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FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo,. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., gestures as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez threatened Thursday, July 24, to block U.S. arms sales to Iraq if Congress doesn't get an assessment of Iraqi forces and assurances the weapons won't fall into the hands of extremist militants.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Senator: No arms to Iraq unless Congress gets info

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 7:48 pm

Ex-Redskin turns himself in to face assault case

Ex-Redskin turns himself in to face assault case

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 6:56 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2014 file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures as he speaks during a gala prior to the start of the Virginia GOP Convention in Roanoke, Va. Ryan proposed a new plan Thursday to merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single grant program for states that he said would allow more flexibility to help lift people out of poverty, in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ryan proposes streamlining anti-poverty programs

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 6:55 pm

This Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, shows the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere near ready and agency officials are struggling to salvage a project racked by delays and mismanagement.

Social Security’s $300M IT project doesn’t work

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 5:14 pm

IMF cuts US and global growth forecasts for 2014

IMF cuts US and global growth forecasts for 2014

The Associated Press · July 24, 2014 4:14 pm

Central American leaders seek solution in US

Central American leaders seek solution in US

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 3:20 pm

FILE - In this June, 2011 file photo, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates points to a question during a media availability at the Pentagon in Washington. Gates says he's worried there's a perception of the United States "disengaging" from global affairs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Gates worried about notion of US disengagement

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 2:40 pm

US hails Indonesia democracy in turbulent SE Asia

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 7:11 am

FILE - This April 30, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016 is questioning whether President Barack Obama used a federal agency to impose an economic boycott on Israel after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. airline flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid fighting between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo, J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cruz suggests flight ban is boycott of Israel

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 4:30 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, joined at right by incoming Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Calif., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, following a Republican strategy session. House Republicans want to slash President Barack Obama's emergency spending request for the border, speed young migrants back home to Central America, and send in the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House, Senate advance competing border proposals

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 4:15 am

FAA lifts ban on US flights to Israel

FAA lifts ban on US flights to Israel

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 4:05 am

Glitch crashes global US passport, visa operations

Glitch crashes global US passport, visa operations

Matthew Lee · July 24, 2014 1:44 am