Sean Lengell

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A section of the I-75 Phase II modernization project under way in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson, File)

Congress passes highway bill hours before deadline

Sean Lengell · August 1, 2014 2:16 am

House Speaker John Boehner says it's the Senate -- not his leadership -- that is to blame for Congress being gridlocked in partisan intransigence and poised to leave Washington for a five-week break without passing several key measures. (AP Photo)

John Boehner ‘not going to accept responsibility’ for Congress’ failures

Sean Lengell · July 31, 2014 6:19 pm

What you should know about the federal highway bill

What you should know about the federal highway bill

Sean Lengell · July 30, 2014 9:05 pm

Supreme Court poised to revisit gay marriage issue

Supreme Court poised to revisit gay marriage issue

Sean Lengell · July 29, 2014 3:36 pm

Paul Ryan touts plan to tackle ‘complicated’ poverty problem

Paul Ryan touts plan to tackle ‘complicated’ poverty problem

Sean Lengell · July 27, 2014 5:37 pm

Smoke raises in the air following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday, July 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu: Hamas violating its own cease-fire

Sean Lengell · July 27, 2014 4:21 pm

Steve Scalise blames Obama for lack of border crisis deal

Steve Scalise blames Obama for lack of border crisis deal

Sean Lengell · July 27, 2014 2:40 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tells reporters on Capitol Hill Friday that immigration reform should be left out of proposed legislation to provide billions of dollars to deal with the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children from Central America who are flooding the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo)

Nancy Pelosi: Keep immigration reform out of border bill

Sean Lengell · July 25, 2014 4:30 pm

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Scotland’s bid for independence puts White House in awkward diplomatic spot

Sean Lengell · July 25, 2014 1:00 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014, following a House GOP conference meeting. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Deja vu as spending bills take a back seat to partisan politics

Sean Lengell · July 24, 2014 5:12 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on Thursday to rehear a case over subsidies in President Obama's healthcare law, making it potentially less likely that the case will wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court. (iStock Photo)

Obamacare legal decision is a setback, but not yet fatal

Sean Lengell · July 22, 2014 10:37 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday called Secretary of State John Kerry's defense of President Obama's foreign policy "delusional" and criticized the administration for not taking a tougher stance against Russia. (AP Photo)

Lindsey Graham slams John Kerry for ‘delusional’ defense of Obama foreign policy

Sean Lengell · July 20, 2014 4:37 pm