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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hold a dllar bill as speaks to supporters as he announces he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at the Waukesha County Expo Center, July 13, 2015, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Politics

Scott Walker: Minimum wage is a ‘lame’ Democratic idea

July 14, 2015 1:50 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker waves to supporters after announcing that he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at the Waukesha County Expo Center, Monday, July 13, 2015, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Politics

Will Scott Walker help the GOP reach millennial voters?

Ryan Lovelace -

July 14, 2015 1:29 pm

Transit workers participate in a rally to urge Congress to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Economy

House chairmen look to tax compliance to fund highway spending through 2015

Joseph Lawler -

July 14, 2015 12:40 pm

Traffic backs up at an intersecton in front of NRG Energy's Joliet Station power plant on May 7, 2015 in Joliet, Illinois. According to scientists, global carbon dioxide concentrations have reached a new monthly record of 400 parts per million, levels that haven't been seen for about two million years. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Emissions from power plants fall even as economy improves

Zack Colman -

July 14, 2015 12:00 pm

President Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after an Iran nuclear deal is reached. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Politics

Obama threatens to veto legislation opposing Iran deal

Nicole Duran -

July 14, 2015 11:57 am

$US Secretary of State John Kerry, second right, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, second left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, meet at Palais Coburg Hotel, where the Iran nuclear talks are being held, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that world powers and Iran had struck a landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. (Joe Klamar/Pool Photo via AP)$