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** FILE ** This image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to law enforcement and obtained by The Associated Press shows the remains of a pressure cooker that the FBI says was part of one of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/FBI)
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A hearse transporting the coffin containing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes its way past Downing Street in London, England, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Gareth Cattermole, Pool)
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Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, leave the White House after a meeting with President Obama on immigration. (Associated Press)
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Homeland Security police officers keep watch along Pennsylvania Avenue a day after the Boston Marathon bombings. Ayo Handy-Kendi (left) and others wear chains to show their opposition to the District not having a voting representative in Congress.
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Looking back at the 2012 election, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus concluded, "Our message was weak, our ground game was insufficient, we weren't inclusive, we were behind in both data and digital, our primary and debate process needed improvement." (CBS News via Associated Press)
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D.C. Vote activists hand out fake bills of 6,000,000,000 to show how much federal tax money residents paid without a voting representative in congress during the Washington, D.C. Emancipation Day parade, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. President Abraham Lincoln freed approximately 3,100 slaves in the District of Colombia on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Spectators watch military marchers participate in the Washington, D.C. Emancipation Day parade, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. President Abraham Lincoln freed approximately 3,100 slaves in the District of Colombia on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
