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Inflation fell sharply in November as the price of gas fell the most it has since late 2008. (iStock Photo)

Gas prices send inflation plummeting

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2014 2:12 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz is warning against nominating Jeb Bush to the Republican ticket in 2016. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Ted Cruz: Jeb Bush can’t beat Hillary in 2016

Kelly Cohen · December 17, 2014 1:58 pm

People carry the casket of a victim of Taliban attack in a school, after receiving it from a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

National Security

WH dodges questions on Taliban strength

Susan Crabtree · December 17, 2014 1:02 pm

This frame grab from video, provided by C-SPAN2 shows Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. giving his farewell address on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/C-SPAN2)

National Security

Congress adjourns without extending terrorism risk insurance program

Susan Ferrechio · December 17, 2014 1:00 pm

Could plunging oil prices lead to financial turmoil?

Joseph Lawler, Zack Colman · December 17, 2014 10:00 am

White House braces for Putin’s next move

Brian Hughes · December 17, 2014 10:00 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch wants the Obama administration to provide information about a secretive opt-out provision provided to health insurance companies on the federal exchange. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Hatch to push pension reform for public employees

Sean Higgins · December 17, 2014 10:00 am

Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden said this bill leaves "workers, families and businesses wanting." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes tax break package

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2014 1:27 am

Jeb Bush sends signals to donors, rivals: He’s serious

Rebecca Berg · December 17, 2014 12:21 am

In this July 28, 2014, Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken speaks at the White House in Washington. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is blocking the confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to be America's second-highest ranked diplomat. McCain says Tony Blinken, Obama's deputy national security adviser, is "totally unqualified" to serve as Secretary of State John Kerry's understudy. McCain also criticizing Blinken Thursday for comments he made more than two years ago touting Iraq's security, prosperity and democracy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Security

Senate confirms new State Department No. 2

Sean Lengell · December 17, 2014 12:21 am

Barney Frank talks with Elizabeth Warren during a hearing on Capitol Hill on July 22, 2009 in Washington. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty images)

Barney Frank: Warren a force to be reckoned with

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2014 11:30 pm

Energy and Environment

Obama blocks drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay; Pebble Mine unaffected

Zack Colman · December 16, 2014 11:11 pm