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Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says that if more money is needed to aid the recovery effort then the government should cut spending somewhere else to offset the money for Oklahoma.
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The President and Republican congressional leaders differ on tying spending cuts to raising the debt limit.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is methodically checking the boxes and playing the good Democratic soldier as he considers whether to mount a presidential campaign in 2016.
President Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday.
Doug Duncan wants a fourth shot at Montgomery County Executive seat.
DC awarded $1.7 billion in tax breaks to developers in the past decade, and more than a third of that total has gone to 10 developers that donated the most to city politicians' campaigns over that time.
Senators working on a wide-ranging immigration bill have agreed to tighten controls on the asylum system that allows people fleeing war or persecution to find refuge in the U.S.
The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate New York town.
Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Mideast this week to press the case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.
Who knew what and when? Two different stories are emerging about the IRS scandal.
A former special counsel for the Clinton administration says the current White House Counsel should resign if she knew about the IRS abuse.
First lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address to more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University.
"With all due respect, this systematic abuse cannot be fixed with just one resignation, or two," said Rep. Dave Camp, R. Mich., who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee. "This is not a personnel problem. This is a problem of the IRS being too large, too intrusive, too abusive."
The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views.
The nation's soon-to-be former top tax official will face questions Friday about why he failed to inform Congress about the Internal Revenue Service's treatment of Tea Party groups last year -- even under direct questioning.
Police say an off-duty Arlington Co. Deputy Sheriff was involved in a fatal shooting near the corner of Lynhaven Dr. and Evans Dr.
The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation.
If you are wondering how you can help Oklahoma recover, then one way is to make a donation.
Sinkholes are keeping 14th Street closed between New York and Pennsylvania avenues and F Street and G Street closed between 13th and 15th streets.
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Sisters say they were kicked out of a mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.
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The bicyclist who was fatally struck on Thursday by a car has been identified, police say.
Police are looking for a man who stabbed another man Wednesday morning in the 200 block of 33rd Street NE in DC.
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