Tim Mak

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An attempted mugging on Capitol Hill was thwarted Monday night by a quick-thinking victim who told the assailant that she was an intern with the National Security Agency, which would track her phone if it was stolen.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Spy-shy: Mugger thwarted by ‘NSA intern’ on Capitol Hill

Tim Mak · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,ÃÂ said he regretted calling the Tea Party wing of the Republican Senate conference "wacko birds" during budget negotiations, saying he's learned to "never get personal" in political disputes.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John McCain regrets ‘wacko birds’ comment, worries about GOP infighting

Tim Mak · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Washington Mayor Vincent Gray crashed a news event held by Senate Democrats Wednesday, pressing them to immediately fund the D.C. government. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Senate Democrats upstaged by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton at Capitol rally

Tim Mak, Sean Lengell · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Chaplain Barry Black said on the eve of the shutdown, Ã¢â¬Ålet them not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give them the determination to make the right things happen." (AP/Drew Angerer)

Prayers for Congress sound increasingly desperate as shutdown drags on

Tim Mak · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Fisher House to cover Pentagon death benefits during shutdown

Tim Mak · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jim Inhofe revealed Tuesday morning that he underwent emergency quadruple bypass surgery over the weekend. (AP Photo)

Sen. Jim Inhofe undergoes emergency heart surgery

Tim Mak · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi was captured in Tripoli, Libya, over the weekend by American special forces. (AP Photo/FBI File)

Republicans call for al Qaeda operative to be held in Gitmo

Tim Mak · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

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John McCain slams GOP’s ‘false premise’ of repealing Obamacare

Tim Mak · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

A poll of 24 Republican-held swing districts shows that a generic Democrat would beat a Republican incumbent in 17 of them -- the very number of seats Democrats would need to wrest from Republicans to take control of the House. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Poll: Republican House majority at risk because of shutdown

Tim Mak · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Ted Cruz defends tactics on government shutdown, debt ceiling

Tim Mak · October 6, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama's "refusal to talk" was what was prolonging the government shutdown. (AP/Evan Vucci)

John Boehner: Not enough votes in House to pass clean debt limit

Tim Mak · October 6, 2013 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

Plant DNA markers help the Pentagon detect counterfeit electronics in the military supply chain

Tim Mak · October 4, 2013 4:00 am