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President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta.

The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses.

Forty years ago today, the Watergate hearings got underway in Congress. As the Washington Post's Jules Witcover reported at the time, "there was little in this first day of the Watergate hearings to please the sadistic, except perhaps the sight of hundreds sitting stolidly through yawn-inspiring recountings or oft-told tales of how the whole ... (more)

Four chairs and a couch surround a glass-top coffee table in Rep. James Lankford's Capitol Hill office.

When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs.

Some Native Americans could be forced to pay a fine or buy their own health insurance under changes enacted in the federal health care overhaul.

Over the last decade America's Republican Party put militarism before limited government.

An estimated 24,000 Oklahoma civilian workers will lose two days of work per period through the end of the fiscal year, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says.

House Republican members are defying Speaker John Boehner and five committee chairmen by endorsing a measure that would set up a special panel to investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Rep. Tom Cole is among four Oklahoma lawmakers sponsoring legislation for a single panel to focus on the Benghazi, Libya, attack, while Rep.

OBAMA BACK ON OBAMACARE OFFENSE The president is championing his namesake law again, vigorously defending it at a White House event for women on Friday and urging Americans not to be "bamboozled" by what he described as misinformation from opponents.

Recent glimmers of hope that the economy is gaining strength are both helping and hindering the prospects for President Obama's second-term agenda.

During the recurring fiscal crises of the past few years, Republicans have pressed for deep budget cuts, including fundamental changes to programs such as Medicare and Social Security.

Oklahoma Republican, whose district includes Tinker Air Force Base, says heads should roll after series of incidents and a recent report showing increase in sexual assaults in the military.

Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole has introduced legislation to allow homeschool families a tax deduction already available to elementary and secondary school teachers for certain expenses.

The National Republican Congressional Committee's website was hacked Sunday , with the domain "nrcc.org" showing links to erectile dysfunction drugs.

Delaware Republicans held their annual state convention in Wilmington on Saturday, and it's clear that Sussex County wields heavy influence statewide.

Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, said the Ohio Republican is "talking with members, and the American people, about the best way to increase the debt limit consistent with the Boehner rule," which he said demands spending cuts equal to or greater than the amount of a debt-limit increase.

After Democrats held the edge on the fiscal cliff deal back in January, many on Capitol Hill seemed to expect that Republicans would quickly fold when budget cuts from the sequester started hitting home and hitting the headlines.

The Delaware Republican Party's leaders and workhorses - the kind of citizens who sacrifice a gorgeous spring day in a windowless hotel ballroom to discuss politics - added a new name to the party's inner circle Saturday.