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Play of the Day: Trump is Just Palin Redux

The real estate mogul's comments about John McCain remind Jon Stewart of Palin's comments over the years.

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Crowded Primary Field Is Good News for Republican Voters

Particularly in Iowa and New Hampshire, where party activists crave being courted, they are in heaven these days.

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TSP Benefits Remain at Risk in Clash Over Highway Funding

Senate is considering changes in the G Fund's rate of return as one way to finance a multiyear funding extension.

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Play of the Day: Donald Trump's Various Enemies

John McCain joins the list of people who do not like the mogul or his presidential run.

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Hillary Clinton: I Wanted to Be an Astronaut

The 2016 Democratic candidate says she would support space exploration.

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Joe Biden's New Mission: Selling the Iran Deal

President Obama has dispatched his favorite Hill ambassador to persuade Democrats to back the nuclear agreement.

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Play of the Day: Joe Biden Behaved During Obama's Talk

While the president talked about Iran and nukes, Diamond Joe was thinking about a movie and proud that he didn't make any weird faces.

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Benghazi Panel Democrats Want to Know: Where Are the Hearings?

The committee minority says the majority was planning at least 11 hearings this year. One has happened.

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Congressional Democrats Don't Trust Iran, But Do They Trust Obama?

The president needs his own party to believe he got the best possible deal.

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Can Clinton Govern If She Wins? A Cautionary Tale From Pennsylvania.

In Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf won in 2014—but the GOP kept the legislature, and Wolf's proposals have gone nowhere. That could happen to Clinton in 2016.

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Abruptly Departed Commerce Watchdog Faulted For Audit Gaps, Low Morale

GAO says hotline complaints at cash-strapped agency were not consistently monitored.

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Senate Enjoys a Relatively Friendly Debate Over a Contentious Bill

This week's main event on Capitol Hill is the expected Senate passage of a No Child Left Behind rewrite.

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What Comes Next After NASA’s Pluto Mission?

Space advocates hope the event makes the case that planetary travel is a worthy pursuit.

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As Deadline Nears, Highway Bill Still Stalled

Two parties can't agree on whether to do a short- or long-term roads measure, or on how to pay for it.