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Dave Brat speaks to supporters Tuesday after defeating Republican Congressman Eric Cantor in Tuesday's Republican primary for the 7th Congressional District in Virginia. Mr. Brat, who called his win "a miracle" was not ready to discuss policy with the press Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Unheralded David Brat adjusts to life in the limelight

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaks to reporters outside his formal office, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Branstad, who fired Iowa Department of Administrative Services director Mike Carroll on Tuesday, says he's confident his interim director will protect records and will thoroughly review the staff to ensure the agency functions properly. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DEACE: The GOP establishment says no more ‘Iowa Nice’ to Conservatives

By Steve Deace

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Don Beyer's win virtually assures he will replace Rep. James P. Moran in the 8th Congressional District. (Don Beyer via Associated Press)

Beyer wins Democratic primary in Virginia’s liberal 8th, Wittman beats tea party challenger in 1st

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**FILE** Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican (Associated Press)

Obama officials fail to quell questions on Taliban exchange

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

(Associated Press)

White House shifts reason for failing to notify Congress in Bergdahl trade

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and three of his top aides have used personal email accounts for government business, feeding the growing legal storm over secret accounts and how much access the public should have to those records. (Associated Press/File)

Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson admits to need for border reform

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Richard J. Griffin, center, acting inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs, testifies as the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs holds a hearing to examine why thousands of military veterans have been waiting for up to three months for medical appointments, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 9, 2014. He is flanked by Philip Matkovsky, left, assistant deputy under secretary for health for administrative operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Linda A. Halliday, assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

421-0: House votes to ensure speedier care for U.S. veterans

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this May 31, 2013, file photo, acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin, center, accompanied by Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris, left, and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, speaks during a news conference about Social Security and Medicare in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Reps. clash with Social Security judges: ‘You may be a judge but you’re not God’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens to a question submitted on Tumblr, read by Tumblr Founder and CEO David Karp, left, during a Tumblr forum, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says America ‘should be ashamed’ of its gun laws

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 8, 2014 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. It is, in fact, a Mediterranean port city in Libya that was the site of an attack on an American diplomatic compound on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. That's nearly all that U.S. politicians can agree on about Benghazi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Boehner: Obama trusted us with bin Laden but not Bergdahl

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the internment ceremony of Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner, Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. Risner was the Air Force's 20th ace and survived more than seven years of captivity as a prisoner during the Vietnam War. Gunn is a 336th Fighter Squadron weapons system officer assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (Courtesy photo)

Air Force misses crucial deadline in base consolidation plan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., talks to children's advocates, business leaders and educators about steps that can be taken to boost child wellbeing in New Mexico during a round table discussion in Albuquerque, N.M. Monday, April 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

FEULNER: A costly way to limit free speech

By Ed Feulner

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, is considering subpoenaing AWOL former EPA official Phillip North, who has ignored two notices to appear before the committee. (associated press)

EPA figure tied to Alaska mine controversy missing

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - This image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows men in civilian clothing leading Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, in white, towards a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl was freed on May 31, 2014, in exchange for five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Two American values, never leave a man behind and never negotiate with terrorists, collided in the Bergdahl calamity. Each ethos runs deep in the American conscience, yet has been violated through history and notably in the age of terrorism, where traditional standards of warfare, spying and negotiating are run through a hall of mirrors. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

71 percent of Republicans say Bergdahl exchange the ‘wrong thing to do’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Members of the Senate get together for "Seersucker Thursday" on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 23, 2011. The tradition was started by former Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, who encouraged colleagues to don the lightweight, striped, summer-friendly fabric to combat the oppressive humidity in the nation's capital. From right are Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Mike Lee, Utah Republican. (Associated Press)

Seersucker Day returns on Wednesday

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Elizabeth Warren is a favorite of progressives who have gravitated toward her populist message. The senator from Massachusetts is tied in polls with the vice president in Iowa. (Associated Press)

BURKE: Elizabeth Warren leaves taxpayers on hook for more student loan subsidies

By Lindsey M. Burke

Illustration on closing Guantanamo by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

TRACCI: The wrong way to close Guantanamo

By Robert N. Tracci

Republican Sens. Bob Corker (left) and Lamar Alexander, both of Tennessee, leave a news conference Dec. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington where they discuss the fiscal cliff. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Songwriter Equity Act inequity

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Republican, testifies July 17, 2013, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

KNIGHT: Resisting the siren song of voting-rights ‘reform’

By Robert Knight