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U.S. prepares for new aid to Iraq
Cantor loss touches off 'Game of Thrones' House GOP struggle
NASA scrubs Mars 'flying saucer' test
Rapper Lupe Fiasco on his 'mission'
Jihadists say Iraq-Syria border smashed
NTSB: Driver in Morgan crash had multi-state commute
Police say Oregon school shooter had assault rifle
Police: Vegas gunman killed by officers, not wife
FBI opens criminal probe into VA after scathing report
'No place else like this': The 74 school shootings since Newtown
Head of Iraqi rebels is jihad's rising leader
Hagel testifies in Bergdahl case
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Koch brothers
Murray, Mikulski blazing trail for future female leaders
Washington caught totally off guard by Cantor loss

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 04:50 PM PDT

Rapidly advancing insurgency heighten doubts about prime minister's ability to lead.

Cantor loss touches off 'Game of Thrones' House GOP struggle

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 09:16 AM PDT

Defeated Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's announcement Wednesday that he will step down from his leadership post touched off what one GOP strategist dubbed a "Game of Thrones"-style struggle for the number two House job.

NASA scrubs Mars 'flying saucer' test

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 03:35 PM PDT

Weather delays launch of craft into Earth's atmosphere to test landing technology.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco on his 'mission'

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 07:17 PM PDT

Lupe Fiasco talks with Katie Couric about his new mission, music and what he's said about Pres. Obama.

Jihadists say Iraq-Syria border smashed

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:56 PM PDT

Online photos claim to show progress toward goal of creating cross-border Islamic state.

NTSB: Driver in Morgan crash had multi-state commute

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:39 PM PDT

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Accident investigators are looking into what role the work commute of the driver charged in the accident that injured comedian Tracy Morgan played in the fatal crash on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Police say Oregon school shooter had assault rifle

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 03:37 PM PDT

A 15-year-old gunman at an Oregon high school had an assault rifle, handgun and several magazines of ammunition hidden in a guitar case and duffel bag when he rode a school bus to the campus, police said.

Police: Vegas gunman killed by officers, not wife

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:21 PM PDT

Contrary to initial reports, cop killer Jerad Miller was fatally shot by officers, police say.

FBI opens criminal probe into VA after scathing report

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs after a scathing watchdog report that found sweeping problems in the medical system for military veterans, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.

'No place else like this': The 74 school shootings since Newtown

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 06:40 AM PDT

For Americans, the scene at Oregon's Reynolds High School was mind-numbingly familiar.

Head of Iraqi rebels is jihad's rising leader

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 11:23 AM PDT

Militants have seized the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Tikrit. Who is their leader?

Hagel testifies in Bergdahl case

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 09:12 AM PDT

U.S-Taliban deal may have been "last, best" chance to rescue Bergdahl, Hagel said.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Koch brothers

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 06:20 AM PDT

Two new books pull back the curtain on the Koch brothers and their political donor network.

Murray, Mikulski blazing trail for future female leaders

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 02:52 AM PDT

From their perches as chairs of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, Patty Murray and Barbara Mikulski have effectively — but quietly — put a moratorium on the successive fiscal crises that dominated Washington between 2011 and 2013. That makes Murray and Mikulski not just powerful women senators. That makes them powerful U.S. senators, period.