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  • **FILE** President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius leave the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 10, 2012, after the president announced the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control. (Associated Press)

    GOP senators want IG probe of Sebelius' 'Obamacare' fundraising

    Senior Republican senators on Thursday asked the Health and Human Services' inspector general to investigate Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' fundraising drive to promote the new health care law — a practice ethics specialists have said is anything from a legal stretch to a shakedown for cash.

  • Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee Republican (Associated Press)

    Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a doctor, reprimanded for sex with patients

    Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday.

  • ** FILE ** In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez's office says he traveled on a plane owned by a Florida physician who is a friend and political donor, but denied that the senator had engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    New report: Shadow of sex scandal hovers over Menendez

    Just hours after Sen. Robert Menendez's office issued denials of the New Jersian's dalliances with prostitutes in the Dominican Republican, a new report has surfaced bearing supposed first-hand knowledge of the alleged incidents.

  • Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat (Associated Press)

    New report: Shadow of sex scandal hovers over Sen. Menendez

    Just hours after Sen. Robert Menendez's office issued denials of the New Jersian's dalliances with prostitutes in the Dominican Republican, a new report has surfaced bearing supposed first-hand knowledge of the alleged incidents.

  • Harkin Institute donor would gain from senator’s bill

    A South Korean businessman and his Iowa metals company gave $500,000 to a university institute honoring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, who is pushing for a dollar coin that could generate tens of millions of dollars in new business for the company, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.

  • DesJarlais suggested abortion to mistress

    A Republican congressman from Tennessee is telling supporters he's not a hypocrite for discussing abortion with a mistress more than a decade ago. But now he may also have to defend his right to practice medicine.

  • Lawmaker’s D.C. homestead deduction raises questions

    Rep. Nick J. Rahall II is the only lawmaker among 107 in Congress who own property in the District to claim a homestead deduction, taking advantage of a tax deduction reserved for D.C. homeowners who claim their D.C. property as their "principal residence," tax records show.

  • **FILE** Karl Rove (Associated Press)

    Donors to nonprofit campaign groups can remain secret

    With the presidential campaign now entering in its final phase, a federal appeals court Tuesday overturned a ruling that had discouraged secret-money outside groups from running advertisements during that critical time.

  • Tim Kaine, running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia as the Democratic Party candidate, is the subject of an ad run by Crossroads GPS that prompted a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission. (Richmond Times-Dispatch via Associated Press)

    Crossroads’ ad takes sides, says watchdog

    A government watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Crossroads GPS, the conservative advocacy group affiliated with the super PAC American Crossroads, over an ad the organization is running on several U.S. Senate candidates, including Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine.

  • Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel speaks in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

    Candidates from both parties benefiting from domestic oil boom

    For many candidates in energy-boom states, support for increased oil and gas drilling isn't just sound policy — it's also good for their personal business.

  • John Edwards speaks May 31, 2012, outside a federal courthouse as his daughter Cate Edwards (left) and parents Wallace Edwards (second from right) and Bobbie Edwards look on after the jury's verdict in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C. (Associated Press)

    Federal prosecutors drop case against John Edwards

    Federal prosecutors have moved to drop all charges against John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a deadlocked jury.

  • John Edwards speaks May 31, 2012, outside a federal courthouse as his daughter Cate Edwards (left) and parents Wallace Edwards (second from right) and Bobbie Edwards look on after the jury's verdict in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C. (Associated Press)

    Jurors talk about deliberations in Edwards trial

    Jurors in John Edwards campaign corruption trial said Friday they were deadlocked on most charges because the former presidential contender never actually received any money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress, and they didn't believe the star witness' account of the cover-up.

  • Numerous relatives of Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, received salaries out of campaign funds and money raised by his political action committee also was used to reimburse Mr. Paul for travel, gifts, flags and food, according to a report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The press secretary for Mr. Paul, who is shown in Iowa in August, called the report "a sad attempt ... to grab cheap headlines."  (Associated Press)

    Report: Campaign funds become 'a family affair'

    Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used campaign funds to pay salaries and fees to more members of his own family than any other lawmaker in the House, according to a recently released report, handing over more than $300,000 during the 2008 and 2010 election cycles.

  • Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pauses during a campaign stop at the Tulare World Ag Expo Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Tulare, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Inside Politics

    Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and an allied independent group have launched a TV ad blitz aimed at undercutting his GOP rivals.

  • Watchdogs to Obama: Fix the FEC

    As a multimillion dollar barrage of negative attack ads hits South Carolina Republican primary voters — bloodying GOP candidates in the process — a coalition of watchdog groups has launched a petition to try to re-energize the agency charged with policing campaigns.

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