Sean Lengell

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U.S. national soccer team players warm up during a training session in 2011. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

National Security

U.S. soccer match in Ukraine canceled amid political unrest

Sean Lengell · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Several lawsuits, bundled together into one case, oppose an Environmental Protection Agency program that requires large industrial sources to obtain Clean Air Act permits for their greenhouse gas emissions, which is blamed for global warming. (Thinkstock)

Supreme Court takes on greenhouse gas emissions case

Sean Lengell · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Rocker Ted Nugent introduces Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott during a campaign stop on Tuesday in Denton, Texas. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Ron Baselice)

After GOP criticism, Ted Nugent apologizes for calling president a ‘mongrel’

Sean Lengell · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

People gather at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Political unrest puts U.S. vs Ukraine soccer match in jeopardy

Sean Lengell · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Steve King of Iowa speaks during a hearing to criticize a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 23 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Rep. Steve King won’t apologize for immigrant remarks

Sean Lengell · February 21, 2014 5:00 am

In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash that aired Thursday, the Texas Republican said leadership abandoned the party's fiscal conservative principles when it agreed not to filibuster the Democrats' debt limit bill to allow the measure to pass on a simple majority vote in the 100-member chamber. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz: GOP leadership used ‘trickery’ on debt limit vote

Sean Lengell · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

An Ukrainian anti-government protester throws a stone during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Marco Rubio calls on Obama to respond to violence in Ukraine

Sean Lengell · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it won't appeal a court decision that struck down broadband Internet rules known as net neutrality and instead will draft a new set of regulations to ensure open access to the Web. (Photo: Thinkstock)

FCC won’t appeal ‘neutrality’ ruling, instead will draft new Internet rules

Sean Lengell · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

Bill Nye, an educator who gained fame in the 1990s as the "Science Guy" on children's television, will tackle a more adult audience Sunday when he debates Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on the issue of climate change on NBC's "Meet the Press." (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

‘Science Guy’ Bill Nye to debate Rep. Marsha Blackburn on climate change

Sean Lengell · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden promises tax code reform

Sean Lengell · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, during maneuvering on the vote to extend the Treasury's borrowing authority. The debt limit measure was passed by the House Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bob Corker: GOP colleagues held up debt limit vote for fundraising gain

Sean Lengell · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, left, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., are reflected in a TV monitor as they tell reporters that Republicans are thwarting Democratic efforts pass a bill to extend unemployment benefits which expired at the end of last year, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: Let immigration law take effect after Obama leaves office

Sean Lengell · February 13, 2014 5:00 am