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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks to reporters with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy. after the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

GOP Vows Obamacare Repeal

Undeterred Republicans put on a brave face after Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, vowing continued efforts to repeal the health care law.

This Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 file photo shows signage in front of Aetna Inc.'s headquarters in in Hartford, Conn. Aetna Inc.

Health Stocks Soar After Obamacare Ruling, Reports of Aetna Merger

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, wearing a red jumpsuit that designates he has been sentenced to death, raises his hands inside a defendants cage in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in an eastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 21, 2015.

Death Sentences May Radicalize Egypt's Youth

Ford Launches Car-Sharing Program

Students from Copley High School in Ohio demonstrate their automated machine, which won first prize at Source America's Design Challenge.

Connecting STEM and Social Change

Student teams designed devices to improve workplace conditions for persons with disabilities.

Special Report: The Next Generation of STEM

Photos: The Next Generation of STEM

Education Department Backtracks on College Ratings

U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Obama's Week to Remember

Senate Budget ranking member Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds a news conference to introduce legislation 'to make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share of estate taxes and close loopholes that have allowed billionaires to avoid billions in taxes' on Thursday, June 25, 2015.

Sanders Estate Tax Plan Aimed at Super Rich

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 4, 2014, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on his nomination.

Energy & Environment

White House Climate Change Summit Highlights Health Dangers

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani speaks during a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Hadier al-Abadi in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on April 6, 2015.

National Security

KRG Seeks $5 Billion Lifeline

U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Obama's Week to Remember

From the Blogs

U.S. President Barack Obama (R), flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L), gives a statement on the Supreme Court health care decision in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Ken Walsh's Washington

Obama's Week to Remember

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama exit Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House following a trip to California, on June 16, 2014.

How the 2016 Candidates Fare on Social Media

People wait in line to enter the U.S. Supreme Court June 22, 2015, in Washington, D.C. This week, the high court is releasing several decisions and are expected to hand down its ruling on gay marriage and Obamacare subsidies by the end of the week.

Washington Whispers

SCOTUS Could Drop Big Opinions Today

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announces his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination during a rally at the Pontchartrain Center on June 24, 2015, in Kenner, Louisiana.

Jindal Smacks Jeb In 2016 Kick-Off

Exhaust rises from the coal-fired Mitchell Power Station on Sept. 24, 2013, in New Eagle, Pa.

Coal’s Leading Financier May Come as a Surprise

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, right, gestures while his opponent, Republican candidate for governor Bob Beauprez, waits for his turn to speak, during a debate in Denver, Monday Oct. 6, 2014. Gov. Hickenlooper is facing one of the toughest re-election fights of his political career. Several polls suggest he’s in a close race against Beauprez, a former member of the U.S. House.

The Ballot 2014

Latino Voters Hold the Key in Colorado

Quizzes

In this undated handout image released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Anmer Hall in mid-May in Norfolk, England.

Name That Royal Baby

A wax figure of the "Star Wars" character Yoda is displayed at Madame Tussauds on May 8, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

U.S. News Quiz: 13 Questions to See if You’re a 'Star Wars' Buff

The Beatles performing on stage, circa 1963. Left to right: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon.

Quiz: 10 Questions to Test if You’re a True Beatles Fanatic

Photos

Photos: The Big Picture – June 2015 Daily Cartoons: June 25, 2015 Photos: Nation Mourns Charleston Church Shooting

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE, 23: A bolt of lightning strikes across the Anacostia river as a rainbow graces the sky near Nationals Park as the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves were in a two plus hour rain delay on June 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Editorial Cartoon on the Confederate Flag

State Sen. Vincent Sheheen (D-Kershaw) gets emotional as he sits next to the draped desk of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Pinckney was one of those killed, Wednesday night in a shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.