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Donald Trump's candidacy has forced one young Republican to resign her post. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Young Republican official resigns over ‘racist, hateful’ Trump

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 11:22 am

"I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation," Chuck Grassley said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 10:27 pm

The act would —œhelp provide law enforcement with the tools needed to fight crime and the criminals that rely on the anonymity of American companies.—£ (AP photo)

Investors push Congress for more transparency in corporate ownership

Rudy Takala, Cassi Pollock · May 23, 2016 10:07 pm

Leaders at the agency overseeing the Pentagon lied to a judge and improperly destroyed documents, a former official is claiming. (iStock)

National Security

Claim: Top Pentagon officials engaged in obstruction of justice to expose whistleblowers

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 5:21 pm

The report notes that 2,353 new rules were issued in 2015, while the administration's regulators have proposed more than 2,000 new rules for passage before President Obama leaves office next year. (AP Photo)

Record year: Cost of Obama regulations surpasses $100 billion for first time

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 5:12 pm

"I couldn't believe that after Republicans took the majority in the election in 1994 ... that we never did end this practice of having an automatic increase in every federal department's budget every year," said Louie Gohmert. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Gohmert: Waging war against Washington spending

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

On Facebook, critics see long pattern of discrimination

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Shana Teehan is the communications director for Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Job as homeschool mom leads to job in Congress

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

The Federal Communications Commission assumed authority to regulate privacy practices when it voted last year to reclassify broadband providers as public utilities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Critics charge FCC with suppressing comments on privacy ruling

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 3:11 am

Minnesota Republicans on Friday dealt a crippling blow to their state's division of the "Never Trump" movement. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Minnesota GOP says never to ‘Never Trump’ movement

Rudy Takala · May 21, 2016 2:00 am

The "Stop Mass Hacking Act," proposed on Thursday by Wyden and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, is aimed chiefly at preventing the FBI from hacking thousands of computers via so-called "botnets" using a single warrant. (iStock photo)

National Security

Nonprofits and trade group support bill to prevent mass hacking by feds

Rudy Takala · May 20, 2016 8:03 pm

Ben and Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen, left, and Jerry Greenfield, second from right, unveil a new ice cream flavor called "Empower Mint." (Kaitlin McKeown/The Herald-Sun via AP)

Ben and Jerry’s calls on consumers to combat male oppression with ice cream

Rudy Takala · May 20, 2016 2:35 pm