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Both Democrats and Republicans get an F- for reducing Wall Street's influence in Congress.

Is Wall Street literally writing America's laws now?

Citigroup reportedly helped draft more than 80 percent of a House finance bill

 
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Calls for Eric Holder's resignation are only growing louder.

Eric Holder signed off on a Fox News search warrant: Finally, a smoking gun?

The attorney general distanced himself from one controversial media snooping case. But according to NBC, he's deeply tied to another one.

 
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President Obama shakes hands with House Speaker John Boehner before the State of the Union address.

Here's a secret: Bipartisanship is working

It's not exactly a bipartisan lovefest. More like a bipartisan secret extramarital affair.

 
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Detainees participate in early morning prayer sessions at Camp IV in Guantanamo Bay in 2009.

How Obama plans to (finally) close Guantanamo

Four years after taking office, Obama takes new steps toward shuttering the prison

 
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"To do nothing in the face of terrorist networks would invite far more civilian casualties."

Obama's sweeping speech on the war on terror: 7 key highlights

The president outlines the future of drone strikes, Guantanamo, and the nation's overseas entanglements

 
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Cases of sexual assault in the military have spiked by 35 percent since 2010.

Can Congress solve the military's sexual assault problem?

Lawmakers have introduced several proposals to curb the growing problem

 
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is running for re-election in November. But his real battle may come in 2016...

Can Chris Christie win the GOP nomination?

In a general election against Clinton or Biden, he's probably the party's best option. But the moderate Christie might not be able to survive the primaries.

 
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Lois Lerner listens at the start of a House oversight hearing on May 22.

Did IRS official Lois Lerner waive her right to silence?

Republicans claim that the embattled IRS manager lost her Fifth Amendment rights by denying wrongdoing

 
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Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly face off

WATCH: Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly spar over the Obama scandals

Stewart and his best frenemy talk the IRS, Obama's crackdown on a Fox News reporter, and racial profiling

 
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The president has some explaining to do.

4 burning questions Obama should answer about drones and terrorism

The White House has acknowledged that four American citizens have been killed by drones

 
The Compass
Marc Ambinder

8 things I'd like to hear from Obama's counterterrorism speech

President Obama's speech on his counterterrorism policies may be his last, best chance to establish a...  More»

 
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"The problem of gridlock is real and needs to be fixed," says Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Are Democrats finally serious about filibuster reform?

After repeated threats this year, Democrats set the stage to go nuclear

 
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"I have not done anything wrong."

An embattled IRS official takes the 5th: Damning evidence of guilt?

At the very least, Lois Lerner's silence before the House Oversight committee is bad optics for the Obama administration

 
The Cloakroom
Taegan Goddard

What 'crack babies' can teach our lawmakers

Sometimes first reports are over-hyped and even very wrong

 
The Cloakroom
Taegan Goddard

The White House has a public relations mess on its hands

The administration's spokesmen are causing even more problems than Republicans

 
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"I hope I get a second chance to work for you."

WATCH: Anthony Weiner announces New York mayoral run in new video

The disgraced former congressman appears with his wife and admits to making "big mistakes"

 
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White House Correspondents Association President Ed Henry and President Obama at the annual gala on April 27.

How the White House's war on media backfired

The DoJ's journalist-snooping controversy is the one scandal that will cause the media to report aggressively on all the others

 
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Obama's budget deficits may be shrinking, but the debt continues to rise.

America's exploding debt still poses a lethal threat

Liberals are delighted over new projections showing reduced deficits. This glee is incredibly shortsighted.

 
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E.W. Jackson delivers his acceptance speech for the GOP nomination for Lt. Gov. in Richmond, Va. on May 18.

Did Virginia Republicans just throw the 2013 governor's race?

A few thousand GOP activists pick controversial preacher E.W. Jackson to run alongside Ken Cuccinelli

 
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Speaker John Boehner is reportedly obsessed with Benghazi.

Is the GOP blinded by Obama hatred?

Republicans continue to hammer away at the president — perhaps to their own detriment

 
 
 

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