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First Mark Sanford, now Anthony Weiner. In political rehabilitation after scandals, political makeup often reigns supreme. We've got a list of other comeback stories to watch in the next election cycle. Read More

It’s not that women aren’t capable, the billionaire investor said in April at a University of Virginia panel discussion in front of students, “they are very capable,” but babies are a “killer” to a trader’s focus. Read More

As a first-time cheerleader when he moved to the West Coast last November, Nigel Hardy learned in a week what other athletes take months to perfect. Read More

Lois Lerner, the Director of Tax-Exempt Organizations at the Internal Revenue Service, now on administrative leave, took the 5th on Wednesday at a House hearing about the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups. Read More

The president evoked the suffering of detainees at Gitmo and the moral hazard of continuing to hold them----but didn't offer a real plan to close the prison or promise to end the practice of indefinite detention. Read More

A bill that designates school employees to act as armed school marshals on public campuses advances in Texas, while gun rights advocates file a lawsuit in federal court against Connecticut's new gun control law. Read More

"This is part of free speech, is you being able to speak, but also you listening, and me being able to speak," the president said after more than a minute of interruptions. Read More

Missing from the streets of New York City this week: A sea of men in uniform. The city's famed Fleet Week, scheduled to run May 23-30 this year, was canceled due to sequestration. Read More

Sen. Ted Cruz brought Republican Party infighting to the public stage on Wednesday, slamming his colleagues as untrustworthy on the matter of spending. Read More

Time has obtained exclusive photos of President Barack Obama at senior prom. And they definitely don't disappoint. Read More

First lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also made the Forbes list, which is comprised of 100 women from around the world. Read More

Oklahoma’s Sen. Tom Coburn believes any aid given to his state following the deadly and destructive tornadoes that devastated his home state must be offset by spending cuts. Read More

More than 1,300 activists and politicians signed a call to close the Guantanamo internment camp in an ad featured in Thursday's New York Times on the morning of the president's national security speech. Read More

“If you’re in my shoes and you have the IRS targeting conservative groups, tea party groups, and any person critical of the White House, what would you think? Give me a break!” Reince Priebus said on Thursday's Morning Joe. Read More

State shopping usually doesn't work out well for a hopeful pol, with carpetbagger charges writing themselves, and tenuous ties to a state are easy for opponents to attack. Read More

In a "barbaric" attack, a man walking near a military barracks in south London was hacked to death by two assailants. Read More

Asked about possible Latino staffers, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said,"If you can find us one let me know." Read More

In his national security speech on Thursday, the president will explain his counterterrorism strategy--which may ultimately define his legacy on human rights. A preview of the speech: Read More

Will Republicans demand offsets for the relief spending needed for Moore, Ok., residents digging out from Monday's tornado? After all, many GOPers opposed the Sandy relief bill. Read More

In a letter addressed to Congressional leaders, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged that the U.S. killed four Americans, including Anwar al-Awklaki, in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. Read More