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Attorneys for Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke say the Wisconsin representative’s campaign used the technology to “falsely attribute” statements to his opponent.

Her new Obama Center sculpture honoring Harriet Tubman has thrust one of the District's most talented artists into the national spotlight.

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Thursday called on Tennessee to reintroduce the electric chair for executions after death-row prisoner Christa Pike survived two lethal injections the day before.…

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