Pete Kasperowicz

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in to the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Tuesday night, and jokingly agreed to start a swear jar. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Watch: Trump agrees to $1 billion swear jar

Pete Kasperowicz · February 17, 2016 12:35 pm

The Senate on Friday passed legislative from Sen. Ted Cruz that would rename the plaza in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington after a human rights activist who was jailed by Chinese authorities. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

State Dept. rejects Cruz bill pressuring China on human rights

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 8:12 pm

Former House Speaker John Boehner said he tried unsuccessfully to get Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to be Sen. Bob Dole's running mate 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Boehner tried to draft Scalia as a VP nominee

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 1:13 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged Monday that he would keep open the option of using enhanced interrogation techniques in order to collect intelligence critical to protecting the United States. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Trump open to enhanced interrogation techniques

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 12:47 pm

Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, has a new bill with 19 other Republicans that would allow qualified people to carry guns in school zones, which the lawmakers say would help deter mass casualty events. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

GOP pushes to allow guns in school zones

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 2:14 am

Trump: Imagine Rubio sweating out a meeting with Putin

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 12:38 am

"I've heard for years, he kept the country safe after 9/11," said Donald Trump. "What does that mean, 'after'? What about during 9/11? I was there. I lost a lot of friends that were killed in that building." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump dismisses claim that Bush ‘kept us safe’ after 9/11

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2016 9:34 pm

The House is likely to take up bipartisan spending legislation to help the government combat Zika virus. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ryan: House to take up Zika legislation

Pete Kasperowicz · February 11, 2016 5:34 pm

Mike Pompeo said on C-SPAN that "the traitor Edward Snowden," a former National Security Agency contractor, put people's lives at risk by divulging secrets about U.S. intelligence gathering. (AP File Photo/Angela Gennaro)

National Security

Lawmaker: ‘Traitor’ Snowden deserves death penalty

Pete Kasperowicz · February 11, 2016 2:29 pm

State plans Clinton email dump over holiday weekend

Pete Kasperowicz · February 11, 2016 1:08 pm

Bernie Sanders outperformed his New Hampshire expectations even more than Donald Trump did. (AP Photo)

Trump, Sanders exceed poll predictions in N.H.

Pete Kasperowicz · February 10, 2016 5:40 pm

Exit poll data posted by The New York Times showed that women were 55 percent of all voters in New Hampshire, and that those women favored Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton 55-44. (AP Photo)

N.H. women choose hell over Hillary Clinton

Pete Kasperowicz · February 10, 2016 4:11 pm