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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, a man looks at documents at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The graffiti reads, "no God but God," " God is great," and "Muhammad is the Prophet." (AP File)

National Security

New York Times report contradicts top Intel Dems on Benghazi

Tim Mak, Susan Crabtree · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is joining forces with Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., on a bill that allows people in jeopardy of losing their individual health plans to keep them. (AP Photo)

Senate Intel panel to release Benghazi report in early 2014

Tim Mak, Susan Crabtree · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Best of 2013: Roscoe Bartlett goes off the grid

Tim Mak · December 24, 2013 5:00 am

Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said, "The Senate vote is a strong bipartisan statement that, despite our differences, we can come together and accomplish important business for the good of the country." (AP Photo)

Senate overwhelmingly approves NDAA, sends to president for signature

Tim Mak · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Pentagon contracts plunged 66 percent to $15.7 billion last month, the lowest level since January, driven by automatic U.S. spending cuts and a partial government shutdown.

National Security

White House supports NDAA passage

Tim Mak · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

New America concluded that the NSA's phone record collection program "has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism." (Photo: Thinkstock)

White House panel proposes new restrictions on NSA surveillance programs

Tim Mak · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

The biggest item on the Senate's agenda is a contentious budget compromise needed to avoid a second government shutdown in mid-January.

National Security

Week Ahead in Congress: Senate faces year-end deadline on budget, defense bill

Tim Mak · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday said President Obama's touting of more than 7 million signups through his health care law represented a "Pyrrhic victory."ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan: Conservative outside groups part of ‘our family’

Tim Mak · December 15, 2013 5:00 am

Sean Sweeney, a runner who lives near Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., stops to say a prayer outside the school during his run early on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. The school was the scene of a shooting on Friday that left the student gunman dead and injured two other students. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado governor says gunman didn’t exhibit signs of mental illness

Tim Mak, Susan Crabtree · December 15, 2013 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

House passes NDAA, action moves to Senate

Tim Mak · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry noted to members of Congress that a new deal with Iran includes an assurance that the United States would not impose new sanctions during the six-month negotiating period. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

John Kerry to Congress: No new Iranian sanctions now, ‘six months will fly by’

Tim Mak · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Mark Kirk's office announced Monday that the senator, who is still recovering from a 2012 stroke, underwent surgery to remove his gall bladder. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Mark Kirk undergoes surgery to remove gall bladder

Tim Mak · December 9, 2013 5:00 am