Rebecca Berg

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures as he speaks during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the Statehouse in Trenton. Christie has fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor, saying she lied. Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly is the latest casualty in a widening scandal that threatens to upend Christie's second term and likely run for president in 2016. Documents show she arranged traffic jams to punish the mayor, who didn't endorse Christie for re-election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Bridge scandal could cost Chris Christie support he needs in GOP Establishment

David M. Drucker, Rebecca Berg · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks past reporters as he leaves City Hall, in Fort Lee, N.J., after apologizing in person to Mayor Mark Sokolich. Moving quickly to contain a widening political scandal, Christie fired one of his top aides Thursday and apologized repeatedly for the "abject stupidity" of his staff, insisting he had no idea anyone around him had engineered traffic jams to get even with Sokolich, for not supporting his re-election campaign. A New Jersey legislative committee investigating the traffic-jam scandal released hundreds of documents Friday that could shed more light on the politically motivated lane closings that created gridlock at the George Washington Bridge. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)

New documents show no direct link between Chris Christie and traffic jam plot

Rebecca Berg · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Will budding bridge scandal end Chris Christie’s presidential hopes?

Rebecca Berg · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference Jan. 9 at the Statehouse in Trenton. N.J. Christie has fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor, saying she lied. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Chris Christie fires aides, apologizes for bridge closure fiasco

Rebecca Berg · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

The local scandal threatens to become a national issue for Christie as he weighs a possible presidential run in 2016. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Emails link Chris Christie aide to Fort Lee traffic jam

Rebecca Berg · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Blue Dog Democrat Reps., from left, Jim Matheson, Kurt Schrader and Mike Michaud. (AP images)

Once-influential Blue Dog moderates hoping for comeback in polarized Congress

Rebecca Berg · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

RNC ads hit Democrats on Obamacare, add Virginia, New Hampshire to target list

Rebecca Berg · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Hillary Clinton, a former Secretary of State, U.S. senator and first lady, has remained coy about any plans she has to run for president in 2016. (Getty images File)

Ready For Hillary advisers travel to New Hampshire, with Iowa trip planned

Rebecca Berg · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney who last year launched a primary bid against Sen. Mike Enzi that created harsh divisions within the Republican Party, announced abruptly Monday that she will end her campaign, citing health concerns in her family. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty images)

Liz Cheney abandons bid for Senate in Wyoming

Rebecca Berg · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told CBS that "Republicans around America want us to do something to extend [unemployment] benefits. Why? Because it's good for the economy." (AP File)

Harry Reid: Republicans shouldn’t block unemployment insurance extension

Rebecca Berg · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said President Obama was "deceptive" with pledges he made about Obamacare. (AP File)

Mitt Romney calls president ‘deceptive’ on health care law

Rebecca Berg · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Embattled Democratic candidates promise to fix Obamacare

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2014 5:00 am