Pete Kasperowicz

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The GOP chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says Hillary Clinton or anyone else who has exhibited "extreme carelessness" when it comes to handling classified information should be stripped of their security clearance. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

National Security

Clinton fallout: GOP bill strips security clearance after ‘extreme carelessness’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2016 1:13 pm

The bill would allow that spending only in the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

GOP proposes $390 million in new Zika funding for 2017

Pete Kasperowicz · July 7, 2016 12:25 am

Protesters litter Senate floor with cash during GMO vote

Joel Gehrke, Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 8:05 pm

The FBI said Tuesday that it would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton herself. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

National Security

State Dept. could sanction former officials over Clinton emails

Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 7:16 pm

The bill from Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., is the latest attempt to rein in a broken VA that has defied congressional reform efforts. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

GOP reform bill takes aim at VA’s ‘entrenched’ bureaucracy

Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 4:05 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gohmert: Gun vote rewards Dems for bad behavior

Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 12:49 pm

"Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection for those who offer assistance in an emergency." (David Spencer/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Feds: ‘Do not think twice’ about breaking into cars to save kids

Pete Kasperowicz · July 5, 2016 9:28 pm

House Republicans on Tuesday delayed by one day an effort to advance legislation aimed at requiring the government to take a tougher stance on radical Islamic terrorism. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

GOP delays action on gun bill

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz · July 5, 2016 6:49 pm

"It was obvious the members involved were trying to provoke a physical confrontation," he added. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

GOP lawmaker: Dems wanted a fistfight on the House floor

Pete Kasperowicz · July 5, 2016 4:59 pm

National Security

At least 120 dead in Baghdad bombings

Pete Kasperowicz · July 3, 2016 1:27 pm

National debt jumps nearly $100 billion in one day to record high

Pete Kasperowicz · July 2, 2016 4:01 am

"We've seen several comments by Russian officials over the last several days, which they know all too well are inaccurate," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

State Dept.: Russia lying about diplomatic incidents with U.S.

Pete Kasperowicz · July 1, 2016 7:14 pm