JANUARY
Jeb Bush severs ties to most firms with eye on 2016
Republicans in state governments plan juggernaut of conservative legislation
Protestors slam Oprah over comments that they lack ‘leadership’
The Boehner for speaker whip count
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Gunmen storm Paris satirical newspaper, killing at least 12
French police close in on Paris attack suspects
Romney to GOP donors: ‘I want to be president.’
A signal of distaste for dynasties bodes ill for Bush, Clinton
Democrats, in a stark shift in messaging, to make big tax-break pitch for middle class
Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid
Rand Paul announces campaign manager for likely 2016 campaign
That time John Kerry got James Taylor to sing ‘You’ve got a friend’ to France
Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police
Romney, moving toward 2016 run, outlines vision to eradicate poverty
U.S.-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberia are nearly empty as outbreak fades
Obama uses his tax proposal to taunt the GOP
Shiite Insurgents control Yemen’s presidential palace and residence
Abortion bill dropped amid concerns of female GOP lawmakers
China harassing and imprisoning Chinese working for foreign news outlets
Jeb Bush previews 2016 run, promising ‘adult conversations’ on big issues
Palin says she’s ‘seriously interested’ in 2016 campaign
End Obamacare, and people could die. That’s okay.
Koch-backed network aims to spend nearly $1 billion on 2016 elections
Obama drops proposal to cut tax benefits of 529 college savings plans
Sarah Palin and her one time fans on the right: It’s so over
FEBRUARY
Jeb Bush has become the GOP front-runner for 2016 — so now what?
GOP holds security hostage to immigration
Vaccination debate flares in GOP presidential race, alarming medical experts
Senator says restaurant employees shouldn’t be required to wash their hands
Here’s how the GOP would repeal and replace Obamacare
Critics pounce after Obama talks Crusades, slavery at prayer breakfast
Why Obama invoked the Crusades — and what it says about how he views terrorism
NBC’s Brian Williams told varying versions of rocket fire in Israel-Hezbollah war
Democrats suffering from Clinton fatigue say they’re ready for Warren
Jeb Bush’s chief technology officer resigns after racially insensitive comments
Within NBC, an intense debate over whether to fire Brian Williams
FBI director acknowledges ‘hard truths’ about racial bias in policing
This woman will soon become the first openly bisexual governor in American history.
Pro-Iran militias’ success in Iraq could undermine U.S.
Jeb Bush: ‘I love my father and my brother… but I am my own man’
Clinton foundation’s global network overlaps with family’s political base
Chris Christie losing home-state donors as Jeb Bush makes inroads
120-year-old record low broken in D.C., one of many today and in the past week
Walker says he is unaware whether Obama is a Christian
Documents show the expensive tastes of Jeb Bush’s low-key wife
On Homeland Security funding, Republicans govern without logic
U.S. military vehicles paraded 300 yards from the Russian border
Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept.
Investigators probing for criminal activity with Lois Lerner’s missing emails
Putin critic, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow
MARCH
Retired Israeli veterans warn against speech
Hacked emails indicate that Hillary Clinton used a domain registered the day of her Senate hearings
Awash in cash, Bush asks donors not to give more than $1 million – for now
Conservative Justices: If we gut Obamacare, Republicans will fix it! (No, they won’t)
Scott Walker gets a crash course in foreign policy
Russia’s anti-American fever goes beyond the Soviet era’s
The public deserves answers, not stonewalling from Hillary Clinton
Ted Cruz’s claim that the IRS tax code has more words than the Bible
Some top Democrats are alarmed about Clinton’s readiness for a campaign
Early Onset Clinton Fatigue
War with Iran is probably our best option
Mitt Romney warms to Marco Rubio as young senator cultivates relationship
Ted Cruz tries to drum up conservative support in New Hampshire
‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ was built on a lie
Sen. Ted Cruz seeks to upend D.C. laws on contraception coverage, gay rights
Patraeus: The Islamic State isn’t our biggest problem in Iraq
Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises questions
O’Malley steps up Wall Street critique in swing through Iowa
Report: Israel spied on Iran-U.S. talks and shared information with lawmakers
Iran isn’t providing needed access or information, nuclear watchdog says
U.S. forces begin airstrikes in Tikrit, where Iran-backed militias are in lead
Bush and Walker start to sharpen their messages
GOP congressman: Ted Cruz backers are making boorish phone calls to my office
Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous
Poll: Clear majority supports nuclear deal with Iran
APRIL
Arkansas lawmakers approve religious liberty bill despite firestorm over Indiana law
Poll: Bush now tops GOP field; Clinton runs ahead of all Republicans
Obama’s Iran deal falls far short of his own goals
Alabama inmate free after 30 years on death row, How the case against him unraveled
Columbia Journalism School report blasts Rolling Stone
I’m gay. And I want my kids to be gay, too.
YouTube’s copyright system has taken Rand Paul’s presidential announcement offline
These Texas rebels say the American flag is more racist than the Confederate flag
The Iran deal: Anatomy of a disaster
For Republicans, ‘Stop Hillary’ campaign begins in earnest
Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states
Hillary Clinton says she would support a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform
‘Sustainability’ gone mad on college campuses
She rides by van: The Hillary Clinton launch
FBI overstated forensic hair matches in nearly all trials before 2000
Top Christie ally defects to Bush
Obama’s global warming distraction
For Clintons, speech income shows how their wealth is intertwined with charity
After a ridiculous delay, Loretta Lynch finally gets confirmed
How do the Clinton scandals end?
Is anyone afraid of Jeb Bush?
Never before have so many people with so much money run for president
The Supreme Court must finish the job on same-sex equality
What you really need to know about Baltimore, from a reporter who’s lived there for over 30 years
Prisoner in van said Freddie Gray was ‘trying to injure himself,’ document says
MAY
Findings indicate Gray got head injuries in van
Nearly half of Obamacare exchanges are struggling over their future
Conservative Party’s fortune is cautionary tale for GOP
The Clintons, a luxury jet and their $100 million donor from Canada
Ben Carson’s over-the-top ego
Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting
This isn’t 1968, Baltimore isn’t Watts. And Hillary Clinton isn’t Michael Dukakis.
‘Shawshank’ prison escape ends 56 years later with cinematic stakeout
Election may set Britain on a path to becoming Little England
Hillary Clinton hasn’t answered a question from the media in 20 days
10 Members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government
Veterans Affairs improperly spent $6 billion annually, senior official says
Scientists have discovered the first fully warm-blooded fish
I flew a gyrocopter onto the Capitol Lawn to save our democracy
Clinton Foundation donors include dozens of media organizations, individuals
Dean, Potter, extreme climber, dies in Yosemite base jumping accident
The Republican field is a clown car
After rioters burned Baltimore, killings pile up largely under the radar
Suspect in 4 D.C. killings identified after DNA is found on pizza sent to burned home
Clinton Foundation reveals up to $26 million in additional payments
What Hillary Clinton’s e-mails tell us about her management style
Cleveland officer acquitted in killing of unarmed pair amid barrage of gunfire
Maryland’s ‘free range’ parents cleared of neglect in one case
The decline of Rand Paul
Fewer immigrants are entering the U.S. illegally, and that’s changed the border security debate
Former House speaker Dennis Hastert indicted by federal grand jury
Hastert indictment is related to old allegations of sexual misconduct, law enforcement official says
Beau Biden, vice president’s son, dies of brain cancer
JUNE
Sun sets on some NSA surveillance powers as Rand Paul foils extension
Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low
The inside story of how the Clintons built a $2 billion global empire
As FIFA allegations swirled, Clintons gave Qatar a stage — and legitimacy
Hillary Clinton calls for sweeping expansion of voter access
Ben Carson’s campaign faces turmoil amid staff exits and super PAC rivalry
As he nears a 2016 bid, Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal hits political bottom
New video shows Texas police officer pulling gun on teenagers at pool party
Didn’t the McKinney, Texas, police officer know he was being recorded?
Voldemort is polling better than many Republican presidential candidates
Jeb Bush’s recipe for a better society: Shame
‘Are you an African American?’ Why an NAACP official isn’t saying.
House Democrats rebuff Obama on trade, delivering major defeat
How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign’s latest phase
How a devastating loss in Florida taught Jeb Bush what it takes to win
Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal: Clash of identity and authenticity
Donald Trump’s festival of narcissism
9 dead in ‘hate crime’ shooting at historic African American church in Charleston
In L.A., Obama addresses Washington’s dysfunction: ‘I did not say I would fix it’
An NRA board member blamed the pastor killed in Charleston for the deaths of his members
Americans reclaim the liberal label
Billy Graham’s grandson steps down from Florida megachurch after admitting an affair
The Confederate battle flag is not worthy of respect
Anesthesiologist trashes sedated patient — and it ends up costing her
The story of Bobby Jindal and an apparent exorcism you probably haven’t heard
Supreme Court rules gay couples nationwide have a right to marry
The Confederate flag is just a distraction
In a fast-changing culture, can the GOP get in step with modern America?
Jeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business deals
Why Ted Cruz watched pornography with Supreme Court justices
JULY
Officers often lack the training to approach the mentally unstable, experts say
As Donald Trump surges in polls, Democrats cheer
The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history
What the Declaration of Independence Really Claimed
Scott Walker’s wife, toughened by life, is ready for fires of a campaign
At Trump hotel site, immigrant workers wary
Federal judge orders cancellation of Redskins’ trademark registrations
GOP leaders fear damage to party’s image as Donald Trump doubles down
Hillary Clinton’s push on gun control marks a shift in presidential politics
Blame John Boehner for the House GOP’s Confederate flag fiasco
Donald Trump: ‘We have to take back the heart of our country’
Listening to Donald Trump swear and talk politics on his private plane
Why Hillary Clinton made gender such a big deal in her major economic speech
Undercover video shows Planned Parenthood official discussing fetal organs used for research
How the plunging price of oil has set off a new global contest
Chattanooga gunman came from a middle-class Muslim family
Trump slams McCain for being ‘captured’ in Vietnam; other Republicans quickly condemn him
Scott Walker tells undocumented worker that immigrants must follow law
The Republican poll nightmare that is Donald Trump, in four charts
‘I will light you up!’: Texas officer threatened Sandra Bland with Taser during traffic stop
Why Hillary Clinton and her rivals are struggling to grasp Black Lives Matter
The price of fetal parts
TV host remember alleged Lafayette gunman as anti-tax, anti-feminist ‘gadfly’
No rest for the candidates in this summer of discontent
A kiss is not a kiss. In some cultures it’s just gross, researchers find.
Hillary Clinton’s ridiculous hedge on Keystone XL
Planned Parenthood president: These extremist videos are nothing short of an attack on women
Why aren’t libertarians rejecting Rand Paul’s fight against Planned Parenthood?
AUGUST
Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department
Charles Koch invokes fight for civil rights as model for political activism
Charles Koch’s focus on ‘injustices’ is fueled by an unlikely partnership
FBI looking into the security of Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail setup
Donald Trump talked politics with Bill Clinton weeks before launching 2016 bid
Carly Fiorina won the ‘Happy Hour’ debate. By a lot.
Donald Trump disinvited to speak at RedState event; Megyn Kelly invited
Trump’s history of flippant misogyny
Bernie Sanders draws 28,000 people in Portland, his campaign says — largest 2016 contender crowd by far
Clinton: Trump is offensive to women but so is Rubio and the rest of the GOP field
Hillary Clinton agrees to provide private e-mail server to FBI
Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server turned over to FBI
An Iowa surprise: Donald Trump is actually trying to win
Republican presidential candidate’s reckless anti-tax crusade
It’s too late for Democrats to start rethinking Clinton’s 2016 viability
Jeb Bush on Donald Trump’s immmigration ideas: ‘A plan needs to be grounded in reality’
Birthright citizenship was one of the Republican Party’s greatest accomplishments
5 mistakes Hillary Clinton made in her latest e-mail press conference
Inside the GOP field’s new strategies to ride out the Trump tornado
Mr. Trump’s immigrant-bashing rhetoric breeds violence
Train suspect had been flagged as potential risk
Why salad is so overrated
Oscar winners Julianne Moore, Bruce Cohen work to strip school’s Confederate name
How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks
The havoc that Trump wreaks
How Huma Abedin operated at the center of the Clinton universe
Democratic challengers launch attacks against Clinton, party leadership
Dems say party chair blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting
What happened to Scott Walker?
SEPTEMBER
Republicans are digging themselves a hole over immigration
Clinton, using private server, wrote and sent e-mails now deemed classified
Staffer who worked on Clinton’s private e-mail server faces subpoena
Trump’s party loyalty pledge ends one GOP problem, brings others
Clintons personally paid State Department staffer to maintain server
What have Bush, Clinton learned from voters’ attraction to the outsiders?
A hands-off Democratic race: Clinton, Sanders won’t speak ill of each other
Get ready for a second GOP debate with even more fireworks
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees
Ben Carson: I don’t want to get into a ‘gladiator fight’ with Donald Trump
A new 9.11 memorial to Flight 93: ‘Our loved ones left a legacy for all of us’
University of California considering recognizing a “right” to be “free from … expressions of intolerance”
Tech company: No indication that Clinton’s e-mail server was ‘wiped’
Poll: Trump, Carson top GOP race; Clinton leads Dems but support drops
Republicans think Donald Trump is trustworthy, empathetic, and well suited to presidency
Boehner and his allies prepare fall battle with conservative GOP critics
The rest of the field figured out how to make Trump not quite as dominant
Trump doesn’t correct rally attendee who says Obama is muslim and ‘not even an American’
Are Democrats and Republicans talking about the same country?
Cyclist, a White House staffer, dies on charity ride after collision with a car
Cancer-stricken children, parents ejected from park near White House
How Donald Trump destroyed Scott Walker’s presidential chances
State Department’s account of e-mail request differs from Clinton’s
Donald Trump wants the FCC to fine a critical Fox News pundit
Jeb Bush: Win black voters with aspiration, not ‘free stuff’
Carly Fiorina’s bogus ‘secretary to CEO’ career trajectory (Fact Checker biography)
Donald Trump says the media underestimates his crowds — and him
Elizabeth Warren just gave the speech that Black Lives Matter activists have been waiting for
Conservatives float Trey Gowdy as next House majority leader
Boehner’s likely successor credits Benghazi committee for lowering Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers
OCTOBER
Secret Service official wanted to embarrass congressman
Oregon shooter said to have singled out Christians for killing in ‘horrific act of cowardice’
Rush, Rubio and Kasich eye one another in the shadow of Trump
Deal reached on Pacific Rim trade pact in boost for Obama economic agenda
FBI probe of Clinton e-mail expands to second data company
House conservatives spurn McCarthy, flex muscle ahead of speaker vote
The GOP sinks deeper into chaos. Can it still function as a party?
Wooing Chairman Ryan: Paul Ryan remains on sidelines as House GOP looks to regroup
Back in the pack, this is not the campaign Chris Christie envisioned
The wild card at the Democratic debate could be the guy no one’s talking about
Ted Cruz: The military shouldn’t be a ‘cauldron for social experiments’
Hillary Clinton towers over her debate rivals
Obama expected to announce new plan to keep 5,500 troops in Afghanistan
In campaign money race, Democrats vastly outpacing Republicans
What is a democratic socialist? Bernie Sanders tries to redefine the name
Sanders planning ‘major speech’ on democratic socialism, he tells Iowa supporters
Gowdy’s pleas to keep Benghazi probe above politics have gone unheeded
‘Clock Kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar
‘Supermajority’ of House Freedom Caucus to back Paul Ryan’s speaker bid
The GOP’s unfortunate Benghazi hearing
Donald Trump seeks a sharp contrast with Ben Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith
The GOP’s dysfunction all started with Sarah Palin
3 sentences that explain just how clueless establishment Republicans are about 2016
Rand Paul will filibuster debt ceiling bill
The third Republican debate transcript, annotated
Can Jeb Bush come back?
Obama seeks to intensify operations in Syria with Special Ops troops
NOVEMBER
After vowing to end two wars, Obama may leave three behind
Republicans shoot themselves in the foot with Latino’s again
Trump’s campaign says he’ll negotiate directly with TV networks on debates
Trump team says his retweet of a Nazi image was an accident
George H.W. Bush slams ‘iron-ass’ Cheney. ‘arrogant’ Rumsfeld in new biography. Also faults Bush 43
Bill O’Reilly slanders Ronald Reagan
Clinton refrains from attacks while bearing the brunt of her opponents’
Trump’s sorry night on ‘SNL’: An overhyped bummer for us all
A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online
Ben Carson Under Pressure Ahead of Critical Fourth Debate
University of Missouri, please immediately fire employees who taunted media
Hillary Clinton’s claim that she tried to join the Marines
Donald Trump’s 95-minute rant: ‘How stupid are the people of the country?”
Ben Carson: U.S. should block Middle Eastern refugees after Paris attacks
Hillary Clinton invoked 9/11 to answer a question about Wall Street, and Twitter was not happy
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism
Obama Chides Republicans Who Want to Screen Muslim Refugees
Senior Obama officials warned of challenges in screening refugees from Syria
41 years. $3 billion, Inside the Clinton donor network.
Dear CNN: Are you biased?
A threat to freedom of speech at the Supreme Court
Trump leads, Carson second as GOP voters favor change over experience
Trump’s outrageous claim that ‘thousands’ of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks
Electric cars and the coal that runs them
Trump blasted by New York Times after mocking reporter with disability
He said, ‘All right, let’s do this.’ Then he jumped the White House fence.
Three dead, 9 injured following shootout at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs
For Democrats, it’s not just ‘demographics as destiny’
Abortion rights groups; Political rhetoric contributed to shooting
DECEMBER
Donald Trump ponders charging CNN for his debate participation
Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots with the Islamic State, and it is hurting the war
Two dead suspects named after mass shooting that killed 14 at Calif. office party
Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence
The nonexistent case for progressive taxation
From Trump, Ryan, Cruz and Rubio, clues to the Republican Party’s identity
Obama’s Oval Office address reflects struggle to be heard
“I. Will. Never. Leave. This. Race.”
Democrats’ misleading claims about closing the no-fly list ‘loophole’
Thanks to Trump, fringe news enters the mainstream media
196 countries approve historic climate agreement
Cruz campaign credits psychological data and analytics for its rising success
In face of criticism, Trump surges to his biggest lead over the GOP field
GOP candidates have an unruly fight over serious issues, with no clear winner
DNC penalizes Sanders campaign for improper access of Clinton voter data
Accord reached after Sanders sues the DNC over suspended access to critical voter list
Trump: Fellow Republicans are ‘jealous as hell’ of Putin’s praise
Iran provokes the world as Obama does nothing
Donald Trump says Clinton’s bathroom break during the debate is ‘too disgusting’ to talk about
Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props
U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border
Now it’s even easier for candidates and their aides to help super PACs
Trump’s fans are excited to rally — but they’re not sure they’ll show up to vote
Ben Carson on the brink: ‘A process like this is pretty brutal’
How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015
Trump is right: Bill Clinton’s sordid sexual history is fair game
How Rubio helped his ex-con brother-in-law acquire a real estate license
News Source: Washington Post
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