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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, right, testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Obama is expected to name Carter as the Pentagon's top weapons buyer. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Â

National Security

Despite new sec def, no signs of an anti-ISIS shift

Susan Crabtree · December 5, 2014 10:00 am

Climate negotiators aren’t ‘succumbing’ to fights among countries

Energy and Environment

Climate negotiators aren’t ‘succumbing’ to fights among countries

Zack Colman · December 5, 2014 10:00 am

GOP uses La. Senate runoff to test systems for 2016

David M. Drucker · December 5, 2014 10:00 am

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced Thursday he will be chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property in the 114th Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Issa regains a gavel

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2014 11:07 pm

Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica Wright, left, is leaving her post to "spend time with her family and enjoy her retirement," the Pentagon said Thursday in a statement. (AP/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Top Pentagon personnel official resigns

Charles Hoskinson · December 4, 2014 10:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid: House immigration bill ‘tears families apart’

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2014 9:57 pm

Members of a United States military honor guard prepare to march in the colors during the Defense Department's National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony on the Pentagon River Terrace Parade Field September 19, 2014 in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images

House passes defense bill

Charles Hoskinson · December 4, 2014 9:40 pm

Minimum wage savings? What savings?

Minimum wage savings? What savings?

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2014 10:05 am

Cassidy crushing Landrieu by 24 points

Cassidy crushing Landrieu by 24 points

David M. Drucker · December 4, 2014 10:00 am

The Bingham Canyon copper mine wall slide.

Energy and Environment

Public lands, energy permitting measures added to Defense bill

Zack Colman · December 4, 2014 12:26 am

"I am disappointed the White House blocked a bipartisan, permanent solution that would have given businesses and their employees the certainty they need to grow and hire," House Speaker John Boehner said. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes short-term tax cut package

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2014 12:07 am

A flyer with a picture of Eric Garner is seen near where he was killed in an encounter with an NYPD officer in July on August 22, 2014 in the borough of Staten Island in New York City. Eric Garner, 43, died while he was being arrested for allegedly selling loose cigarettes in front of a bodega and was put into a chokehold during a confrontation with police. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty images)

Justice Department to investigate Eric Garner’s death

Brian Hughes · December 3, 2014 11:48 pm