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Bobby Jindal: I’m running for president

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 4:56 pm

State workers take down a Confederate national flag on the grounds of the state Capitol, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordered Confederate flags taken down from a monument at the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Martin Swant)

Alabama governor orders Confederate flag removed from Capitol grounds

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 3:42 pm

Pat Toomey: New gun legislation ‘probably not likely’

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 2:20 pm

French President Francois Hollande, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius chair a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Thursday, June 24, 2015. Appearing more irritated and embarrassed than surprised, France's government summoned the U.S. ambassador Wednesday to respond to Wikileaks revelations that the NSA eavesdropped on three successive presidents and other top officials. (Charles Platiau, Pool via AP)

National Security

France summons U.S. ambassador over NSA spying allegations

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 1:52 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committeehearing on the U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Ashton Carter: ‘Not confident’ Obama can close Gitmo

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 5:55 pm

In this Sunday, June 21, 2015 photo, a displaced family walks towards their home in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Civilians are trickling back into Saddam Hussein's hometown as they look to start anew, the consequences of a year under Islamic State rule conspicuously written on its charred buildings and damaged homes. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

National Security

3 million-plus Iraqis displaced by Islamic State violence

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 5:24 pm

Virginia the latest to move against the Confederate flag

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 4:09 pm

An individual wears a Confederate flag bandana on his head. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Confederate flag no longer sold at Walmart, Sears

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 2:20 pm

New Jersey Gov. Christie has an approval rating of 30 percent, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind poll released Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Chris Christie’s approval rating falls to 30 percent

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 12:47 pm

Mississippi speaker calls for change to state flag

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 11:15 am

President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Biden, pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015, on the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., prior to his departure to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to deliver eulogy for slain Charleston church reverend

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2015 8:50 pm

Gov. Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham to call for removal of Confederate flag

David M. Drucker, Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2015 7:25 pm