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Federal judge rules against Lance Armstrong

Federal judge rules against Lance Armstrong

Washington Examiner · June 20, 2014 12:32 am

Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks during a news conference at the VA Medical Center in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The Veterans Affairs Department (VA) release the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data for all Veterans health facilities. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Audit: More vets wait 30 days; some waits shorter

Matthew Daly · June 19, 2014 11:27 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, set up joint operation centers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Back to Iraq: Obama sending military advisers

JULIE PACEHAMZA HENDAWI · June 19, 2014 10:50 pm

House GOP elects McCarthy, Scalise to leadership

David Espo · June 19, 2014 10:22 pm

Rock that whizzed by Earth may be grabbed by NASA

Seth Borenstein · June 19, 2014 10:04 pm

DC to suspend test scores in teacher evaluations

DC to suspend test scores in teacher evaluations

Ben Nuckols · June 19, 2014 9:56 pm

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2013 file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Newark, Del. The First Amendment protects public employees from job retaliation when they are called to testify in court about official corruption, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The justices decided in favor of former Alabama community College official Edward Lane, with Sotomayor saying Lane's testimony was constitutionally protected because he was speaking as a citizen on a matter of public concern, even if it covered facts he learned at work. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

High court: Whistleblowers’ testimony is protected

Sam Hananel · June 19, 2014 9:07 pm

Foes of gay marriage rally near US Capitol in DC

Foes of gay marriage rally near US Capitol in DC

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 8:45 pm

This handout photo provided by the Southern Impact Research Center in Tennessee, taken June 18, shows equipment that can test how football helmets perform against certain concussion-causing forces. There is no concussion-proof football helmet, but an organization that sets safety standards for athletic equipment was preparing new testing criteria.

New tests for helmets proposed in concussion fight

Lauran Neergaard · June 19, 2014 8:42 pm

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Carpenter took a blow from a grenade to protect a fellow Marine in Afghanistan, sustaining major wounds including the loss of his right eye. He is the eighth living recipient to be chosen for the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Afghanistan vet honored as new troops head to Iraq

Josh Lederman · June 19, 2014 8:35 pm

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, arrives with his GOP House allies to cast ballots for new party leaders in the aftermath of Majority Leader Eric Cantor's stunning primary defeat earlier this month, Thursday, June 19, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP picks Louisiana’s Scalise No. 3 leader

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 7:59 pm

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives for GOP leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. House Republicans elected McCarthy as majority leader, party's No. 2 post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP Rep. McCarthy elected House majority leader

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 7:14 pm