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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Libyan civilians watch fires at an Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya. Factions of the group in 2014 pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Even before the film’s release, Hollywood director Michael Bay’s new action movie is stirring controversy among government officials and residents of Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city and the birthplace of the uprising against longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The film, “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” depicts the events of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. It is set to be released in January 2016.(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Democrats blast Benghazi probe amid new Pentagon questions

Democrats demanded Monday that Congress cancel the special investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attack and accused committee Chairman Trey Gowdy of straying into dangerous political territory while searching for a reason to continue its probe.

May 16, 2016
FILE - This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. The longtime Maricopa County sheriff had what may have been the roughest year of his career. He was called into federal court on contempt-of-court charges while a series of damaging revelations surfaced about his office, including his acknowledged defiance of court orders in a racial profiling case and an allegation that he launched a secret investigation of the case's judge in a bid to discredit him. Arpaio's saga is one of the Top 10 stories in Arizona for 2015(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio found in contempt of court over racial profiling case

A federal judge in Arizona found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of court Friday, saying the controversial lawman deliberately violated court orders, hid evidence and failed to clean up after his department was found to be conducting illegal racial profiling.

May 13, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan, whose goals conflict with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, meets Thursday with the businessman. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan, Donald Trump agree on principles

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said he and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump found agreement on core conservative principles in a "pleasant" meeting Thursday, including pro-life values and the importance of limited government.

May 12, 2016
White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Earnest discussed the Zika virus, the Syrian city of Palmyra, and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House calls waste study ‘pathetic’

The outrage over federal money being spent to study penis bee stings doesn't extend to the White House, where President Obama's spokesman said Wednesday the government should be opening its pocketbook wider.

May 11, 2016
Former Republican presidential, candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks past reporters as he returns to the Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 . (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ted Cruz files to run again for Senate in 2018

Looking to tamp down on any speculation that he was a flash-in-the-pan senator, Ted Cruz announced Wednesday that he's already filed to run for re-election in 2018 in Texas

May 11, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Ryan is expected to meet with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday, May 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Paul Ryan: Trump from ‘different wing’ of GOP

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday that he and likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump are "from different wings of the party," and Thursday's meeting is about trying to find a way to unify their visions.

May 11, 2016
"We fully acknowledge we have an uphill climb ahead of us, but we're used to that," Sen. Bernard Sanders said in the fundraising email. "We have been fighting uphill from the day this campaign began, and we're going to stay in the race until the last vote is cast." (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders wins West Virginia primary

Sen. Bernard Sanders was projected to win West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday night, earning a second straight victory as he continues to stall Hillary Clinton's coronation as her party's nominee.

May 10, 2016
In this July 8, 2015, file photo a bumblebee gathers nectar on a wildflower in Appleton, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Feds pay researcher to have bee sting his penis

Taxpayers paid for one scientist to have a bee sting his penis and paid other researchers to figure out that cheerleaders look more attractive in a group than individually, according to a painful new survey of wasteful spending released Tuesday by Sen. Jeff Flake.

May 10, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks at a campaign rally, Monday, May 9, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Bernie Sanders’ tax and spend plan is ‘severe’ drag on economy: Study

Sen. Bernard Sanders' health and other spending plans would cost a whopping $33.3 trillion over the next decade, and his massive tax increases would still pay for less than half of it, leaving a gaping hole that would be a "substantial drag on the economy," the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center said in a new report Monday.

May 9, 2016