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President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, May 11, 2015, recognizing emerging global entrepreneurs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WH responds: Is Obama sexist?

Barbara Boland · May 13, 2015 3:23 pm

More than 17 million women in their 40s could be forced to pay for a vital breast cancer test, according to a new analysis. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mammogram screenings could lose coverage guarantee

Robert King · May 13, 2015 3:13 pm

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell pauses as he speaks to members of the media after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon May 12, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats and Republicans not giving up on trade deal

Susan Ferrechio · May 13, 2015 3:08 pm

An Amtrak train that originated in Washington, D.C., derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, killing at least five and injuring 50 more. (AP Photo)

Seven dead, at least 200 injured in Tuesday’s Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 2:37 pm

Pope Francis will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday.Â (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Vatican officially recognizes ‘state of Palestine’

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 2:12 pm

US soldiers unload Huey helicopters from a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III after the same landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

National Security

Pentagon: No confirmation yet missing Marine helicopter found

Tara Copp · May 13, 2015 1:18 pm

Facebook's plan to directly host articles from news organizations launched Wednesday. (iStock)

Facebook introduces ‘Instant Articles’

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 12:18 pm

"I think the president was disrespectful to her by the way he did that," Sen. Sherrod Brown said Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Sen. Sherrod Brown: President Obama’s comments on Elizabeth Warren were gender-based

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 11:49 am

Many senators were displeased by Obama's pointed and intensifying battle with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., over the merits of the free trade bill. (Getty)

Twilight of Obama: Democrats desert the president

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 9:00 am

"There will be people -- real people -- whose lives will be affected. Sitting idly by while they lose their health coverage, that is not an option for me." (Getty)

GOP senator plots to keep Obamacare subsidies

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 13, 2015 9:00 am

Exelon, the largest nuclear power utility in the country, expressed concern that the EPA goals give states "an insufficient incentive to preserve nuclear generation.â (Getty)

Energy and Environment

Fallout expected as nuclear industry hits D.C.

John Siciliano · May 13, 2015 9:00 am

Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative was cited as one of the programs helping to combat childhood obesity. (Getty)

Obesity costs $92k per person

Robert King · May 13, 2015 9:00 am