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Virginia gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli

Virginia GOP not afraid of conservative candidates

Politics | Rejecting calls for the GOP to be more “moderate” after the party's poor showing in the 2012 presidential election, Virginia Republicans nominated on Saturday in Richmond a trio of very conservative candidates.

The IRS Building in Washington, D.C.

Big Government: Too big to function

Government |  The biggest push to expand government from any administration since the 1960s is alternately unraveling in scandal and flying out of the grip of its makers. A…

Gary Pruitt, the president and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation.

Midday Roundup: Fox News reporter targeted by Justice Department leak probe

Newsworthy |  Another target. The Washington Post reported this morning that the Justice Department targeted another journalist in response to fears about a possible…

NOM Chairman John Eastman

Traditional marriage group to sue IRS

Government |  WASHINGTON—The National Organization for Marriage intends to sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next week amid allegations that the government…

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

Eladio Gomez uses a U.S. flag to cover him from a light rain during an immigrant rights rally in downtown Dallas.

Signs and Wonders: America’s demographic destiny

Newsworthy |  Brown and grey. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its latest population projections through the year 2060. Fifty years from now, the U.S. will be only…

A man looks at the electronic ad for Powerball Jackpot of $475 million at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif.

California lottery asks residents to ‘believe in something bigger’

Culture |  The ad starts with a soft choral singing of “California Dreaming,” and small white balls falling out of the sky like snowflakes onto sequoia forests, the…

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

A crucifix hangs from a tree at the site of the second Boston Marathon bombing, one month after the bombing in Boston, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Midday Roundup: Boston bombs ‘payback’ for Americans killing Muslims

Newsworthy |  Payback. Suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a message for authorities in the boat where he thought he would spend his last hours on earth: He and…

President Obama addresses the IRS scandal Wednesday evening.

Obama vows to hold IRS accountable

Government |  In a brief statement from the White House this evening, President Barack Obama tried to get ahead of the IRS scandal by laying out a three-point plan for…

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice

Obama administration releases Benghazi documents

Libya |  The White House is releasing 100 pages of emails and notes tied to the Obama administration's response to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in…

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