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Under Gina McCarthy, The EPA has been flexing its regulatory muscle, collecting more fines and hitting individuals with penalties for violating environmental rules. (Associated Press)

Power grab: EPA wants to garnish wages of polluters

The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly floated a rule claiming authority to bypass the courts and unilaterally garnish paychecks of those accused of violating its rules, a power currently used by agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service.

July 8, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, following a Democratic policy lunch. A massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, aimed at funding the government through October and putting to rest the bitter budget battles of last year, is getting generally positive reviews from House Republicans who are eager to avoid another shutdown crisis with elections looming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Harry’s rules: Reid dominates crippled Congress

Harry Reid is one of 100 senators, but so far in 2014, he's been responsible for one-third of all the amendments proposed on the Senate floor — a number that underscores just how much one man has come to dominate the legislative process.

July 7, 2014
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu is the chief beneficiary of the Louisiana NAACP's most aggressive and sophisticated voter drive in the organization's history. (Associated Press)

Democrats microtarget blacks in South in effort to keep Senate

Black voters across the South increasingly recognize that they have the electoral muscle to swing statewide races, but that doesn't guarantee they will show up at the polls this year to save white Democrats struggling to hold on to their Senate seats.

July 6, 2014
The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judicial Watch takes legal action against IRS over lost emails

The government accountability group Judicial Watch filed a legal motion Friday that threatens to drag the Obama administration into federal court to answer questions about the lost emails of ex-IRS official Lois Learner and others implicated in the tea party targeting scandal.

June 27, 2014
**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 3, 2014. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell boasts lead in internal poll

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign released an internal poll showing him with a 7-point lead over Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, contradicting recent surveys of Kentucky voters that show it's a neck-and-neck race.

June 27, 2014
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signs copies of her new book "Hard Choices," her recounting of her time as President Barack Obama’s top diplomat, at a book signing event at the Tattered Cover Book store in Denver on Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Hillary Clinton book sales fall hard

Sales of Hillary Clinton's new memoir "Hard Choices" plummeted in its second week in bookstores, according to publishing tracking firm Nielsen BookScan.

June 26, 2014
Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rep. Joaquin Castro: House GOP caused border crisis

Rep. Joaquin Castro said Thursday that Republican-run House should be blaming themselves, not President Obama, for the flood of unaccompanied Central American children arriving in the United States.

June 26, 2014