Sean Lengell

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In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 file photo, President Obama, left, talks with former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist at a campaign rally in Seminole, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Charlie Crist bucks trend and welcomes Obama’s campaign help

Sean Lengell · August 19, 2014 8:49 pm

Members of the Missouri National Guard stand watch outside a command post near a protest Monday, for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

National Security

Ferguson resembles Fallujah, Missouri congressman says

Sean Lengell · August 19, 2014 4:40 pm

Nine political figures who switched parties

Sean Lengell · August 19, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Rep. Don Young, center, and his fiancee, Anne Garland Walton, left, speak to others during "Candidate Sunday" at Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage, Alaska on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

81-year-old Rep. Don Young is getting married

Sean Lengell · August 18, 2014 4:53 pm

Halston Epps, a vehicle inspector with American Auto Logistics, inspects a U.S. Air Force airman's vehicle in a garage at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in 2011. AAL lost the contract to move American military personnel's personal vehicles earlier this year, and some military families say its replacement, International Auto Logistics, isn't doing a good job. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Nick Wilson)

National Security

Military families complain as personal cars go missing

Sean Lengell · August 11, 2014 9:00 am

Immigration reform won't happen until next year, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John Boehner supports airstrikes but ‘dismayed’ by Obama’s Iraq policies

Sean Lengell · August 8, 2014 5:57 pm

The Transportation Department on Thursday announced almost $334 million in emergency funds to help 21 states repair roads and bridges damaged by storms, floods and other unexpected emergencies.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Twenty-one states will get millions to repair roads damaged by storms

Sean Lengell · August 7, 2014 7:32 pm

The District of Columbia is poised to join the growing rank of states that have legalized marijuana. (AP Photo)

D.C. residents will vote on whether to legalize marijuana

Sean Lengell · August 6, 2014 7:08 pm

Circuit courts will hear arguments in gay marriage bans later this summer in Indiana, Wisconsin, Idaho and Nevada. (Graphic: iStock/Elliot Smilowitz/Washington Examiner)

Gay marriage bans undergo scrutiny in four states

Sean Lengell · August 6, 2014 4:24 pm

By the end of June, 12.4 percent of all adults in Arkansas were without health insurance, a 10.1 percent drop compared the state's 2013 rate of 22.5 percent, say the results of a Gallup poll. (iStock)

Two red states had the sharpest drops in uninsured rate

Sean Lengell · August 5, 2014 9:45 pm

With most senators already departed for their five-week summer break, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., quietly filed a motion Friday afternoon for a Sept. 8 procedural vote on the proposal. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid sets up vote on campaign finance reform

Sean Lengell · August 1, 2014 9:22 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La.

‘A new dawn’ for House leadership, GOP lawmakers say

Sean Lengell · August 1, 2014 6:43 pm