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Watch: The IRS's "Star Trek" Training Video

The tax agency boldly goes into low-budget moviemaking. Critics set their phasers to outrage.

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| Wed Mar. 27, 2013 11:43 AM PDT

Senate Agrees "Too Big To Jail" Should Die

Sen. Jeff Merkley's (D-Ore.) wants to ensure no bank is too big to be prosecuted.

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| Mon Mar. 25, 2013 7:22 AM PDT
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre

LaPierre To Bloomberg: Drop Dead

The NRA head says New York's mayor "can't buy America" with his gun-control push

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| Sun Mar. 24, 2013 8:52 AM PDT

Mayor Mike Bloomberg Will Spend $12 Million to Push Gun Control Through Congress

Since Newtown, Bloomberg has emerged as the leading counterforce to the mighty National Rifle Association.

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| Sat Mar. 23, 2013 4:19 PM PDT

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WATCH: Deficit Hawkman Returns! [Fiore Cartoon]

When Republicans are in trouble, Paul Ryan is here to save the day with tax cuts for the rich!

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| Sat Mar. 23, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Mike Lee

GOP Sen. Wants to Require a Two-Thirds Majority for Gun Laws

Sen. Mike Lee will offer the amendment as part of the Senate budget resolution on Friday.

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| Fri Mar. 22, 2013 11:58 AM PDT
Thomas Perez

The GOP Wants to Use This Bizarre Case to Scuttle Obama's Most Progressive Cabinet Nominee

Inside the case that made conservatives hate Thomas Perez.

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| Fri Mar. 22, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Sneaky House Bill Would Gut Financial Reform

The bill purports to be about rules on banks in foreign countries, but it would loosen regulations on many big US financial institutions too.

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| Thu Mar. 21, 2013 6:09 AM PDT

The US Capitol Is Full of White Supremacists

The US Capitol's Statuary Hall honors some of the America's most notorious figures—and covers up their crimes.

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| Thu Mar. 21, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Paul Ryan's Budget Won't Balance the Budget in Ten Years

Because the Republican from Wisconsin claims $100 billion in defense savings that will never materialize.

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| Wed Mar. 20, 2013 6:38 AM PDT
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.).

Scandal-Plagued Menendez Donor Feted Obama and Chauffeured Harry Reid on His Jet

The tentacles of Salomon Melgen, Florida eye doctor and political donor, reach even further than first thought.

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| Wed Mar. 20, 2013 7:20 AM PDT

Climate Change Denying Congressman to Head Subcommittee on Climate Change

Rep. Chris Stewart has written Glenn Beck-endorsed end times novels. Now he might be dealing with the real thing.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 8:21 PM PDT
John McCain and George W. Bush with cake

McCain's Lesson From Iraq: Surge Hard, But Don't Lie America Into War So Much

An an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, the senator from Arizona dinged the Bush administration and talked a lot about surging.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 4:09 PM PDT
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Billionaire Clean Energy Advocate Pledges to Spend Big in Mass.

A new campaign demands that Rep. Stephen Lynch renounce his support for the Keystone XL pipeline.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 1:37 PM PDT

Rand Paul's Long Road to Immigration Moderation

The Kentucky senator was once much further to the right on immigration than he is now.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 9:13 AM PDT
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Sen. Carl Levin Plans to Grill The IRS Over Dark Money

Levin's investigative subcommittee will look the IRS' failure to "enforce our tax laws and stem the flood" of dark money.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 7:29 AM PDT
Harrison Ford in Air Force One

Harrison Ford Heads To Congress To Talk About Planes, Yet Again

Presumably not to tell Congress to get off them.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 7:01 AM PDT

Mitch McConnell Will Fundraise With Billionaires After Saying the GOP Is Not The Party of Billionaires

No one debunks Mitch McConnell better than Mitch McConnell.

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| Mon Mar. 18, 2013 7:47 AM PDT

Elizabeth Warren Goes After NRA, Big Banks, GOP

Speaking at the Consumer Federation of America, Sen. Warren continued her fight for a "level playing field" for consumers.

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| Fri Mar. 15, 2013 12:06 PM PDT

"I Can't Keep This Going": How JPMorgan Chase Changed Its Own Risk Rules and Lost $6 Billion

But the big loss wasn't just the bank's fault. Regulators fell down on the job, too.

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| Fri Mar. 15, 2013 9:08 AM PDT