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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, addresses the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 26, 2015 in National Harbor, Md. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

National Security

Mike Lee: Americans deserve better than Congress’ ‘governing from a cliff’

Kelly Cohen · May 31, 2015 2:13 pm

In this March 16, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, rides a bike after a bilateral meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister in Lausanne, Switzerland. Kerry is in stable condition in a Swiss hospital after suffering a leg injury in a bike crash outside Geneva Switzerland on Sunday, May 31, 2015. (Jean-Christophe Bott,Keystone via AP, file)

National Security

Kerry breaks leg in bike crash

Kelly Cohen · May 31, 2015 12:48 pm

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said military helicopters dropped the barrel bombs on the rebel-held Shaar neighborhood of the city of Aleppo and on a market in the town of al-Bab, which is held by Islamic State militants. (AP Photo)

National Security

Syria aflame: Barrel bombs kill at least 71

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 10:34 pm

Carly Fiorina said her attacks on Democratic presidential nominee frontrunner Hillary Clinton have "nothing to do with the fact that either one of us are women." (AP Photo)

Carly Fiorina: Bill and Hillary Clinton are ‘personification of the professional political class’

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 7:04 pm

"No one is going to tell me that it was a simple coincidence, this American attack two days before the elections of FIFA. It doesn't smell good," Sepp Blatter said Friday.(AP Photo)

Embattled, re-elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticizes US for corruption investigation

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 6:49 pm

"My husband may have been in the military, but no one tells me which leader to follow," Taya Kyle wrote. "That's why I'll be there in person as Rick and Anita Perry discuss their future and his vision for America." (Getty Image)

‘American Sniper’ widow Taya Kyle ‘proudly’ stands with Rick Perry for president

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 6:28 pm

In this courtroom sketch, Ross William Ulbricht is seated in court and awaits sentencing Friday, May 29, 2015 in New York. The San Francisco man who created the online drug-selling site Silk Road was sentenced to life in prison by a judge who cited six deaths that resulted from drugs bought on his website and five people he tried to have killed. (AP Photo)

Judge cites ‘privilege’ as she sentences ‘dark web’ pirate and online drug kingpin of Silk Road to life

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 5:12 pm

"We think of Texas being gun happy, but we didn't afford our citizens the same rights most other states do," state Rep. Larry Phillips, a Republican from Sherman and one of the bill's authors, said. (Getty Image)

Texas poised to allow open carry

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 4:39 pm

Obama's "disengagement" from the tumultuous Middle East, symbolized by his withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011, has created a "vacuum" that's "been filled by bad actors, including terrorist extremists," Rubio wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Friday night. (Getty Image)

Marco Rubio: Obama has made Middle East ‘more dangerous and unstable’

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 3:52 pm

Passenger jet has close call with drone

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 3:27 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅThere has to be another way. We must find it together. So tomorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program," Paul said. (Getty Image)

Rand Paul: ‘I will force the expiration’ of Patriot Act

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 3:06 pm

National Security

GOP Senator: $612 billion defense bill takes a ‘common-sense approach’

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 2:16 pm