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According to a recently released Homeland Security Inspector General report, Red Team members were able to get through security checkpoints with potential weapons in 67 out of 70 tests. (AP Photo)Â

TSA missed 95 percent of weapons, explosives in security tests

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 4:27 pm

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday defended the central bank from the charge that the unprecedented easy-money policies it pursued in the wake of the recession increased inequality.Â (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bernanke defends quantitative easing from inequality charge

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 4:19 pm

"Nothing has been decided yet as we move forward," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP leader hopes to pass Obama trade bill in June

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2015 4:06 pm

McCarthy won’t rule out Senate-amended spy law

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2015 3:56 pm

Lindsey Graham launches presidential campaign

Ryan Lovelace · June 1, 2015 3:26 pm

Samantha Elauf stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma woman in headscarf case against Abercrombie

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 3:21 pm

Major joint replacement accounted for $6.6 billion in Medicare payments in fiscal 2013, according to new Medicare data released Monday.Â (iStock)

Joint replacement tops Medicare payments

Robert King · June 1, 2015 3:17 pm

GOP plots Obamacare repeal votes

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 1, 2015 3:09 pm

In his speech Monday, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer also warned that over time regulators and bankers could forget the lessons of the crisis, leading to an "unhappy result."Â (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)

Fed official says it’s time to punish individual bankers for financial crimes

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 2:42 pm

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eric Rosengren speaks with staff during a visit to the office of CONNECT, a coalition of local organizations that provides employment services in Chelsea, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Fed official: Weak economy is not just the weather

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 2:19 pm

Sen. Angus King criticized Sen. Rand Paul for "overdoing" his opposition to the Patriot Act over the weekend. (AP Photo)

National Security

Angus King: Rand Paul ‘overdoing’ his Patriot Act opposition

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 1:03 pm

National Security

White House: Senators must ‘put aside partisan motivation’ on Patriot Act

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 12:02 pm