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GOP House campaign chief says abortion ban is no blunder
In this edition of Capital Download, This Week with Susan Page, Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee Rep. Greg Walden discussed the abortion bill and immigration plan in the House, and the "slippery seven."
Opinion: America's Berlin Wall
A few years ago, a friend who lives in Arizona near the Mexican border took a group on a drive though the countryside near his ranch.
Minuteman U.S. border watch co-founder arrested on child sex charges
The co-founder of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group that for several years watched for unauthorized immigrants crossing to Arizona from Mexico, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of molesting three young girls.
Naval Academy charges 3 in assault
The Naval Academy charged three football players on Wednesday in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place last year at an off-campus party, the latest in a rash of such cases that have embarrassed the armed services and put them under a congressional microscope.
Video: Obama toasts his German hosts
Toasting his German hosts in Berlin, President Obama said, "We are proud to join with millions of men and women throughout the world who hold the cause of freedom sacred."
Frederick Douglass statue unveiled in the Capitol
The Frederick Douglass Statue in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitors Center, at the U.S. Capitol, on June 19, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Congressional leaders dedicated the statue during a ceremony on Wednesday.
New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline: GAO
New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul could miss an October 1 deadline for open enrollment, a government report said on Wednesday.
Gingrich: EMP attack could end it all
As Washington decides what to do about potential nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, Newt Gingrich returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to point out what he called an equally grave danger: an electromagnetic pulse.
The G8 produced little heat or light on the state of the world economy but if there was one clarion call it was for the euro zone to get on with forming a banking union - the last major initiative needed to draw a line under the euro zone debt crisis.
House GOP in budget rule fight
First, hard-line conservatives failed in a January coup against the Ohio Republican.
Video: Obama: US will meet Taliban ahead of Afghan-led peace process
U.S. groups form alliance to push for Indian trade reforms
A coalition of U.S. business groups on Tuesday demanded President Barack Obama's administration increase pressure on India to change trade policies that they said threaten U.S. exports, jobs and innovation.
NSA head says surveillance thwarted more than 50 attacks
The head of the National Security Agency on Tuesday defended the broad surveillance of Americans' phone and Internet data as a vital security tool and said it had helped disrupt possible attacks more than 50 times since September 11, 2001.
Former critic McCaskill pushes for Hillary Clinton 2016 bid
It's three years away with no candidates, but that hasn't stopped the first member of Congress from endorsing a potential 2016 presidential campaign.
Book raises alarms about alternative medicine
There are serious but often little-known risks posed by some forms of alternative medicine, which is a loosely regulated industry.
NSA surveillance: what Germany could teach the US | Juli Zeh
Data protection is to the communication age is what environmental protection was for the age of industrialisation.
New Outreach: White House Dinners
The kids are getting older, the big house on Pennsylvania Avenue is emptier on weekends, and the nation's first couple is filling the time by hosting casual Friday dinner parties that have been known to stretch past midnight.
White House threatens to veto House version of farm bill
The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a five-year farm bill, saying that its proposed cuts to the food stamp program will leave some Americans hungry.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs Medicaid expansion
Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed a law on Monday to expand Medicaid, embracing a key part of Democratic President Barack Obama's healthcare plan in a hard-won policy victory over conservatives in her own party.
Blake Farenthold Develops Photo Fixations
It was virtually impossible to miss Rep. Blake Farenthold at the 52nd Annual CQ Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game , and it wasn't because he was sporting an Aloha shirt emblazoned with all things Texas Rangers.