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"Well, I don't even care whether he's good or bad for the Republican Party, I don't have much interest in that per se, but I think he's is a dangerous person. And a lot of people find him sort of funny, and love him, even libertarian types," Ron Paul, himself a libertarian, replied.Â (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ron Paul doesn’t care for dangerous, ‘authoritarian’ Donald Trump

Becket Adams · July 16, 2015 9:59 pm

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‘Where’s your humanity?’: Megyn Kelly on the Planned Parenthood video

Becket Adams · July 16, 2015 8:29 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media following a meet and greet with local residents, Monday, July 13, 2015, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter

Becket Adams · July 16, 2015 5:38 pm

For many, the story was about how opponents have "seized" on the video, more than about the video itself.

Media rush to rescue Planned Parenthood

Becket Adams · July 16, 2015 9:00 am

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah appears as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, before a House Financial Services committee hearing on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mia Love on Obama’s ‘incredibly scary’ Iran nuke deal

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 10:39 pm

President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the East Room of the White House July 15, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Obama took questions from reporters about the agreement between the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany and Iran over that country's nuclear program. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republicans in Congress oppose the deal that will lift economic sanctions against Iran and put its nuclear program on hold for 10-12 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CNN reporters: Journalist was out of line asking Obama about American hostages

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 9:03 pm

President Barack Obama leavest he East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2015, following a news conference to discuss the Iran nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama tears into reporter for asking about Americans imprisoned in Iran

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 7:00 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 14. 2015.

Washington Post slams Clinton’s waffling policy speech

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 6:11 pm

In this July 15, 2015, file photo, Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, after attending a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and the House Democratic Caucus to talk about the Iran nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democratic congressman has ‘concerns’ about Iran deal after reading it

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 2:00 pm

Mary Rezaian, right, mother of detained Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, speaks with the media as Jason's wife Yeganeh Salehi listens after a hearing in Jason's trial at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2015. The third session of the closed-door trial of journalist Rezaian, who has been detained in an Iranian prison for nearly a year, was held Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

National Security

Iran deal offers no answers for detained Washington Post editor

Becket Adams · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at FreedomFest, Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Donald Trump wants to ‘make America great again’ with Nazi shock troops

Becket Adams · July 14, 2015 9:50 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a joint news conference with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini at the Vienna International Center on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Media sharply split over Iran nuke deal

Becket Adams · July 14, 2015 7:11 pm