House Speaker John Boehner

Boiling over

Congress |  House conservatives go after Speaker John Boehner as fiscal cliff talks continue behind closed doors

Jim DeMint

From inside to outside

Politics |  Jim DeMint will leave the Senate to help rally the conservative movement as president of The Heritage Foundation

Rep. Tim Huelskamp

Republican infighting

Congress |  A clash between GOP leaders and fiscal conservatives leads to conservatives losing key committee posts

House Speaker John Boehner (left) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Political theater

Congress |  As the year comes to a close, congressional lawmakers tangle on the edge of the fiscal cliff

Mistakes were made
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Mistakes were made

Libya |  Despite his election victory, President Obama and other officials face hard questions over Benghazi attack

UN Ambassador Susan Rice leaves a meeting on Captiol Hill Wednesday.

Talking point tiff

Congress |  Senate Republicans and the White House continue to tussle over the Benghazi attack

LEADING THE FIGHT: Cruz with wife Heidi.
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New blood

Politics |  Of the 12 new U.S. senators, six are new to Congress and six are moving over from the House, as Republicans who eyed a takeover instead face diminished status

Reps. Tim Huelskamp (left) and Raul Labrador

A mandate to fight

Congress |  Conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill say they won’t back down in the fight against the president’s plan to increase taxes

Disappointed Richard Mourdock supporters react to the news of his loss to Democrat Joe Donnelly.

Losing ground

Politics |  For second election cycle in a row, Republicans stumble trying to gain a Senate majority

A woman holds a baby as she casts her ballot in a polling station in Silver Spring, Md.

Time to vote

Politics |  After months of campaign rhetoric, ads, and robocalls, voters across the country head to the polls to cast their ballots

The Romneys greet the overflow crowd outside The Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Monday afternoon.

Overflowing support

Politics |  Crowds gather inside and out to rally around Mitt Romney at his final campaign stop in Virginia

High-stakes states

High-stakes states

Politics |  The race for the White House could be decided by just nine key battleground states. Here’s an Election Eve preview of what’s at stake

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