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Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum
512 x 341Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, and the subcommittee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, for the subcommittee's hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. A string of unrelated events are highlighting divisions among Republicans, just when they’d like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s latest political problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum
512 x 377Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expresses his displeasure that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being brought before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee as the panel examines the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington. A string of unrelated events are highlighting divisions among Republicans, just when they’d like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-leaning and more mainstream Republicans were on vivid display Tuesday, as Sens. Paul and John McCain clashed over Apple Inc.’s tax-avoidance strategies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
512 x 341FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
512 x 341FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress
After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
512 x 394FILE – In is May 30, 2007, file photo President Bush, right, hoists 4-year-old Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh, son of Manyongo Mosima "Kuene" Tantoh of South Africa, left, who is HIV-positive, after speaking about his efforts to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. At center is Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Paul Yowakim of Kenya. The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV/AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads, the dream of future generations freed from epidemic running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief grew out of an unlikely partnership between Bush and lawmakers led by the Congressional Black Caucus, and has come to represent what Washington can do when it puts politics aside_and what America can do to make the world a better place. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
512 x 435FILE – In this May 17, 2013 file photo Justin Binik-Thomas, a former Cincinnati Tea Party spokesman and owner of Conservative Media Group of Deer Park, Ohio, speaks in the hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a break in the hearing about the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest tea party movement's leaders think it is getting its groove back. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny is helping pump new energy into the coalition. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
IRS probe ignored most influential groups
512 x 374FILE – In this April 9, 2013, file photo Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, talks with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate investigative panel led by Levin and McCain has been reviewing the use of the social welfare groups for political causes for the past year. The lawmakers had planned a hearing on the subject but postponed it following the Internal Revenue Service disclosure, so it could examine the agency's handling of the tax-exempt reviews. The IRS has endured withering criticism for its scrutiny of conservative political groups during the 2012 elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The IRS and its tea party tempest
512 x 353Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The IRS and its tea party tempest
512 x 380House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, left, holds up a binder with documents about a constituent's application to the IRS that was delayed, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. From left are, Tiberi, R-Ohio, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The IRS and its tea party tempest
512 x 384Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller, right, accompanied by J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, smiles as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
512 x 338FILE - In this April 23, 2010 file picture German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Asmussen, right, and Axel Weber, then governor of the central bank of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbank, brief reporters on their work at at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington. Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March 2013 was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis _ and who should be involved. Officials say the International Monetary Fund, which has contributed financial expertise and billions in emergency loans, may no longer be needed as a key decision-making partner. And they say that the eurozone would be able to make decisions and take action more quickly if it wasn't bound by the need for unanimous agreement among its 17 member countries. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File)
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP
512 x 317Attorney General Eric Holder reacts to aggressive questioning from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as the House Judiciary Committee focused on oversight of the Justice Department. Lawmakers pressed for answers about the unwarranted targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP
512 x 341Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, to testify before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte,R-Va., wants to know more about the unwarranted targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP
512 x 305Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte,R-Va., wants to know more about the unwarranted targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House panel set to OK cut in food stamps
512 x 341Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. This is the third year in a row that farm-state lawmakers have tried to push the bill through; though it passed the Senate, the House declined to take up the bill last year after conservatives in that chamber objected to the bill's cost and insisted on higher cuts to food stamps. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House panel set to OK cut in food stamps
512 x 341Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, voices his concerns as lawmakers begin mark up on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. This is the third year in a row that farm-state lawmakers have tried to push the bill through; though it passed the Senate, the House declined to take up the bill last year after conservatives in that chamber objected to the bill's cost and insisted on higher cuts to food stamps. The committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Holder to face tough questioning at House hearing
512 x 341Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. In what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion," the Justice Department monitored outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
512 x 394Attorney General Eric Holder pauses during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Holder said he's ordered a Justice Department investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama: UK should seek EU changes, not 'break' ties
512 x 379President Barack Obama welcomes British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2013, for talks on subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit of the world's leading industrial nations in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama: UK should seek EU changes, not 'break' ties
512 x 341President Barack Obama welcomes British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2013, for talks on subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit of the world's leading industrial nations in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
UK PM Cameron to visit Boston after White House
512 x 341President Barack Obama welcomes British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2013, for talks on subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit of the world's leading industrial nations in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Maybe Americans agree about more than they know
512 x 398In this photo taken Jan. 2, 2013, a reflection of the U.S. Capitol is seen inside the Cannon House Office Building as the work of the 112th Congress ends, and the work of the 113th Congress is set to begin the next day in Washington. Over the last year national polls in the United States indicate that three fourths of Americans want term limits for members of Congress, and that nine out of ten Americans still share core values like patriotism, belief in God, the value of higher education and admiration for those who get wealthy through hard work. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Olympians, execs to greet Prince Harry in Colo.
512 x 385Wearing his British Army uniform, Britain's Prince Harry visits with wounded warriors undergoing physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. At right is Staff Sgt. Timothy Payne who lost his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups
512 x 341FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee. The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington
512 x 385Wearing his British Army uniform, Britain's Prince Harry visits with wounded warriors undergoing physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. At right is Staff Sgt. Timothy Payne who lost his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington
512 x 341Wearing his British Army uniform, Britain's Prince Harry visits with wounded warriors undergoing physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. At right is Staff Sgt. Timothy Payne who lost his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington
512 x 341Wearing his British Army uniform, Britain's Prince Harry visits with wounded warriors undergoing physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington
512 x 341Wearing his British Army uniform, Britain's Prince Harry visits with wounded warriors undergoing physical therapy and their families at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington
512 x 341Wearing his British Army uniform, Britain's Prince Harry, left, visits with Corey Harmon and other wounded warriors undergoing physical therapy at the Computer Assisted Rehab Environment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
GOP's Rand Paul raises profile with eye on 2016
512 x 347FILE - In this March 7, 2013, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. is questioned by reporters in an elevator as he leaves a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul says he’s only "considering" running for president. But he’s doing much more than mull it over. The Kentucky Republican is unabashedly clearing a path to seek the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, with a series of early-voting state visits, a beefed-up political operation and a deliberate plan to appeal to mainstream voters and raise his national profile over the coming months. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Entitlements' unimpeded growth is boon to seniors
512 x 341FILE - In this April 8, 2013 file photo, copies of President Barack Obama's proposed federal budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are prepared for delivery at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington. With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security and Medicare benefits, at the expense of younger people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Kerry says he'll answer questions on Benghazi
512 x 341House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., displays a letter of praise from President Obama to Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, number two in rank to slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, during a House Oversight Committee hearing about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about the attack, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
General orders extra review of nuke crew failings
512 x 345In this May 2, 2013, photo, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon in Washington. Hagel is demanding details of turmoil at a North Dakota military base after revelations that an unprecedented 17 officers were removed from their duty of standing 24-hour watch over the Air Force’s most powerful nuclear missiles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Some hospitals charge vastly more for same care
512 x 389FILE - In this April 12, 2013 file photo, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2014, and the HHS. Hospitals within the same city sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same procedure, figures the government released for the first time Wednesday show. The list sheds light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go and whether it's cheaper to get that care somewhere else. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Frank Lautenberg
512 x 341In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., speaks to reporters after the Senate passed a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims at the Capitol in Washington.
Barack Obama
512 x 326President Barack Obama delivers his Inaugural address at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sandy Congress
700 x 491From left, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., Suffolk County, N.Y. Executive Steve Bellone, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., celebrate just after the House of Representatives passed an emergency aid bill for states hit by Superstorm Sandy., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday.
Chris Christie
512 x 341Gov. Chris Christie and his wife, Mary Pat, look over the podium during a sound check at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., last month.
Chris Christie
512 x 341New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his wife Mary Pat looks over the podium during a sound check at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday.
Animal Extinctions
700 x 507FILE - In a July 11, 2008 file photo, a trio of humpback whales break the surface of the water as they work together in a group behavior known as "bubble feeding" off the coast of Cape Cod near Provincetown, Mass. Efforts to save endangered animals are making a measureable difference, even as a fifth of the world's backboned species _ mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes _ are threatened with extinction, a huge new analysis says. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
427 x 352Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of this year's Kennedy Center honorees, arrives for the gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday evening, Dec. 3, 2006. Weber, singers Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson, film director Steven Spielberg, and conductor Zubin Mehta are being celebrated for their contributions to American culture. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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