Tim Mak

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President plays up Obamacare’s pluses — but speech overlooks its problems

Tim Mak · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a force of 40,000 officers has been deployed and the competition site has been blocked to cars not registered in Sochi as part of security tactics dubbed the "Ring of Steel." (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Terrorists threaten Olympic security

Tim Mak · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Republicans have in recent years struggled to appeal to women. (Illustration)

Republicans bank on new effort to win over women voters

Tim Mak · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

John Boehner says government shutdown was ‘a very predictable disaster’

Tim Mak · January 24, 2014 12:00 am

Retired Adm. Mike Mullen on Tuesday went well beyond his traditional area of expertise, military affairs, and held forth on issues ranging from the national debt to K-12 education. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former top military officer sees national debt as biggest threat to country

Tim Mak · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Conservatives split over Internet taxes

Tim Mak · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., noted that the bipartisan report released this week on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Libya did not mention Hillary Clinton even once. (AP/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Dianne Feinstein derides GOP attacks on Hillary Clinton over Benghazi report

Tim Mak · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., announced Monday that he will not seek another term in office after 40 years in the House. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

California Democrat George Miller to retire after 20 terms

Tim Mak · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said that former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new book could make advisers more shy about about giving frank opinions to the president. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

National Security

Ben Cardin warns Robert Gates’ tell-all memoir may chill frank presidential advice

Tim Mak · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate should increase the authority of committee chairmen and ranking members, permit more debate on legislative issues, allow a greater number of minority amendments and extend the length of the Senate's work week. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Mitch McConnell bemoans the partisanship that has paralyzed the Senate

Tim Mak · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Major General James C. McConville, center, walks with troops at a base in Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 24. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

2014 will be the year of reckoning for post-war Afghanistan

Tim Mak · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Election-year pressures could paralyze Congress in 2014

Tim Mak · January 3, 2014 5:00 am