Republican Dave Brat, after ousting Eric Cantor, calls for party unity

Congressional candidate who bested the House majority leader in a primary last week says he represents all corners of the GOP

• Jun 19, 2014

Who got it wrong on Iraq? Depends on who you ask

Republicans are faulting Obama but others are reminding the GOP that they "got it wrong as well"

• Jun 19, 2014

Medal of Honor recipient: I was pronounced dead on arrival

Then-Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter was on a rooftop in Afghanistan in 2010 when he threw himself on a live grenade to protect a fellow soldier

• Jun 19, 2014

Supreme Court tosses out vague software patent

Unanimous ruling could help give technology firms a stronger defense against so-called patent trolls

• Jun 19, 2014

Obama's Iraq critics: Bush doctrine was right

But Obama's flip from Bush's aggressive foreign policy was - and still is - supported by war-weary Americans

• Jun 19, 2014

Obama: I won't need congressional authority for Iraq action

The president met with top congressional leaders at the White House to keep them in the loop on his Iraq deliberations

• Jun 18, 2014

Republicans keep pressing IRS over lost emails from Lerner, six others

White House, meanwhile, says emails cannot be recovered; says Lerner exchanged no emails with the president's office

• Jun 18, 2014

Louisiana governor tries to block use of Common Core test

However, state education officials say roll-out of Common Core academic standards will go forward

• Jun 18, 2014

Prosecutor: Reinstate Tom DeLay convictions

Texas' highest criminal court was asked to reverse last year's decision that tossed the convictions of the former House majority leader

• Jun 18, 2014

Condoleezza Rice urges patience for nations fighting for democracy

Without addressing turmoil in Iraq, former secretary of state notes, "Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same"

• Jun 18, 2014

"Kissing congressman" Vance McAllister mulling reelection after all

The embattled Louisiana Republican continues to top polls despite scandal

• Jun 18, 2014

Obama welcomes inventors, electric giraffe, to the White House

At White House's first "Maker Faire," the president meets with entrepreneurs and students to encourage domestic manufacturing and innovation

• Jun 18, 2014

GOP questions handling of Benghazi suspect Khatallah

Obama administration plans to try Khatallah in federal court, but some Republicans say he should be held and tried in the military justice system

• Jun 18, 2014

On Iraq, finger-pointing is in full force

Dick Cheney and Harry Reid are locked in a bitter debate about who's to blame and how to move forward

• Jun 18, 2014

Record cutbacks at Social Security as retirement claims surge

New report finds Social Security offices closing and services being slashed even as the system juggles more beneficiaries than ever before

• Jun 18, 2014

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