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GOP Continues Benghazi Probe, 2016 Elections Possibly At Stake

House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race.

2013/05/08

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva (l), mother of the suspected Boston bombers, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Photo credit: SERGEI RASULOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Mother Of Bomb Suspects Insists Sons Are Innocent

The angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she’s no terrorist.

2013/04/29

File photo of Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Homeland Security Committee Chairman: Boston Suspects Were Trained

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says he believes the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out their attack.

2013/04/28

Boston Bombing Could Prompt US, Russia Cooperation

The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused of carrying out the attack.

2013/04/23

File photo of Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Patrick: No Idea Of Terrorists’ Motivation

The governor of Massachusetts says he has no idea what motivated the terrorists who exploded two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

2013/04/21

File photo of Secretary of State John Kerry. (credit: Getty Images)

Kerry: ‘Part Of The Way There’ In Delivering Justice For Boston

Secretary of State John Kerry says “we are part of the way there” in finding those responsible for the Boston bombing and bringing them to justice.

2013/04/19

A man is loaded into an ambulance after he was injured by one of two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon near Copley Square on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Mass. (credit: Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

AP: Word ‘Terrorism’ Exists At Ambiguous Crossroads In 2013 America

The word is almost a cold comfort in post-9/11 America — a way to describe the inconceivable, to somehow explain the twisted urge to commit mass murder. So when the bombs exploded in Boston, the word quickly became inescapable: “terrorism.”

2013/04/18

America the Vulnerable: Has U.S. Become a Nation of Soft Targets?

The U.S. proclaims itself as the mightiest nation on Earth, but as the Boston Marathon bombings illustrate, the reality is that, from sea to shining sea, this is a nation of ‘soft targets.’

2013/04/17

Firefighters take postion on Boyltson Street near the finish line after two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Pakistani Taliban Deny Role In Boston Bombings

The Pakistani Taliban have denied any role in the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people and injured more than 140.

2013/04/16

eople walk near Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)

Boston’s Beloved Day, Dissolved In Chaos And Tears

It dawned chilly, clear and blue, a parsimonious but perfect serving of New England springtime that — because it came on the third Monday in April — unquestionably called for a celebration.

2013/04/16