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As senator, Obama wanted to curb data collection he now defends

Alex Seitz-Wald
Then-Sen. Obama's bill would have drastically limited the mass collection of phone records by the government

IRS official apologizes for lavish spending

Stephen Ohlemacher, Alan Fram
Deputy tells House Committee that taxpayer dollars were wasted on expenditures like "Star Trek" parody videos

Obama’s unparalleled spy state

Andrew Leonard
Another blockbuster: New revelations expose the NSA and FBI's vast online surveillance powers

Senate nixes both parties’ student loan plans

Associated Press
Interest rates are set to double July 1

Samantha Power: I’m a “humanitarian hawk”

Tom Jacobs
The next ambassador to the UN reflects on the need to combat genocide and other human rights abuses

Tom Donilon resigns as national security adviser

Julie Pace
He will be replaced by U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice

Obama ignores Afghan massacre

Cora Currier
The president vowed to investigate the killing of thousands of Taliban POWs. Four years later, we're still waiting

Silicon Valley on front lines of global cyber war

Martha Mendoza
Tech innovators are increasingly being tasked with protecting the private sector from hackers

Manning: Well-intended naif vs. arrogant fame-seeker

Natasha Lennard
In court-martial opening statements, defense and prosecution paint opposing pictures of the private

Dear everyone: Chris Christie is conservative

Alex Pareene
UPDATED: How many times do we have to explain this?

Obama political appointees use secret email accounts

Jack Gillum
They claim the addresses are used to prevent inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages

UN wants more evidence on Syrian chemical weapons

Zeina Karam
A new report reveals there's "reasonable grounds" to believe they've been used, but by whom remains unclear

New IRS chief: “Primary mission” is to restore Americans’ trust

Jillian Rayfield
Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel was testifying before Congress about increasing the agency's budget

Democrats fear blowing another Massachusetts Senate race

Alex Seitz-Wald
They still have PTSD from losing to Scott Brown. Now some worry the race to succeed John Kerry could bring déjà vu

Why I secretly recorded Mitch McConnell

Curtis Morrison
EXCLUSIVE: My effort to expose the Senate minority leader's ugly campaign upended my life. Here's what happened

7 most loathsome commencement speeches

Lynn Stuart Parramore
Lance Armstrong's 2006 address at Tufts is aging about as poorly as you'd expect

“Anyone who comes for my guns will be shot in the face”

Darlene Superville, Colleen Long
Ricin-laced letters sent to Obama and Bloomberg also contained a menacing threat

Who will be the next Michele Bachmann?

Alex Seitz-Wald
The right needs a hero and the left a villain. Here's who could step up to the plate now that Bachmann is gone

Obama to name ex-Bush aide to head FBI

Nedra Pickler
James Comey was formerly the No. 2 at the Justice Department

Bye bye Bachmann

Joan Walsh
With scandals swirling, the Tea Party darling says she won’t seek re-election – but it’s not about those scandals!

Like Christie and Obama had any choice but be nice to each other

Alex Pareene
Party members may be up in arms over their "bromance," but their alliance is one of political expediency

What the IRS did right

Joan Walsh
Turns out some of the conservative groups it scrutinized were actively and wrongly involved in partisan politics

Drudge’s latest bogus scoop

Alex Seitz-Wald
A week after promising a new scandal, Drudge has nothing -- but at least the media didn't take the bait this time

No end in sight for war on terror

Andrew J. Bacevich
Obama has junked the language of the Bush administration, but its vision of endless global warfare remains intact
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