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Sunni tribal volunteers stand in formation during their graduation ceremony in the town of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Pentagon seeks to train Sunni tribes directly

Tara Copp · June 9, 2015 7:30 pm

Students and abortion rights activists hold signs during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol.Â A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law requiring abortion clinics to have hospital-grade facilities.Â (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Federal court upholds Texas abortion requirements

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 9, 2015 7:25 pm

Senate banking chairman on Ex-Im Bank: Without reform, ‘we ought to let it die’

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2015 7:23 pm

And with the rise in natural gas prices, Americans can expect to pay more to cool their homes, the outlook says. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Consumers face higher electric bills this summer

John Siciliano · June 9, 2015 7:12 pm

A Secret Service police officer walks in the press area of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, during an evacuation of parts of the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Reporters evacuated from White House after bomb threat

Nicole Duran · June 9, 2015 6:55 pm

National Security

Pentagon adds sexual orientation to employee protection rules

David Brown · June 9, 2015 6:13 pm

"This decision is an important victory not only for our taxpayers who simply cannot afford these unsustainably high costs, but for limited, constitutional government..." Chris Christie said in a statement. (AP Photo)Â

Court OKs Christie’s plan to trim New Jersey pensions

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2015 5:31 pm

Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, participates in a discussion at the Women Veterans Career Development Forum at Women in Military Service for America Memorial on November 10, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for BPW Foundation)

OPM to brief Intel panel on data breach

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:59 pm

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the Catholic Hospital Association Conference about healthcare reform, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Obamacare opponents are deeply ‘cynical’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 9, 2015 4:49 pm

"So you know, I'd like nothing better than to break open that Abandoned Mine Lands fund of money ... and get at it for the purposes that we're talking about. But it's just been impossible so far," said Rep. Rogers. (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

House GOP spending plan would block EPA power plant, water rules

Zack Colman · June 9, 2015 4:45 pm

Sen. Thad Cochran,Â chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, right, andÂ Sen. Dick Durbin,Â the subcommittee's ranking Democrat,Â wrap up a hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senate panel approves war funding measure

Charles Hoskinson · June 9, 2015 4:40 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Reid calls on GOP to strike deal to lift spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:24 pm