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President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, are on the first green as they play golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

John Boehner foe canned over ‘electile dysfunction’ ad

"Signs of electile dysfunction may include extreme skin discoloration, the inability to punch oneself out of a wet paper bag, or maintain a spine in the face of liberal opposition... smoking, and golf," a narrator says. "If you have a Boehner lasting longer than 23 years, seek immediate medical attention."

April 28, 2014
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during the leadership forum at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Friday, April 25, 2014, in Indianapolis. Several potential Republican contenders for president planned on courting gun-rights supporters at the convention Friday. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Rubio offers strong defense of gun rights

INDIANAPOLIS — Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday praised the National Rifle Association for defending the Second Amendment rights of individuals and families across the nation that the Florida Republican said are under attack from the Obama administration.

April 25, 2014
** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the crowd at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star/David Pike)

Sen. Ted Cruz to headline New Hampshire dinner

Sen. Ted Cruz is headlining an annual Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday for the Carroll County Republican Committee in New Hampshire — putting the Texas Republican and possible 2016 presidential contender back in the first-in-the-nation primary state for the second time this month.

April 25, 2014
Michelle Steel, a Republican candidate for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, is one of many GOP candidates tapping into Democratic-style identity politics to win support among minority voters. (Associated Press)

Minority politicians point out where Republican message goes wrong

Kwang Song has never voted in the United States, but that could change after the 71-year-old bumped into Michelle Steel, a Republican candidate for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, outside the Hannam Chain Korean market in northern Orange County this month.

April 24, 2014
Rancher Cliven Bundy speaks at a protest camp near Bunkerville, Nev. Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

Rand Paul: Bundy’s racist remarks are ‘offensive’

Sen. Rand Paul distanced himself Thursday from Cliven Bundy's recent remarks on race, roughly a week after the likely 2016 presidential contender knocked the way the federal government has handled the land dispute with the defiant rancher.

April 24, 2014
** FILE ** Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Democratic Party opponent of Sen. Mitch McConnell. (Associated Press)

Democrat Grimes backs Keystone XL pipeline in Kentucky Senate race

Republicans say that red-state Democrats who have come out in support of the Keystone XL pipeline project ahead of the 2014 election not only shows they have been right on the issue all along, but it also underscores how powerless those Democrats are to persuade President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

April 24, 2014
FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters about gun control at the Capitol in Washington. To hear party operatives describe the fight for the Senate, it’s the boogeyman billionaires against the shifty septuagenarian. Reid has been relentless in his criticism against the wealthy industrialists Charles and David Koch (kohk), who fund a network of conservative groups. Now, Republicans are adjusting their plans and going after the 74-year-old Democratic Senate leader. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Harry Reid using tax dollars to fight Koch brothers, La. GOP chair charges

The head of the Louisiana GOP filed a federal ethics complaint Wednesday against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, claiming the Nevada Democrat has misused taxpayer money for campaign purposes ahead of the 2014 midterm elections as part of his ongoing crusade against GOP mega-donors Charles and David Koch.

April 23, 2014