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Issac Lanier Avant faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison, and fines.

Dem staffer guilty of failing to file tax returns

Pete Kasperowicz · November 16, 2016 8:01 pm

"There's absolutely no reason for this information to be secret," Chris Stewart said when he introduced the bill in March. (AP Photo)

GOP pushes for more sunlight on federal ‘slush fund’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 16, 2016 4:34 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said passage shows that Congress is ready to take a tougher stance on Iran than that of President Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House votes 419-1 to extend Iran sanctions

Pete Kasperowicz · November 15, 2016 10:24 pm

Democrats have accused Steve Bannon of supporting white supremacy, and using Breitbart to support the "alt-right." (AP Photo)

Dems: Bannon ‘undermines’ Trump’s ability to lead

Pete Kasperowicz · November 15, 2016 7:01 pm

Watch: Emanuel says Chicago ‘will always be a sanctuary city’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 15, 2016 1:04 pm

National debt is growing faster than you think

Pete Kasperowicz · November 14, 2016 5:01 am

Trump won’t take presidential salary

Pete Kasperowicz · November 14, 2016 1:19 am

Trump backs off Clinton prosecution: ‘I don’t want to hurt them’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 14, 2016 1:12 am

House Republicans entered the night with 246 seats in the 535-seat chamber, and as of early Wednesday morning, they had reclaimed 236 of those seats. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

GOP on track to lose fewer than 10 House seats

Nicole Duran, Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2016 1:14 pm

Podesta says Clinton not ready to concede

Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2016 7:06 am

The proposed meal tax in Fairfax would not have exceeded 4 percent. If approved, the revenue would have gone to schools and county services. (Examiner File)

Fairfax County, Va., rejects meals tax

Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2016 4:26 am

FILE- In this June 20, 2016, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Manchin remained mum Wednesday as a pharmaceutical company run by his daughter faced mounting criticism for hiking prices on life-saving allergy injection pens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Report: Senate Dem may be willing to switch parties

Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2016 2:52 am