Sean Lengell

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Sister Mary Grace visits with a resident at the Mullen Home for the Aged, run by Little Sisters of the Poor, in Denver, Colo., on Jan. 2. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Supreme Court offers nuns reprieve from Obamacare birth control mandate

Sean Lengell · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Membership in labor unions holds steady in 2013

Sean Lengell · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz has called on Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's controversial targeting of conservative groups. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz calls for special prosecutor to investigate IRS scandal

Sean Lengell · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, stands on the balcony of his hotel overlooking the Olympic Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

Rep. Michael McCaul: Terrorist attacks at Olympic games a real threat

Sean Lengell · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

The Supreme Court raised questions Tuesday over whether home-based health care providers employed by state of Illinois can refuse to pay dues to the union that represents them. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court weighs First Amendment case with ‘radical’ impact on public-sector unions

Sean Lengell · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear a dispute regarding union fees that -- while failing to receive substantial media hype -- is poised to have major consequences on organized labor's recruiting. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court ‘sleeper’ case on union dues has big impact on organized labor

Sean Lengell · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

A steady stream of voters fill the voting booths at Ronald Reagan Lodge on Nov. 6, 2012, in West Chester, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Bipartisan bills aims to update Voting Rights Act

Sean Lengell · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Congress passes $1 trillion spending deal

Congress passes $1 trillion spending deal

Sean Lengell · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, who has been battling cancer, said he's not quitting for health reasons but rather to uphold a promise he made when first elected to the Senate that he wouldn't serve more than two six-year terms. (AP file photo)

Sen. Tom Coburn to step down at end of current Congress, two years before term expires

Sean Lengell · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Massachusetts instituted a buffer zone law after several abortion clinics in the state complained that protesters, activists and others repeatedly were blocking Ã¢â¬" and sometimes harassing Ã¢â¬" patients as they entered their facilities. (Getty images File)

Supreme Court questions Massachusetts’ abortion clinic buffer zone

Sean Lengell · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

On Jan. 1, it became illegal to produce or sell 40- and 60- watt incandescent light bulbs in the United States. ÃÂ (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Light bulb provision will do little to bring back popular, inexpensive incandescents

Susan Ferrechio, Sean Lengell · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Senators want awards show to be free of e-cigarettes

Senators want awards show to be free of e-cigarettes

Sean Lengell · January 14, 2014 5:00 am