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Obama Advocacy Group Raised Almost $5 Million in 2013

Obama Advocacy Group Raised Almost $5 Million in 2013

President Barack Obama's independent political advocacy group has raised almost $5 million in the first quarter... Read »

Apr 12, 2013
Latinos Like Rubio, But They Like Clinton More: Poll

Latinos Like Rubio, But They Like Clinton More: Poll

Latinos like Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio — but not nearly as much as they like Hillary Clinton... Read »

Apr 11, 2013
Senator to Murdoch: Don't Air NRA-500 Race

Senator to Murdoch: Don't Air NRA-500 Race

Sen. Chris Murphy is asking media mogul Rupert Murdoch not to broadcast a NASCAR race sponsored by the National Rifl... Read »

Apr 11, 2013
Gun Control Heads for Debate After Clearing 1st Hurdle

Gun Control Heads for Debate After Clearing 1st Hurdle

The most serious package of gun control measures to hit Congress in years cleared its first big hurdle... Read »

Apr 23, 2013
Obama, GOP Senators Praise

Obama, GOP Senators Praise "Constructive" Dinner

Guess who's coming to dinner at the White House? Twelve top GOP senators. Read »

Apr 10, 2013
Social Conservatives Threaten GOP Mutiny

Social Conservatives Threaten GOP Mutiny

A group of high-profile social conservatives warned Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in... Read »

Apr 10, 2013
Calif. AG's Star Power Buoyed by Obama Comment

Calif. AG's Star Power Buoyed by Obama Comment

If California Attorney General Kamala Harris is the nation's "best-looking attorney general," as President... Read »

Apr 11, 2013
Thousands Rally for Immigration Reform Nationwide

Thousands Rally for Immigration Reform Nationwide

Thousands of immigrants and their advocates are rallying nationwide on Wednesday, in a coordinated series of protest... Read »

Apr 10, 2013
McDonnell Embarks on Trade Mission

McDonnell Embarks on Trade Mission

Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell has embarked on a 16-day trade mission to Asia. Read »

Apr 10, 2013
Sherwood's Notebook: Race and the D.C. Council

Sherwood's Notebook: Race and the D.C. Council

Race is never far away from D.C. politics, particularly in the at-large race for council. Read »

Apr 10, 2013
AM Read: Who Paid for McDonnell’s Daughter’s Wedding?

AM Read: Who Paid for McDonnell’s Daughter’s Wedding?

Should McDonnell have disclosed a $15,000 gift one of his major campaign donors made to pay for the... Read »

Apr 10, 2013
Obama on Budget: I've Met GOP

Obama on Budget: I've Met GOP "Halfway"

President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled his $3.8 trillion budget blueprint on Wednesday, billing it as... Read »

Apr 11, 2013
Robin Kelly Easily Wins Illinois Congressional Race for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Former Seat

Robin Kelly Easily Wins Illinois Congressional Race for Jesse...

Robin Kelly will head to Washington, D.C. this week to become the next congresswoman from Illinois. With... Watch »

Apr 10, 2013
S.C. Democrat Colbert-Busch Releases 1st TV Ad in Campaign for Congress

S.C. Democrat Colbert-Busch Releases 1st TV Ad in Campaign...

Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the Democratic candidate in a special congressional election in South Carolina, released he... Read »

Apr 9, 2013
Live-Tweeting Breakfast With the Mayor

Live-Tweeting Breakfast With the Mayor

News4's Mark Segraves live-tweets breakfast with the D.C. Council and Mayor Vincent Gray. Read »

Apr 9, 2013
Obama on Gun Control:

Obama on Gun Control: "We Need a Vote"

President Barack Obama demanded Monday in Hartford that Congress bring new gun control proposals to a vote, just as... Watch »

Apr 9, 2013
Kerry Meets Israeli Leaders to Push Mideast Peace

Kerry Meets Israeli Leaders to Push Mideast Peace

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is looking to breathe new life into dormant Mideast peace talks in meetings Monda... Read »

Apr 8, 2013

In Memoriam: Ray Manzarek

Take a look at the most notable deaths of 2013. View »

May 21, 2013

The Life and Times of Margaret Thatcher

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died of a stroke at age 87. Thatcher was Britain's first female prim... View »

Apr 8, 2013
Graham: Immigration Deal Key to Budget

Graham: Immigration Deal Key to Budget "Grand Bargain"

Sen. Lindsay Graham, a key member of a bipartisan group of senators, known as the Gang of Eight, working on... Read »

Apr 8, 2013
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