Sean Lengell

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Statue of Gen., later President, Dwight Eisenhower. (Architect of the Capitol)

Capitol’s Statuary Hall celebrates nation’s evolving history

Sean Lengell · July 4, 2014 1:00 pm

The Supreme Court ended its 2013-14 term with the most unanimous rulings and fewest split decisions in decades, suggesting at first glance an easing of the sharp and often bitter ideological divisions between the justices in recent years.

Supreme Court not as unified as it looks

Sean Lengell · July 2, 2014 9:00 pm

Customers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver in May 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Supreme Court kills Obamacare birth control mandate in Hobby Lobby case

Sean Lengell · June 30, 2014 3:19 pm

VIDEO — WEX BackStory: What’s next after Hobby Lobby?

Sean Lengell, Ed Sykes · June 30, 2014 1:55 pm

Alan Hoyle, of Lincolnton, N.C., stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court says abortion clinic buffer zone unconstitutional

Sean Lengell · June 26, 2014 8:29 pm

A man checks his cellphone as he waits in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, to hear arguments. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court tells cops to ‘get a warrant’ if they want to search cellphones

Sean Lengell · June 25, 2014 5:02 pm

A visitor to the Supreme Court uses his cellphone to take a photo of the court in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

Supreme Court gives a big win to TV networks, NFL

Sean Lengell · June 25, 2014 4:09 pm

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Investigator says Veterans Affairs officials ignored whistleblowers at facilities nationwide

Sean Lengell · June 23, 2014 9:57 pm

House Speaker John Boehner called on President Obama to send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to help push back a surge of illegal immigrants -- many of them children -- from Central America. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner: Send the National Guard to secure U.S.-Mexico border

Sean Lengell · June 20, 2014 5:19 pm

A growing chorus of Capitol Hill lawmakers are urging France to scrap a lucrative deal to sell two high-tech warships to Russia as the country flexes its muscle in eastern Europe. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

France thumbs nose at critics of its sale of warships to Russia

Sean Lengell · June 20, 2014 1:00 pm

House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10th, 2014. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

National Security

Nancy Pelosi: U.S. shouldn’t work with Iran

Sean Lengell · June 19, 2014 5:52 pm

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a news conference September 25, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Steny Hoyer: Another shutdown unlikely because Republicans ‘are not stupid’

Sean Lengell · June 17, 2014 5:09 pm