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Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is the latest politician who is gunning for re-election as US Senator and eyeing the most coveted seat in the White House at the same time.

The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent. A new jobs report for September released on Tuesday "showed the economic recovery continues to be sluggish and many economists warn that the constant fiscal fights in Washington only threaten to make the situation worse," Politico reported.

Members of Congress strongly suggested on Monday that the deadly Boston Marathon explosions were acts of terrorism.