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Congress’ spending bill bans taxpayer money from financing official portrait paintings of presidents, Cabinet secretaries and high-ranking members of Congress. (Associated Press)
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Congress’ spending bill bans taxpayer money from financing official portrait paintings of presidents, Cabinet secretaries and high-ranking members of Congress. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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Congress' spending bill bans taxpayer money from financing official portrait paintings of presidents, Cabinet secretaries and high-ranking members of Congress.
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Mike Huckabee advises Republicans that their biggest challenge is other Republicans, and calls for a moratorium on the term "RINO." (associated press)
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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 1957 file photo, students of Central High School in Little Rock, including Hazel Bryan, shout insults at Elizabeth Eckford as she calmly marches down to a line of National Guardsmen, who blocked the main entrance and would not let her enter. Five decades and $1 billion after an infamous racial episode made Little Rock a symbol of school segregation, the legal fight to ensure all of its children receive equal access to education has ended. (AP Photo/Arkansas Democrat Gazette/Will Counts, File)
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Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez is facing questions from Republicans over what he knows about the woman heading an investigation into the IRS' targeting of tea party groups. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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President Obama last year issued at least 18 proclamations praising the Affordable Care Act, following a recent trend in which the commander in chief uses orders to highlight his own accomplishments. (Associated Press)
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti holds his two cellphones during an Associated Press interview in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Garcetti was elected last spring after promising to fix the city's battered streets, but he acknowledged that his administration has made little headway paving long-neglected roads. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, the Democrat who took office July 1, 2013, said it could take a decade and up to $3 billion for significant improvements. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during an Associated Press interview in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Garcetti was elected last spring after promising to fix the city's battered streets, but he acknowledged that his administration has made little headway paving long-neglected roads. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, the Democrat who took office July 1, 2013, said it could take a decade and up to $3 billion for significant improvements. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)