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The Edge is National Journal‘s daily look at today in Washington — and what’s coming next. The email features analysis from NJ’s top correspondents, the biggest stories of the day — and always a few surprises. To subscribe, click here. … Continue reading →

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party‘s gubernatorial nomination by acclamation. At the GOP‘s statewide convention, thousands of conservatives and tea party followers who dominated the Richmond Coliseum on Saturday roared their unanimous … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama‘s health care law. There is a … Continue reading →

ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren’t the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, highlighting both divisions within … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service‘s crackdown on conservative groups. The nation’s tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified … Continue reading →

obama After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our … Continue reading →

A year ago, the Associated Press discovered a foiled al-Qaida plot to blow up a plane. Worried about the safety of an informant in the case, the CIA asked the AP to delay publishing the story until its spy could … Continue reading →

Even before news organizations confirmed that Sarah Hall Ingram, who headed the tax-exempt division of the IRS, would lead agency’s implementation of the ACA, Republicans wasted no time trying to link the scandal to the law. As the investigation into … Continue reading →

Is history repeating itself in Massachusetts? The off-year Senate campaign between Democratic Rep. Edward Markey and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez is already closer than expected, evoking memories of the last Senate special election in Massachusetts, when Republican Scott Brown … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama‘s agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of … Continue reading →