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Comments about the Keystone XL pipeline and global warming could leave someone with their pants on fire. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

‘Global warming is a hoax,’ Keystone XL jobs get ‘Lie of the year’ nods

Zack Colman · December 12, 2014 1:54 pm

Senate interrogation report strikes new blow to U.S. intelligence ties

Charles Hoskinson · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

Shutdown gambit shows Warren’s influence

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

House approves $1.1 trillion spending package

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2014 3:14 am

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., arrives at the House Democratic Caucus meeting on Thursday. Both houses of Congress are working to avoid a government shutdown. (Getty images/Alex Wong)

No consensus from House Democrats on spending bill

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2014 2:04 am

One effect of the last shutdown was the closing of many national parks and monuments -- another was the unwillingness of lawmakers to let it happen again. (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

WH prepares feds for shutdown

Brian Hughes · December 11, 2014 11:34 pm

President Obama worked the phones late Thursday in an attempt to get Democrats to support a spending bill that has yet to receive enough support to avoid a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama working phones to build support for spending bill

Brian Hughes · December 11, 2014 10:22 pm

"With this bill, the exposure and the recourse is with the U.S. taxpayer," Pelosi said. "Just plain wrong." (AP/J.Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi will vote against $1.1t spending measure

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2014 9:24 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news briefing on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Pelosi: Democrats have leverage on spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2014 8:51 pm

CIA Director John Brennan acknowledged that the agency made mistakes in carrying out a program of extreme interrogation techniques in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, but he denied that he or his colleagues systemically misled the public or Congress about the program's effectiveness. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

CIA chief: Some officers ‘failed to live up to standards’

Susan Crabtree · December 11, 2014 8:39 pm

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Republicans hit pause button on spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2014 7:41 pm

"I don't know that we've even scratched the surface on the degree of difficulty we face when it comes to tax reform," Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Thursday. (AP Photo)

Hatch warns of stacked odds against tax reform

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 7:06 pm