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EPA pledges cooperation in internal investigations

By DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 23, 2014, photo, Republican senatorial candidate Thom Tillis responds during a televised debate at WRAL television studios in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)

Rep. Thom Tillis, N.C. GOP Senate candidate, says no amnesty in immigration reform

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

A sampling of editorials from around New York

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** Volunteer Stella Chambers, center, explains some of the Affordable Health Care Act to visitors to a health care coverage registration site hosted by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Insurers to House GOP: Obamacare enrollment volatile, but higher than your 67% figure

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Witness: Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen tried to assure lawmakers that taxpayers would be treated in a fair manner. (Associated Press)

House Republicans find 10% of tea party donors audited by IRS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Metta World Peace: It’s ‘about time’ to pass mental health legislation

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. The House is preparing to vote May 7, on holding Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's tea party controversy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

House votes to hold ex-IRS official in contempt

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER - Associated Press

Keith Saunders, left, a certified Cover California insurance agent, explains a health insurance plan to Mark Tammes at a registration site hosted by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ** FILE **

New hope seen in appeals court fight to nullify Obamacare

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Chamber of Commerce starts ads in 10 House races

By PHILIP ELLIOTT - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat. (Associated Press)

IRS employees deny tea party bias

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during an event hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in Chicago. Hagel's speech is his third on new strategic priorities as the armed forces pivot from a 13-year war footing and come under enormous budgetary constraints. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Hagel talks of tough defense choices after war

By JASON KEYSER - Associated Press

FILE - A June 25, 1999, file photo shows an enlargement of the U.S. Postal Service's stamp depicting Rosie the Riveter, in South Portland, Maine. A group wants to preserve a portion of the old Willow Run bomber plant and house a museum there dedicated to aviation and the countless Rosies across the country. Save the Bomber Plant officials have until Thursday, May 1, to raise the remainder of the $8 million needed to save the plant from demolition. (AP Photo/Joan Seidel, File)

EDITORIAL: An unaccountable Postal Service drowns in red ink

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Military chiefs, lawmakers debate budget cuts

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Thom Tillis speaks to supporters at a election night rally in Charlotte, N.C., after winning the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Tillis, the Republican establishment&#8217;s favored son in North Carolina, won the state&#8217;s Senate nomination by running as a proud conservative who&#8217;s not terribly different from his tea party and Christian-right opponents. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Boehner wins in Ohio, Tillis takes North Carolina race

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Gina McCarthy (Associated Press)

EPA accused of blocking independent investigations

By DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, who would be in line to lead the Senate if his party wins control of the chamber in the November elections, is opposed to restoring the procedure of earmarking, a spokesman said. (Associated Press)

Where’s the pork? Durbin, Reid among lawmakers seeking to bring back earmarks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Biden Arias-Romers, 5, left, and Nathaniel Cossio-Boatwright, 6, right, eat lunch at the Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Schools seek changes to healthier lunch rules

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

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Lt. Gen. Legere, candidate to be military’s spy chief, supported Army’s failed intel system

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Group challenges health law as unconstitutional

By JUDY LIN - Associated Press

Labrador seeking 3rd term in House

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press