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Federal appeals court blocks birth control challenge

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 11, 2015 7:01 pm

"I think it's important for the GOP to say, 'Ex-Im is not fair. This is about political connections, not merit. This prevents people from using their God-given talents to rise up the ladder of success,'" Jeb Hensarling said

Hensarling pledges to push housing finance reform

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2015 6:41 pm

White House: ‘No specific’ reaction to shooting deaths in Chapel Hill

Brian Hughes · February 11, 2015 6:20 pm

In this undated file photo posted on a militant website on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, Islamic State group policemen stand guard in front of a police station in Nineveh province, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

Islamic State foreign recruitment growing

Charles Hoskinson · February 11, 2015 6:14 pm

An electricity pylon stands by exhaust pluming from the main chimneys of the coal-fired power plant Heizkraftwerk Reuter West July 31, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

EPA looking at changes to power-plant rule

Zack Colman · February 11, 2015 6:01 pm

The Pentagon building is seen in this undated aerial photo. headquarters of the Department of Defense, in Washington, DC in an undated photo. (Photo by U.S. Air Force/Getty images)

National Security

Pentagon must slash personnel to handle future threats, experts tell lawmakers

Tara Copp · February 11, 2015 5:46 pm

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney answers a question after his lecture to the student body and guests at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss., Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mitt Romney to headline Republican Jewish Coalition dinner in Las Vegas

David M. Drucker · February 11, 2015 5:31 pm

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, talks as committee chairman Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., right, listens during opening remarks before testimony from Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, during a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Social Security disability fix off to acrimonious start

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2015 5:17 pm

"There really is inadequate oversight and accountability ... the individual facilities have been given wide latitude to implement the policies and procedures, there are not reviews being done," U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told a Senate panel. "It's a real problem that needs attention."Â (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

VA struggling to fix problems: GAO

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 11, 2015 5:01 pm

Boehner: Senate Dems need to ‘get off their ass’ on Homeland Security funding

Susan Ferrechio · February 11, 2015 4:02 pm

SSG Daniel Pina from Los Angeles, California with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrols in the foothills outside of Forward Operating Base Shank on March 31, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty images)

National Security

Former officials: Obama needs to rethink Afghan withdrawal timetable

Charles Hoskinson · February 11, 2015 3:44 pm

National Security

Obama calls on Congress for war against Islamic State

Brian Hughes · February 11, 2015 3:13 pm