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Feds are probing whether NFL teams are illegally distributing prescription drugs to keep players on the field. (iStock)

DEA launches surprise probe of NFL drug practices

Susan Ferrechio · November 17, 2014 12:10 am

President Obama on Sunday denounced the beading of American Peter Kassig as "an act of pure evil by a terrorist group the world rightly associates with inhumanity." (Photo by Patrick Hamilton/G20 Australia via Getty images)

National Security

Obama denounces latest Islamic State beheading as ‘act of pure evil’

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 11:43 pm

Peter Kassig is shown with a truck loaded with supplies. The Islamic State group released a graphic video on Sunday, Nov. 16, in which a black-clad militant claimed to have beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, who was providing medical aid to Syrians fleeing the civil war when he was captured inside Syria on Oct. 1, 2013.

National Security

Parents of beheaded American ‘heartbroken’

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 11:18 pm

A passenger arriving at the airport has her temperature checked to screen for fevers that could indicate symptoms of Ebola, amongst other illnesses, in Entebbe, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

U.S. government expands airport screening to travelers from Mali

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:39 pm

Report: State Department emails were hacked

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:28 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who is the majority whip, said it was unclear whether this week's vote on the legislation will clear a procedural hurdle. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Top Senate Democrat: One vote needed to pass Keystone

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:06 pm

Rep. Camp is hoping to pass tax changes that would make the job easier for his successor as Ways and Means chairman. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Not-so-lame duck eyes major tax reform move

Joseph Lawler · November 16, 2014 9:30 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell testifies during a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Nov. 12, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

HHS reports 100,000 signed up for healthcare law Saturday

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 8:44 pm

Romney slams Obama on Islamic State, immigration

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 6:37 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Netanyahu to Obama: Iran is not your ally

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 6:04 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, one of at least a half-dozen Democrats who voted against re-electing Harry Reid as the party's leader in the Senate, said the recent midterm elections prompted her to reject the Nevada lawmaker. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

McCaskill: Voters sent message to eject Harry Reid from leadership

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 6:02 pm

The chiefs of staff of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, left, and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are perhaps the most powerful unelected Republicans in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP’s unelected power duo

David M. Drucker · November 16, 2014 6:00 pm