Tim Mak

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America needs greater involvement in the world, Marco Rubio tells ‘young people’

Tim Mak · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

NRA head Wayne LaPierre rips press, ‘political elites’ for feeling of American decline

Tim Mak · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

Paul Ryan: GOP needs to win converts, not burn heretics

Tim Mak · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued a scathing subpoena Wednesday to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over a series of botched undercover operations that left a wake of destruction behind them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Tense exchange between Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings after Lois Lerner-IRS hearing

Tim Mak · March 5, 2014 12:00 am

Former White House staffer Ronnie Cho has decided against a congressional run in Arizona, ending speculation about whether he'd jump into a crowded Democratic primary in the state's 7th Congressional District.ÃÂ (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO)

Former White House staffer Ronnie Cho ‘seriously considering’ Arizona congressional run

Tim Mak · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

The USS Freedom Littoral Combat Ship pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Freedom, which is stopping in Hawaii on its way to a deployment to Singapore, has advantages bigger U.S. Navy ships lack. (AP Photo/US Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey)

Littoral Combat Ship comes under fire

Tim Mak · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., have been publicly supportive of unionized health care workers in their state. (AP File)

Two members of Congress subpoenaed in nursing homes’ fight with SEIU

Tim Mak · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, where he recommended shrinking the Army to its smallest size since the buildup to U.S. involvement in World War II in an effort to balance postwar defense needs with budget realities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pentagon budget request would reduce troops

Tim Mak · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Companies, particularly in Europe, are rethinking their integration with the American digital economy, worried that their data may not be secure if processed by U.S. hardware or through U.S. data centers.

NSA spying threatens U.S. tech industry

Tim Mak · February 7, 2014 5:00 am

Some of about 500 miles worth of coated steel pipe manufactured by Welspun Pipes, Inc., originally for the Keystone oil pipeline, is stored in Little Rock, Ark. (AP/Danny Johnston)

Energy and Environment

White House seeks more Cabinet input on Keystone XL pipeline

Tim Mak · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

Denver Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway answers a question during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

John Elway has been approached by GOP to run, but opts for the sidelines

Tim Mak · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

"I don't think we Republicans want to default on our debt," House Speaker John Boehner said. "The president's made clear he doesn't want to negotiate. â¦ The options available continue to be narrower in terms of how we address the issue of the debt ceiling, but I'm confident that we'll be able to find a way." (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

John Boehner reins in rank and file with midterms looming

Tim Mak · January 31, 2014 5:00 am