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The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill late Monday making big changes in the military justice system to deal with sexual assault, including scrapping the nearly century-old practice of using a "good soldier defence" to raise doubts that a crime has been committed.

Sen. Marco Rubio says the government should give cellphone companies more airwaves and allow private companies to build a nationwide pipeline for oil and natural gas.

Contrary to conventional media wisdom, this week's CPAC proved Republicans are likely going to put a formidable team on the presidential field in 2016 - and they'll have at least one advantage going into the election: Their primaries are going to be much more interesting, dramatic and entertaining than the Democratic primaries.

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, released Monday, found that 15.9 percent of U.S. adults are uninsured thus far in 2014, down from 17.1 percent for the last three months or calendar quarter of 2013.

Malaysian maritime officials found some oil slicks in the South China Sea and sent a sample to a lab to see if it came from the plane, the Department of Civil Aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, told a news conference.

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Over the weekend, the Kremlin beefed up its military presence in Crimea, a part of Ukraine since 1954, and pro-Russia forces keep pushing for a vote in favor of reunification with Moscow in a referendum the local parliament has scheduled for next Sunday.

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He bobbled the spelling, but President Barack Obama had nothing but R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the 'women of soul' who shook and rattled the rafters of the White House on Thursday night.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex. spoke at the annual CPAC Conference days before his appearance at the Gridiron Dinner.

Federal safety officials say a team of experts is en route to Asia to be ready to assist in the investigation of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner that disappeared with 239 people on board.

Sen. Rand Paul easily won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, giving the potential White House candidate an early boost with the Republican base ahead of the 2016 election.

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President Barack Obama took some flak for traveling to Florida for a getaway with his family amid the crisis in Ukraine.

Ambassadors from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic made their appeal Friday in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

The regional parliament in Crimea has set a March 16 referendum on leaving Ukraine to join Russia, and senior lawmakers in Moscow said they would support the move, ignoring sanctions threats and warnings from U.S. President Barack Obama that the vote would violate international law.

Four years after the tea party rocked the political world by ousting several prominent Republicans in Congress, the ultra-conservative movement finds itself with slimmer prospects as it moves into the new election season.

Jo Ann Dale of Otisco, Ind., and her wife, Carol Uebelhoer, discuss a lawsuit filed Friday, March 7, 2014, against the state of Indiana that seeks to overturn a same-sex marriage ban there.

Alene Moris, center, a womena s rights leader in Seattle who at 85 has recently served as a caregiver, speaks during a forum on supporting caregivers" during a Washington Post Live forum on "Caregiving in America" last month in Seattle.

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