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Mitch McConnell meets with reporters following a Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

McConnell: ‘Nobody at NSA’ ‘listening to your phone calls’

Barbara Boland · May 17, 2015 4:49 pm

National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt answers a question as he describes findings thus far in the investigation of Tuesday's deadly train derailment Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

NTSB ‘not ruling anything out’ on train crash

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 4:36 pm

Rubio says Bush not mistaken to invade Iraq

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 4:08 pm

Rubio: I dropped immigration reform because it won’t get through Congress

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 2:28 pm

Rep. Paul Ryan is working with Reps. Fred Upton and John Kline on a detailed healthcare plan, and at least four other GOP proposals are floating around. (AP Photo)Â

4 reasons why Republicans may want to save Obamacare subsidies

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 17, 2015 9:00 am

The pharmaceutical industry has taken heat from Congress and states over the past year for high-cost specialty drugs that insurers and public health programs such as Medicare are struggling to afford.

Pressure mounts on drug makers’ price claims

Robert King · May 17, 2015 9:00 am

A quadcopter drone arrives with a small delivery at Deutsche Post headquarters on December 9, 2013 in Bonn, Germany. Deutsche Post is testing deliveries of medicine from a pharmacy in Bonn in an examination into the viability of using drones for deliveries of small packages over short distances. U.S. online retailer Amazon has also started its intention to explore the possibilities of using drones for deliveries. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Businesses pressure FAA on drones

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2015 9:00 am

National Security

Razed, bulldozed and destroyed: A list of ISIS’ obliteration of history

Barbara Boland · May 17, 2015 12:09 am

A Pakistani army soldier stands guard in Miran Shah bazaar after driving out militants from Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

National Security

U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills militants

Tara Copp · May 16, 2015 11:19 pm

The statement said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "transported in a vehicle" but "his health status was unknown."Â (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

National Security

ISIS leader: Islam ‘never a religion of peace,’ it’s a ‘religion of fighting’

Tara Copp · May 16, 2015 9:53 pm

Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)

National Security

ISIS commander killed in U.S. Special Forces raid

Tara Copp, Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2015 7:52 pm

Sunni tribal fighters stand guard on patrol to protect their neighborhoods against Islamic State extremists in al-Baghdadi town west of Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Islamic State militants seized the center of Ramadi in western Iraq and raised their black flag over the government compound, local officials said. (AP Photo)

National Security

ISIS controls majority of Ramadi, ‘situation dire’

Barbara Boland · May 16, 2015 7:51 pm