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** FILE ** In this Nov. 7, 2013, file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Justin Hayworth, File)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry knocks President Obama on immigration

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that the Obama administration has dropped the ball on border security and must improve diplomatic relations with Central American nations to stem the surge of illegal immigrants trying to cross the nation's southern border.

June 17, 2014
Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, seeking a seventh six-year term, faces a runoff June 24 against a Tea Party-backed rival, whom he won't debate. (Associated Press)

Ad faults Thad Cochran for avoiding Chris McDaniel debate

A tea party-aligned super PAC plans to blast out a picture Friday of Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, on the side of a milk carton, as part of its ongoing campaign to get the veteran lawmaker to debate his challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, before their showdown in a runoff election June 24.

June 12, 2014
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks at the Center for New Security's Eight Annual National Security Conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Ryan: Fiscal reform key to U.S. national security

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Wednesday that the United States must get its fiscal house in order if it hopes to rebuild its military and restore the nation's credibility on the world stage, in a speech that is sure to stoke speculation that the Wisconsin Republican is looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of a likely 2016 White House bid.

June 11, 2014
Picking sides: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is putting himself on the same page as grass-roots conservatives who fear Common Core education standards are part of an effort to inculcate liberal ways of thinking in students. (Associated Press)

Bobby Jindal hustles away from controversial Common Core as 2016 nears

Looking to bolster his national image ahead of a likely 2016 presidential bid, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is hitching his wagon to the growing movement against the nationwide school standards known as Common Core, which have become a lightning rod for the tea party and other conservative activists.

June 8, 2014
Chris McDaniel addresses his supporters as his son Cambridge, 7, joins him on the stage at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Miss., on election night. With a third candidate on the ballot, neither Mr. Cochran nor Mr. McDaniel managed to get at least 50 percent plus one vote, the threshold to win outright and avoid a June 24 runoff. (Associated Press)

Grass-roots zeal favors tea party’s McDaniel over Cochran in Mississippi runoff

The tea party and its allies took a major step toward getting their first win over a high-profile incumbent in the 2014 primary season after state Sen. Chris McDaniel forced six-term Sen. Thad Cochran into a three-week runoff that political analysts say will boil down to turnout — likely favoring the challenger and his ardent supporters.

June 4, 2014
Sen. Thad Cochran (left), who has served in Congress for over four decades, is facing a challenge from Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel. (associated press photographs)

Thad Cochran’s seat in peril with Chris McDaniel’s edge

Hours after the polls closed, Republican incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and insurgent challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel had yet to capture enough of the vote Tuesday in the Mississippi primary to win the GOP nomination for the Senate seat outright, setting up a June 24 run-off.

June 3, 2014
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS "The policies of this administration are bad for the economy," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. "While this administration has been great for Wall Street, Main Street has never really gotten out of the last recession."

Haley Barbour: Tea party distorting Mississippi senate race

As Republican primary voters in Mississippi go to the polls Tuesday to choose between 42-year incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and conservative challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel, the state's former governor is complaining that outside groups and major GOP figures are distorting the race to boost their own profile.

June 2, 2014
Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, has promised that, if re-elected, he will continue to fight to make sure his state gets its "fair share" of the federal government pie. His primary challenger, tea party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel called Mississippi a "welfare state" and pledged to get the federal government off the state's back. (Associated Press)

Sen. Thad Cochran promises pork to Mississippi

Sen. Thad Cochran is closing out the final days of his primary campaign by promising voters that if he's re-elected he will keep doing what he has done for decades: fighting to make sure that Mississippi gets its "fair share" of the federal pie.

June 1, 2014