2016 GOP conundrum: Court the middle or rouse the base?

Voter ID, immigration, minimum wage, climate change -- these are just some topics that can help determine where a candidate is seeking support

• May 11, 2014

Former Defense Sec. Robert Gates: Few good options in Syria, Ukraine

Despite the many crises abroad, Gates warned that gridlock in Washington is the biggest threat to U.S. national security

• May 11, 2014

Hillary Clinton: "No one had a bigger influence" on me than my mom

Former secretary of state reflects on her experience as a mother and daughter in an excerpt from her upcoming memoir

• May 11, 2014

Is VA Sec. Shinseki at fault in dying veterans scandal?

In wake of Phoenix VA debacle that saw 40 vets die awaiting care, the debate turns on whether the VA's problems are systemic or the result of Shinseki's lack of action

• May 11, 2014

Mike Rogers: Secret Service might need a leadership change

The Washington Post reported that in 2011 fathe agency dispatched agents from the president's detail to watch the home of then-Director Mark Sullivan's assistant

• May 11, 2014

U.S. can help search for Nigerian schoolgirls, officials say

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers says the kidnappings are indicative of a larger problem in the region with extremism

• May 11, 2014

Elizabeth Warren warns against GOP takeover of the Senate

A GOP Senate would mimic the House and ignore issues like the minimum wage and student loan debt, Warren says, adding the rich are in charge in D.C.

• May 11, 2014

Another Secret Service scandal?

A new report says agents were pulled from a unit patrolling the White House perimeter in 2011 to protect the assistant of then-Director Mark Sullivan

• May 11, 2014

Bobby Jindal: Government waging "silent war" on religious freedom

Louisiana's Republican governor tells graduates from evangelical Liberty University to fight attempts to restrict their expression of faith

• May 10, 2014

First lady tells Dillard graduates to stay hungry

Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech at historically black Dillard University, urging graduates to continue striving

• May 10, 2014

Sen. Rand Paul: GOP's voter ID push "completely crazy"

Kentucky Republican says his party is "offending" people they need to court by pushing the controversial voting restrictions

• May 13, 2014

Republicans: Obama, Senate Democrats failing to act on jobs, economy

Fourteen House Republicans tout bills passed by the House that have flagged in the Senate, saying "Americans are still waiting" for Democrats to act

• May 10, 2014

Michelle Obama "outraged" over Nigerian girls' kidnapping

First lady says the U.S. is doing "everything possible" to bring back over 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist militants protesting their education

• May 10, 2014

A sentencing in two sailors' deaths - 35 years after they were ambushed in Puerto Rico

For one widow, relief and a wound re-opened after investigators tackle a cold case

• May 9, 2014

GOP votes to rein in 2016 presidential primary debate process

The Republican National Committee is acting on concerns that the lengthy, fractious 2012 debate schedule damaged the eventual GOP nominee

• May 9, 2014

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