The search for tornado survivors went on, even as the dead began to be identified. The Oklahoma medical examiner confirmed 24 fatalities, and hundreds more injured. Read More
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Rand Paul: Benghazi should preclude Hillary Clinton from higher office
3:36 PM on 5/11/2013
If Rand Paul sees himself as the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nominee, it's clear he's prepping for Hillary Clinton to be his Democratic opponent. Read More
NRA chief: ‘How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?’
3:57 PM on 5/4/2013
Guns in the hands of urban city-dwellers would have put the minds of Boston residents at ease during the city-wide lockdown in the marathon bombing suspect manhunt, National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre argued Saturday. Read More
Watch: President Obama takes questions
10:16 AM on 4/30/2013
President Obama took questions from the press at the White House briefing room Tuesday, where he spoke of tensions with Syria, his legislative challenges, the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike, and the attacks on Boston. Read More
Mother of suspected Boston bombers had been on federal watchlist
4:06 PM on 4/27/2013
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was placed on a U.S. terror database a year and a half before the two bombs planted at the finish line of the Boston Marathon exploded. Read More
Miss. martial arts instructor arrested in ricin-letter case
12:07 PM on 4/27/2013
The FBI arrested a Mississippi man in connection to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and two other officials, police said Saturday. Read More
GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states
10:54 AM on 4/27/2013
Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching may end up creeping into the midterm congressional elections. Read More
Anti-abortion Cuccinelli enlists wife in campaign ad
1:38 PM on 4/26/2013
The 30-second ad, seen as a direct appeal to female voters, glosses over the more contentious court battles attorney general Ken Cuccinelli has stirred in recent months. The spot makes no mention of abortion, even as the attorney general continues his crusade in making restrictive access to abortion as a hallmark of his time in office. Read More
Boston bombing suspect in custody
7:41 PM on 4/19/2013
The 19-year-old second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing was taken into custody alive. Read More
Second Boston bombing suspect had eluded capture for four days
3:41 AM on 4/19/2013
The second Boston bombing suspect was taken into custody after a brief stand-off Friday evening. Four days of investigations after the marathon bombings led to a a day-long search through Eastern Massachusetts. Law enforcement officials lifted the lockdown on the entire Boston area Friday afternoon, but told residents to remain vigil. Read More
Elvis impersonator arrested for ricin-positive letters sent to senator
3:01 PM on 4/18/2013
Sen. Roger Wicker once met the man who allegedly sent him a letter in the mail that initially tested positive for the poison ricin - when he hired the suspect as an Elvis impersonator for a party. Read More
Man arrested for sending suspicious letters to Obama, Congress
11:45 AM on 4/17/2013
A joint FBI/Secret Service investigation is underway after a letter addressed to President Obama initially tested positive for ricin Tuesday. Read More
Obama lukewarm on ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration plan
11:08 AM on 4/17/2013
"This bill is clearly a compromise, and no one will get everything they wanted, including me," Obama said after meeting with two members of the Senate's Gang of Eight. Read More
Tainted letter sent to GOP senator
7:30 PM on 4/16/2013
The FBI confirms that an intercepted letter sent to Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker tested positive for Ricin at a field office. Read More
Boston bombing: ‘Someone knows who did this’
6:50 PM on 4/16/2013
Richard DesLauriers, the special agent-in-charge of the FBI's Boston field office, said that "cooperation from the community will play a crucial role" in finding the perpetrators of the Marathon horror. Read More
Watch: Obama calls attack in Boston an ‘act of terror’
12:19 PM on 4/16/2013
President Obama called the events in Boston an "act of terrorism," Tuesday. "We don't have a sense of motive," the president added. "Everything else is speculation." Read More
Gun reform bill at risk for further weakening
11:41 AM on 4/16/2013
The co-sponsors of the legislation—Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin—are hoping to woo senators from rural states by exempting residents who live hundreds of miles from a gun dealer from having to comply with the background checks and online and gun sales restrictions. Read More
Bill sponsors uncertain if Senate gun legislation has the votes
3:35 PM on 4/14/2013
Manchin toured the Sunday show circuit with his Republican colleague and fellow sponsor of the bill, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, to promote the legislation. Both senators have "A" ratings with the National Rifle Association. Read More
Rubio hits immigration message on 7 Sunday shows
12:01 PM on 4/14/2013
After previously dragging his feet on reform, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is now back in the spotlight for the "Gang of Eight" immigration plan by making a whopping seven Sunday TV appearances to promote the proposal. Read More
Newtown mother: Don’t let our tragedy become your tragedy
10:58 AM on 4/13/2013
Francine Wheeler choked back tears while delivering the president's weekly address in Barack Obama's stead Saturday, to share how her 6-year-old son Ben's tragic death turned her and her husband into gun control advocates. Read More
