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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. right, accompanied by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., gestures as he speaks with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, about student loan rates following a Republican strategy session. Interest rates doubled to 6.8 percent last week because Congress didn't avert a rate hike built into the law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Rep. Peter Roskam, Illinois Republican, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, on Capitol Hill, in Washington on May 17, 2013, as they testify during a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee on the Internal Revenue Service practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (Associated Press)

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting fewer illegal immigrants this fiscal year, but a larger percentage of them have no criminal records. The numbers suggest that the Obama administration is struggling to meet its stated goals. (ICE via Associated Press)**FILE**

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"Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis is running for comptroller of New York City against one of her former clients — Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor who resigned after his involvement with prostitutes became public. (Kristin Davis)

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Actors Kevin Spacey and Kate Mara take instruction from director David Fincher at a D.C. Metro station during production of the Netflix series "House of Cards." The show, which is mostly filmed in Maryland, is taking advantage of a tax credit for film productions that more than tripled in the fiscal year that began July 1. (Netflix via Associated Press)

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Some alumni are calling for the University of Denver to bring back Denver Boone, the mascot that was jettisoned in 1998 for being politically incorrect.

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John Solomon has been named to the joint role of Editor and Vice President for Content and Business Development at The Washington Times.

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Washington Times President and CEO Larry Beasley announces the newspaper's straw poll results in March at the CPAC conference near Washington. He is joined by American Conservative Union Chairman Al Cardenas (left) and pollster Tony Fabrizio. (The Washington Times)