FBI Director Comey backpedals after marijuana joke irks senator

Comey joked that the agency's ban on hiring people who have recently smoked pot is harming recruitment, but Sen. Jeff Sessions wasn't laughing

• May 21, 2014

FBI director describes "enormous challenge" of Chinese hackers

In Senate testimony, James Comey claims basically every big American company has been hacked; also discusses marijuana use in recruits

• May 21, 2014

Author of Obama drone memos clears hurdle for federal judgeship

David Barron, who wrote legal memos on America's right to kill citizens overseas believed to be terrorists, is being considered for a seat on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

• May 21, 2014

Obama salutes Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks

During a ceremony at the White House, the president praises the underdog NFL team for their contributions on and off the football field

• May 21, 2014

House committee debates ending door-to-door mail for millions

A bill has been proposed that would convert 15 million mail addresses to communal or curbside boxes over the next decade

• May 21, 2014

Michelle Obama: "Look out," Malia will be driving soon

The first lady says her eldest daughter will get behind the wheel this summer

• May 21, 2014

Congressman: We can put Boko Haram on the run, like Joseph Kony

Leader of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is pressing the administration to take more action against Nigerian militant group

• May 21, 2014

Obama: "I will not tolerate" misconduct at VA hospitals

The president addressed the VA hospital scandal for the first time in three weeks

• May 21, 2014

Attention shifts to troubled Obamacare state-based exchanges

Nevada is shifting its enrollment to HealthCare.gov and Oregon's failed exchange is under federal grand jury scrutiny

• May 21, 2014

Obama meets with Eric Shinseki, will address VA hospital scandal

The president's deputy chief of staff is about to visit Phoenix to investigate claims of secret waiting lists at a VA hospital there

• May 21, 2014

Controversial anti-bullying measure goes to a vote

"We need you guys doing the big stuff," mother tells city council before vote on ordinance to criminalize bullying in California city

• May 21, 2014

Why the VA scandal is the real outrage

John Dickerson: There is a cost to being perpetually outraged - we have nothing left when something genuinely terrible is exposed

• May 21, 2014

Tea party support hits new lows: Poll

Just four years after its popularity peaked, significantly fewer Americans are backing the movement

• May 21, 2014

Changing of the guard marks shift in Obamacare politics

Congress has shifted focus away from Obamacare just as the Senate is about to confirm HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' replacement

• May 21, 2014

Republican establishment chalks up wins in primaries

Tea Party candidates fall short and McConnell cruises in Kentucky

• May 21, 2014

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