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Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.

Life vote

Abortion | Despite disdain from Democrats, the House passes a late-term abortion ban that protects unborn babies capable of feeling pain

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.

House committee advances 20-week abortion ban

Abortion |  WASHINGTON—A bill that would ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks gestation is quietly moving in the U.S. House of Representatives and could reach the…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate committee approves immigration bill but House remains skeptical

Immigration |  WASHINGTON—Immigration reform must go through a five-step process to become law: approval from House and Senate committees, both houses of Congress, and a…

Steven Miller testifies on Capitol Hill Friday, as J. Russell George looks on.

‘Horrible customer service’

IRS Scandal |  Lawmakers grill outgoing IRS chief as he tries to deny any political partisanship in the agency’s actions against conservative groups

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds her fist while testifying at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Benghazi in January.

Why a select committee on Benghazi matters

Benghazi Attack |  Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., believes we need a congressional select committee to get to the bottom of the Benghazi scandal. That’s why he’s introduced H.R.

Rep. James Lankford
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David and Goliath

Politics |  Second-term congressman James Lankford lacks the so-called credentials to take on Washington establishment, but he will anyway

Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks at a Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill Thursday, as Sen. Ted Cruz (left) looks on.

Tea Party revival

IRS Scandal |  The IRS scandal puts the spotlight back on a political movement many had written off

From right to left: Eric Nordstrom, Gregory Hicks, and Mark Thompson testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday.

Hearing bombshells

Benghazi Attack |  House committee listens to six hours of dramatic and emotional testimony on the Benghazi attacks

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi the day after the attack.

Going rogue

Benghazi Attack |  Top U.S. State Department officials today are set to testify against the White House’s version of the assault on Benghazi

Senate approves online sales tax

Senate approves online sales tax

Congress |  WASHINGTON—A bill that would tax all online purchases sailed through the U.S. Senate this week with broad bipartisan support. The Marketplace Fairness Act…

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) and President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony outside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2012.

U.S. ordered troops to ‘stand down’ during Benghazi attack

Benghazi Attack |  For more than six months, a gap has been yawning wide in the Obama administration’s storyline on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed…

Sens. Marco Rubio (left) and Ted Cruz

Conservatives vs. conservatives

Immigration |  The debate over the Senate immigration reform bill blurs Republican battle lines

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