Rand Paul brings Rupert Murdoch to the Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky senator and prospective 2016 candidate warmed up to the media mogul over the weekend

• May 5, 2014

New poll suggests bad news for Democrats in midterms

Unhappy with the direction of the country, more Americans say they're leaning toward supporting Republicans than Democrats this fall

• May 5, 2014

Joe Biden: It's time to demand action from the House on immigration

At a Cinco de Mayo event, the vice president says it’s time for House Speaker John Boehner to stand up to his fellow Republicans

• May 5, 2014

Rand Paul threatens to hold up nominee over drone policy

The Republican senator is calling for public release of legal memos, authored by Obama's judicial nominee, that authorized killing an American in Yemen

• May 5, 2014

Prayer acceptable at town council meetings, Supreme Court says

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court said that Greece, N.Y., was not violating the Constitution by opening its meetings with a Christian prayer

• May 5, 2014

Supreme Court turns down case on guns in public

The decision left in place a ruling that upheld a New Jersey requirement for gun owners to show an urgent need to carry a handgun outside the home

• May 5, 2014

Nevada Democrat calls on officials to oust Bundy militia

Rep. Steven Horsford seeking removal of armed supporters guarding the ranch of a states' rights advocate who owes more than $1 million to the federal government

• May 5, 2014

Republican focus on Benghazi, IRS controversies: Is it political?

The House GOP spends another week on the two controversies, but like the Democrats' focus on income equality, both sides are teeing up for the midterms

• May 5, 2014

George H.W. Bush honored with Kennedy 'Courage' award

Bush praised for raising taxes to confront spiraling deficit; JFK's grandson Jack Scholssberg presents award to former GOP president's granddaughter Lauren Bush

• May 4, 2014

Democrats: Special Benghazi panel nothing but politics

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says the new probe is a "colossal waste of time," but Republicans say the administration's stonewalling leaves them no choice

• May 4, 2014

GOP not playing politics with Benghazi, Sen. Graham says

S.C. senator says if GOP wrong about a Benghazi coverup, "we'll get burned," and insists the WH was trying to create a "political smoke screen"

• May 4, 2014

L.A. mayor: Sterling wants to remain Clippers' owner

Eric Garcetti has spoken to Donald Sterling and says the beleaguered billionaire "believes in his heart that he's a very good person"

• May 4, 2014

Patrick Gavin: Washington not quite "Hollywood for ugly people"

Politico reporter on the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, and reconsidering an age-old adage

• May 4, 2014

Obama skewers Republicans, Democrats, media at 100th White House correspondents’ dinner

President also took jabs at botched health care rollout

• May 4, 2014

African-American reporter didn't just break stories, but barriers

Harry McAlpin was diminutive, polite but alarmed white correspondents who covered the president in 1940s

• May 3, 2014

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