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"We did a lot of listening. This didn't just happen overnight," Boehner told reporters on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP on course to pass funding bill with strong majority of caucus

David M. Drucker · December 6, 2014 5:00 pm

In this Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 file photo, an Israeli flag is seen in front of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the outskirts of Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

‘A clear message’: Congress up in arms after Israel sanctions report

Charles Hoskinson · December 6, 2014 3:46 pm

National Security

Hagel in Kabul: 1,000 extra U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan into 2015

Charles Hoskinson · December 6, 2014 1:49 pm

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Obama touts positive job news in weekly address

Charles Hoskinson · December 6, 2014 11:00 am

Ashton Carter listens as President Barack Obama announces Carter as his nominee for defense secretary Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Ashton Carter’s no lapdog, but he’ll be on a tight leash

Charles Hoskinson · December 6, 2014 11:00 am

National Security

CIA torture report caught in Democratic crossfire

Susan Crabtree · December 6, 2014 11:00 am

Loretta Mester, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and a voting member of the Fed's monetary policy committee, said the central bank should remove the language from its policy announcements that it will keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time."Â (AP/Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Fed official recommends raising rates earlier

Joseph Lawler · December 5, 2014 9:29 pm

Chuck Hagel issued a statement calling Ashton Carter a "patriot" and dedicated public servant and strongly supporting his nomination. (AP Photo)

National Security

WH: Hagel skipping Carter nomination wasn’t a snub

Susan Crabtree · December 5, 2014 7:48 pm

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace.Â (Charles Dharapak - WPA Pool/Getty images)

Obama to host Prince William at White House

Brian Hughes · December 5, 2014 7:01 pm

Former President George W. Bush said the New York grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who caused Eric Garner's death was "hard to understand." (AP Photo)

George W. Bush says Eric Garner decision was ‘hard to understand’

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2014 6:41 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she is willing to accept significant compromises with Republicans on must-past legislation needed to keep federal agencies open past Thursday, saying Democrats have no appetite to threaten another government shutdown. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Pelosi: Democrats will compromise to avoid shutdown

Sean Lengell · December 5, 2014 6:08 pm

National Security

Obama formally nominates Carter as defense secretary

Susan Crabtree · December 5, 2014 5:45 pm