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

‘Horrible customer service’

Government | 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

Congress |  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

Politics |  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

Libya |  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

Libya |  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

Libya |  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

Sen. Marco Rubio, flanked by Sens. Chuck Schumer (left) and John McCain, during Thursday's unveiling of the Senate immigration reform bill.

Immigration and terrorism

Immigration |  Aftershocks of the Boston bombings reverberated all the way down to Capitol Hill, influencing debate on immigration reform

National Rally for Citizenship participants demonstrate on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

Demanding reform

Immigration |  Supporters of a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants in the United States stage a rally on Capitol Hill

Copies of President Obama's budget arrives on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Better late than never

Budget |  President Obama’s tardy budget is bloated with tax hikes and more government programs but does offer some entitlement reform

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