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GOP reversal: Hillary Clinton was right, it does take a village — to elect more women

Paul Bedard · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jim Inhofe revealed Tuesday morning that he underwent emergency quadruple bypass surgery over the weekend. (AP Photo)

Sen. Jim Inhofe undergoes emergency heart surgery

Tim Mak · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

VIDEO: Faith leaders urge lawmakers to take up immigration reform

Steve Doty · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz.: "Most members feel like the voters in their districts are starting to understand what the battle's about." (Laura Segall/Getty Images)

House Republicans say their constituents not worried about shutdown

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama on Wednesday said that he is beginning to see the effects of the shutdown at the White House, as he took his case against GOP lawmakers to local television stations outside the beltway. (Screenshot: NBC)

Obama seeing personal effects of shutdown

Brian Hughes, Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

White House presses GOP on immigration reform after D.C. rally

Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Federal Election Commission officials may take the nearly unprecedented step of exempting a Tea Party group from disclosing its donors due to concerns its supporters could face harassment and retaliation from government officials such as the Internal Revenue Service and private citizens. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

Conservative Tea Party pragmatists of the world, unite!

Philip Klein · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama again compares GOP to striking workers who should be fired

Sean Higgins · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he could bend the Democrats in the Senate to turn against Obamacare, which didn't happen. (AP/Daniel Sangjib Min)

Tea Party needs to grow up, quickly, before it’s too late for Republicans

Noemie Emery · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz during a closed-door lunch on Wednesday argued to his Republican colleagues that the campaign he led to defund Obamacare has bolstered the GOP's political position in dealing with the government shutdown.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ted Cruz poll shows GOP gained in fight over Obamacare despite shutdown

David M. Drucker · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama said during a press conference that he regularly told House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, that he should have taken the deal on spending and taxes offered during the 2011 debt ceiling fight.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: John Boehner ‘should have taken the deal I offered’ in 2011

Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown on Tuesday at the White House. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama challenges GOP over shutdown: ‘Stop the excuses’

Brian Hughes, Susan Crabtree · October 8, 2013 4:00 am