Rebecca Berg

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Six moments when sports and politics collided

Rebecca Berg · January 6, 2015 10:00 am

One conservative group is wasting no time airing its grievances against Mike Huckabee, after Huckabee announced on his Fox News show Saturday that he is weighing a bid for president. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Club For Growth disses Mike Huckabee

Rebecca Berg · January 5, 2015 3:04 pm

Fairgoers over the age of 18 are invited to drop one piece of corn into one of 14 jars with photos of their favorite Republican presidential candidate during the second day of the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Will the Iowa Straw Poll survive?

Rebecca Berg · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talks about his agenda for a GOP-controlled Congress during an interview with the Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell strikes a moderate tone for new Congress

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 10:26 pm

In this Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 file photo, motorists fill their tanks at a convenience store in Platt City, Mo., where prices dropped below $2-per-gallon for regular gas. Congressional Republicans are not ruling out raising the gas tax to keep afloat the broke Highway Trust Fund. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Republicans haven’t ruled out raising gas tax

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 5:57 pm

Gohmert to challenge Boehner for speaker’s gavel

Gohmert to challenge Boehner for speaker’s gavel

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 5:07 pm

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., center, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., second from right, walk to the Senate floor in the U.S. Capitol complex last month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John Thune: Republicans won’t shut down Homeland Security

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 4:38 pm

In this Oct. 8, 2014, photo, Mia Love, the Republican nominee in Utah's 4th congressional district, smiles after speaking during a rally, in Lehi, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mia Love supports Steve Scalise: ‘He should stay in leadership’

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 4:01 pm

Any nominee to fill the position of ambassador to Cuba would be subject to a vote by the Senate -- a bar that would be "very difficult" to clear, Sen. Bob Menendez, the outgoing chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday. (AP File)

Menendez: Confirming a new ambassador to Cuba will be ‘very difficult’

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 3:27 pm

Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke at a press conference, Monday, Oct. 16, 1978 in Boston. The senator died Saturday at the age of 95. (AP Photo/Shriver)

Former Sen. Edward Brooke, first elected African-American senator, dies at 95

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 10:48 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., right, with his wife Rhonda Massie, center, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Second House Republican comes out against Boehner for Speaker

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 10:11 pm

From right, Rikki Klieman, wife of New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, Bill Bratton, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, arrive at the wake of New York Police Department officer Wenjian Liu at the Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York City police salute Bill de Blasio at slain officer’s wake

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 9:11 pm