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Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in between television interviews on Feb. 14, 2015. Rep. Lewis was beaten by police on the bridge on 'Bloody Sunday' 50 years ago on March 7, 1965, during an attempted march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. John Lewis live-tweets his experience from ‘Bloody Sunday’ 50 years ago

Kelly Cohen · March 7, 2015 7:01 pm

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves after a news conference in Newark, N.J. on Friday, March 6, 2015. A person familiar with a federal investigation says the Justice Department is expected to bring criminal charges against the New Jersey Democrat in the coming weeks. Menendez says that he has always behaved appropriately in office. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

National Security

Menendez in tough spot with Iran bills

Kelly Cohen · March 7, 2015 6:23 pm

"We don't want to be alarmist at all," he said, but "we want the public to pay attention." (AP File Photo)

National Security

Lawmaker issues ‘how-to’ guide to cope with terrorism

Charles Hoskinson · March 7, 2015 5:00 pm

Richard Griffin, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee September 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lawmakers demand labor agency docs in McDonalds case

Sean Higgins · March 7, 2015 5:00 pm

Market analysts with Louisville, Ky., company Genscape confirmed this week that nearly eight gigawatts of primarily coal-fired power went dark as of Tuesday. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Federal coal plant regulation gets politically combustible

John Siciliano · March 7, 2015 4:00 pm

In this March 21, 1965 file photo, Martin Luther King, Jr. and his civil rights marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., heading for capitol, Montgomery, during a five day, 50 mile walk to protest voting laws. (AP Photo/File)

Selma commemorates 50 years since ‘Bloody Sunday’

Kelly Cohen · March 7, 2015 3:36 pm

First lady Michelle Obama playfully takes a bow as she is introduced by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, as they announce their 'Let Girls Learn' initiative. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: ‘Every girl deserves an education’

Kelly Cohen · March 7, 2015 1:12 pm

Pro sports teams tell Supreme Court they support same-sex marriage

Kelly Cohen · March 7, 2015 12:30 pm

As recently as Friday, Obama lamented his inability to get new gun laws through Congress. (AP)

Obama’s ammo ban triggers new fight on gun control

Brian Hughes · March 7, 2015 10:00 am

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during a reception for U.S. Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, Friday, March 6, 2015, in Urbandale, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Jeb Bush might not win Iowa, but he’ll show up

Rebecca Berg · March 7, 2015 10:00 am

Jay Leno published article blasting the ethanol mandate, just weeks after a new effort to end the program. (Getty)

Energy and Environment

Jay Leno fights Washington over what gas he’s allowed in his 130 cars

John Siciliano · March 7, 2015 10:00 am

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscope, attached to a long tube, not shown. A patient has sued the maker of the medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, File)

FDA takes heat for superbug outbreak

Robert King · March 7, 2015 10:00 am