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Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's... Conservative Oklahoma Sen.

A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching offices at the Indianapolis City-County Building Tuesday.

The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is back in court for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month.

A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a cellphone controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.

Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget.

This claim is being directed in both directions. For instance, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has already announced that he believes any federal aid to victims of the disaster should be paid for with spending cuts elsewhere.

A political storm has already broken out over the Capitol as Democrats and Republicans attempt to advance their agendas in the wake of the devastating tornado that ravaged parts of Oklahoma on Monday.

Republican senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is known for his fiscal conservatism. Now, even though his home state has been devastated by a tornado, Coburn remains firm: CQ/Roll Call is reporting that Coburn wants any relief funds given to Oklahoma offset by spending cuts elswewhere in the federal budget.

Monday's devastating tornado outbreak is now being blamed for at least 51 deaths in Oklahoma according to the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner, including at least seven children who were killed at the Plaza Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma , which was reported by CNN-with the death toll expected to rise as search and rescue responders continue to ... (more)

Pete Sepp is Executive Vice President for the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union , a nonpartisan citizen group founded in 1969 to work for lower taxes and limited government at all levels.

As the IRS scandal metastasizes, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., appearing on Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday afternoon told the show's audience that he and other Republicans have serious reservations about the Internal Revenue Service managing Obamacare.

The Senate legislation, sponsored by a Democrat, would prohibit agencies from doling out performance awards to members of the Senior Executive Service while the sequester is in effect.

Tim Cook is coming to Washington next week, summoned by the same Senate subcommittee that blasted Microsoft and Hewlett Packard last fall for funneling U.S. profits overseas to avoid paying U.S. taxes on them.

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Ernest Moniz to be the next Secretary of Energy, replacing Steven Chu.

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Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn thinks professional sports could help pay America's debt.

The Army Corps of Engineers is a big step closer to resuming work on the Lower Monongahela's crumbling locks and dams after a U.S. Senate vote Wednesday reauthorizing up to $12.5 billion in water projects over the next decade.

Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma on Tuesday circulated a letter where he and five GOP colleagues explains circumstances in which he won't allow legislation through the Senate quickly by unanimous consent using the chamber's "hotline" system.