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**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Issa to Treasury: Hand over documents on Obamacare decision

Republican House investigators say the Treasury is stonewalling requests for detailed information about how and when the Obama administration decided to extend government subsides to consumers who will use federally run insurance markets under Obamacare.

August 15, 2013
**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Newt Gingrich: AG Eric Holder got it right on sentencing reform

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. got it right when he called this week for a major shift away from harsh minimum sentences for certain drug crimes in an attempt to cut down an inflating federal prison population.

August 15, 2013
Screen grab of the Republican "Duck Hunt" ad targeting Sen. Mary Landrieu.

Mary Landrieu targeted in ‘Duck Hunt’ ad

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu is the target of a new Republican ad that riffs off the popular Nintendo game "Duck Hunt," a B-side to the Super Mario Bros. classic that features zig-zagging birds and a mocking dog.

August 15, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn’t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

D.C. exchange awards grants to promote Obamacare

City officials in the nation's capital on Wednesday awarded $6.4 million in grants to nearly three dozen community groups charged with helping residents navigate benefits within the new health care law.

August 14, 2013
**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference on Aug. 1, 2013, as Congress prepares to leave Washington for a five-week recess. (Associated Press)

House Dems to Boehner: Restore food-stamp funding in farm bill

House Democrats called on Speaker John A. Boehner to restore food-stamp funding to any future iteration of the farm bill, a direct response to the GOP's decision this year to strip the nutrition program from the legislation despite its longstanding use as bait for urban liberals to support rural farm subsidies.

August 13, 2013
** FILE ** Oklahoma Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt. (Screen grab from http://www.oag.ok.gov)

Judge: Oklahoma can pursue case against Obamacare tax credits

A federal judge says the state of Oklahoma can pursue a lawsuit against the Obama administration that claims the federal government is unlawfully extending tax credits to states that opted not to set up their own insurance exchanges under the new health care law.

August 13, 2013
**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul: Obamacare authors have ‘really small brains’

Sen. Rand Paul outlined his fears about President Obama's health care law on "The Daily Show" late Monday, arguing "dinosaur syndrome" has prevented well-intentioned authors of the law from crafting effective reforms.

August 13, 2013
Tunisian women pray near the Zitouna mosque for the Eid al-Fitr prayer, Thursday, Aug.8, 2013, in Tunis. The prayer is taking place at the so-called "Departure Sit-in" on the Bardo square, where people demand the resignation of the ruling moderate islamic Ennahda Party. Tunisians ousted their longtime dictator in January 2011, touching off the Arab Spring uprisings. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisians quickly losing faith in their government: poll

A new poll shows Tunisians are quickly losing confidence in their Islamist-led government, with support dropping from 56 percent in March 2012 to 32 percent in May of this year — a notable shift in a region beset by regime changes and unrest at the confluence of religious and democratic principles.

August 13, 2013
**FILE** Former New York Gov. George E. Pataki (Associated Press)

Former New York Gov. Pataki: Stop-and-frisk tactic has helped city

Former New York Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday defended the Bloomberg administration's use of a controversial crime-fighting tactic that's been linked to racial profiling, saying it's been a catalyst for New York City's decades-long turnaround from seedy to family-friendly.

August 13, 2013