Tim Mak

Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, gestures during a news conference on immigration reform in May. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Heritage Foundation gets tough: Think tank puts punch behind its conservative ideas

Tim Mak · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing with members of the House of Representatives on the situation in Syria, at the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. It is the first full day of legislative business for Congress as lawmakers return from the August recess and President Barack Obama is seeking congressional approval for a military strike against Syria for its use of chemical weapons in the civil war. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

On The Slide: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel struggles on Syria

Tim Mak · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Off the Hook — For Now

Tim Mak · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., supported by Norquist and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., introduced a bill called the "Small Business Tax Equity Act" to differentiate legal cannabis dispensaries from illegal street drug sales.ÃÂ (Photo: Thinkstock)

Don’t bogart that tax reform: Lawmakers seek to help legal pot businesses

Tim Mak · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama's policy in Syria was "let's go defend international norms rather than the United States of America," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Cruz says Obama not acting in America’s interest in Syria

Tim Mak · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, reiterated his support for President Obama's plan to intervene militarily in Syria on Tuesday, asking members to provide a "united front" with the president on a critical foreign policy issue. ( Alex Wong/Getty Images)

John Boehner reaffirms support for Syria strike, asks GOP to support Obama

Tim Mak · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Tuesday that the House would vote this week on a stopgap government spending bill, along with a provision that would force the Senate to consider whether the presidentâs signature health care law should be funded. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Eric Cantor: House will vote on budget, Obamacare this week

Tim Mak · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testifies before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria response on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Administration briefing does little to change opinions on Syria strike

Tim Mak · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry said ground troops could be necessary to ensure stability if Syria âimplodedâ or there was âa threat of Syriaâs chemical weapons cache falling into the handsâ of terrorist groups. (AP File)

John Kerry won’t completely rule out use of US troops in Syria

Tim Mak · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., railed against Congress' failed handling of the federal budget process in Maryland on Monday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Not all federal workers feel pain of sequestration

Tim Mak · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Bradley Manning gets 35 years for giving Wikileaks classified documents

National Security

Bradley Manning gets 35 years for giving Wikileaks classified documents

Tim Mak · August 21, 2013 4:00 am

Under Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, VA doctors who were disciplined for violations like practicing with an expired license and refusing to see emergency room patients still got performance bonuses. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Vets target VA bureaucracy, soften demand for ouster of VA head

Tim Mak · August 21, 2013 4:00 am