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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., talks with reporters before heading into the weekly GOP policy luncheon at the U.S. Captiol on Feb. 3, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Senate bill would increase basic energy research

Zack Colman · May 20, 2015 5:03 pm

President Obama stressed that climate change is an issue that will affect the jobs that Coast Guard graduates were trained to do. (AP Photo)Â

Obama: Climate change contributed to rise of Boko Haram, Syrian civil war

Pete Kasperowicz · May 20, 2015 4:52 pm

The Energy Department released a report Tuesday that shows that advanced technologies can enable wind energy to reach all 50 states -- extended its reach from being a Midwest phenomenon to becoming a resource for the Southeast. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Wind industry to ‘flex’ political muscle in presidential campaign

John Siciliano · May 20, 2015 4:42 pm

President Bush jokes with his brother Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP)

National Security

Even G.W. Bush would have handled Iraq question better than Jeb: Former chief of staff

Barbara Boland · May 20, 2015 4:19 pm

FBI Assistant Director in Charge Andrew McCabe, Washington Field Office, left, and Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer, center, listens as Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces the big banks plead guilty to criminally manipulating global currency. (AP Photo)Â

5 big banks plead guilty to currency manipulation

Sean Higgins · May 20, 2015 4:09 pm

"I believe our national security will be put at greater risk if the provisions are allowed to expire," John Cornyn wrote in an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News. (AP Photo)Â

Sen. John Cornyn: U.S. security at ‘greater risk’ without Patriot Act provisions

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2015 3:43 pm

The Obama administration sent the wrong tax form to 800,000 people who purchased health insurance through the healthcare.gov website. (AP Photo)

31 million people can’t afford healthcare

Robert King · May 20, 2015 3:19 pm

Laphonza Butler, President of SEIU ULTCW, the United Long Term Care Workers' Union, far left, joins workers demanding the Los Angeles City Council to vote to raise the minimum wage Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in Los Angeles. The city council gave initial approval Tuesday to raising minimum pay in the nation's second-largest city to $15 an hour by 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes )

Los Angeles raises minimum wage to $15

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2015 3:02 pm

"The problem for these guys is that I fully understand the system and I understand how they make their money. And that's what they don't like about me," Elizabeth Warren said. (AP Photo)Â

Elizabeth Warren bill would force Obama to release text of Pacific trade deal

Pete Kasperowicz · May 20, 2015 2:51 pm

Senate Republicans raised $4.2 million in April, putting their available cash for the 2016 campaign at $5 million. (AP Photo)

Senate GOP raises $4 million in April

David M. Drucker · May 20, 2015 2:23 pm

National Security

Megyn Kelly: ‘We’re losing’ in Iraq

Barbara Boland · May 20, 2015 1:18 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking member on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, blasted Trey Gowdy for leaking the existence of new Benghazi-related emails before consulting with Democrats Monday evening. (AP Photo)

Democrat blasts Benghazi subpoena tactics

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2015 12:23 pm