a decade." That would make us less competitive than ever, and doom our chances of bouncing back anytime soon."Why Obama's corporate tax plan is a total bust"

Daily Caller - Thursday is a great day for so many reasons. The next day is Friday, you tend to be extra thirsty and it follows the ever-famous hump day, to name a few.

Daily Caller - On Tuesday night’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher explained how the GOP field has whittled itself down from nine candidates to four, and offered some choice words for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

AP - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.

The Ticket - TUCSON, Arizona --The Tucson Tea Party didn't take any chances with security when they hosted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a meeting here Wednesday, just a few miles from where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot last year while meeting with constituents. "Sen. Santorum is not intending to speak outside, for security reasons," the Tucson [...]