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Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., announced Thursday that he has ruled out a bid for New Jersey governor and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014. His announcement alters the landscape for both races and for politics in Newark. (Associated Press)

Booker rules out bid for New Jersey governor in 2013

By Angela Delli Santi - Associated Press

UPI FILE Robert Bork (center) is shown with his wife and former solicitor general Theodore Olson in 2005. **FILE PHOTO**

OLSON: Remembering Robert Bork, a great American

By Theodore B. Olson - The Washington Times

Rep. James P. McGovern, Massachusetts Democrat (Associated Press)

House passes defense bill

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Mikulski becoming 1st woman to head Appropriations

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

In this Sept. 16, 1987, file photo, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. Bork's failed Supreme Court nomination made history. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Robert Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination made history, dies

By Mark Sherman and Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain, the 2008 GOP nominee for president, on Tuesday recalled his loss on the television game show “Jeopardy” in 1965. He won the game the first day but missed the final question on the second day. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics: U.S. outlines plans for Indian land buyback

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this March 30, 2010, photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Defense policy deal picks fight with Obama; bill stops Gitmo transfers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Press Secretary Jay Carney briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Carney says the president will engage the American people and lawmakers on the issue of gun violence in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Gun bills face tough sailing on Capitol Hill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican (Associated Press)

S.C. Gov. Haley names Scott to replace DeMint in Senate

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 photo, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrat, president pro temper of the Senate, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, attends a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he is presented a commemorative coin marking the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Medal of Honor by Congress. Inouye died of respiratory complications, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. He was 88. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Inouye of Hawaii dies of respiratory failure

By Sean Lengell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Police officers comfort one another outside a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Tragedy strikes hearts, changes  minds of pro-gun Democrats

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Coalition urges approval of a farm subsidy

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, right, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, gestures as he speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, following a GOP strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Porked-up Sandy relief bill storms into Senate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, has been a trooper on foreign policy for President Obama, flying to Afghanistan and Pakistan many times to discuss diplomatic issues. (Associated Press)

Kerry a good soldier on foreign policy

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 18, 2012, file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talks about the drought during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The fear that federal crop insurance subsidies are becoming fertile ground for big spending cuts in negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff has rural lawmakers and their leaders shopping for a compromise on a farm bill to protect them. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Crop insurance juicy target in ‘fiscal cliff’ deal

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Associated Press)

Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, Defense

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Grassley rips Justice Department for handling of HSBC officials

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice (center), listens as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks Nov. 29, 2012, during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly prior to a vote on a resolution on the issue of upgrading the Palestinian Authority's status to non-member observer state at the United Nations headquarters. (Associated Press)

White House knocks McCain for Palin pick

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican (Associated Press)

Senate fails to extend account insurance

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press