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  • NBC News' David Gregory holds up 30-round magazine on "Meet the Press" in Washington, D.C.

    MILLER: D.C. dirty tricks in Part II of unfolding David Gregory mystery-drama

    Officials in Washington, D.C. are using dirty tactics to hide the investigation and decision not to prosecute David Gregory of NBC News for illegally possessing a “high-capacity” magazine in the District of Columbia.


  • Mark Sanford is headed back to Washington for this second turn in the House of Representatives, this time with fiancee Maria Belen Chapur at his side. (associated press)

    Inside the Beltway: An eye on Benghazi

    "Terrorists murdered four Americans, we demand the truth," reads a terse new petition for White House transparency on the Benghazi attacks, organized by the American Center for Law and Justice and signed by 77,000 people. "President Obama: With continually changing stories and inaccurate accounts, the American people have been misled. Terrorists attacked American soil —; our embassy — we need the truth and accountability," the petition says.


  • Actor Robert Downey Jr poses during a photo call to promote his new movie Iron Man 3, on the roof of a hotel in Moscow, with Kremlin in the background, on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

    Hollywood embraces censorship in China while opposing it at home

    Hollywood continues its collaboration with Chinese censors even as it pushes back against U.S. attempts to limit violent content in film and television in the aftermath of the mass killing in Newtown, Conn., last December, experts observe.


  • President Obama

    Sandy blows a reprieve to illegals in U.S.

    Citing the destruction of Superstorm Sandy, the Obama administration has waived immigration laws for illegal immigrants now in the United States, arguing that the immigrants' ability to maintain their lawful immigration status or obtain other immigration benefits may have been hampered by the deadly storm.


  • Anti-Obama best-sellers speak volumes

    It's a good thing President Obama already has written two autobiographies; otherwise, he would have a hard time finding a kind word on the bookshelves.


  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Corruption Chronicles'

    Since 1994, Judicial Watch has been on the front lines against political corruption in the nation's capital. Founded as a watchdog group to keep an eye on the excesses of the Clinton administration, it has since developed a reputation as a nonpartisan crusader for good government, relentlessly dogging the George W. Bush administration during its eight years in office.


  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Committee cleared Dodd

    Tom Fitton's recent column misstates the facts and law surrounding the home mortgages of former Sen. Chris Dodd, Connecticut Democrat ("Crony capitalism, Countrywide and Congress," Web, July 30).


  • First lady Michelle Obama (center) heads down stairs at Casa del Rey Moro during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain in August 2010. Mrs. Obama went to Spain on a private trip with daughter Sasha and friends. (Associated Press)

    Report: High taxpayer tab for first lady's Spain trip

    First lady Michelle Obama's much-criticized trip to Spain in 2010 cost taxpayers at least $467,000, a government watchdog group said Thursday after obtaining Secret Service and Air Force documents.


  • ** FILE ** President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    GREEN: Body politics

    The release of stolen emails from private security firm Stratfor has reignited the contentious issue of the disposal of Osama bin Laden's body. The missives published online on Feb. 29 included updates from Stratfor staff as bin Laden's body was removed from Pakistan. One of the emails said it was headed to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda. The Obama administration announced that his mortal coil was disposed of at sea "in conformance with Islamic precepts and practices."


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