House GOP committee chairman now refuses to take testimony from Richard Cordray, the recess-appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau whose nomination Republicans have been blocking.

Dowd. Counter-Dowd.

Rand Paul has already concluded, based on available information, that the Boston bombings represent a failure of our immigration system.

Grassley and Schumer get in heated exchange over the politicization of the Boston bombings to derail immigration reform. Watch.

The Boston bombing suspects — who allegedly engaged in a fierce gunfight with police on Thursday night, did not have gun permits, police in Massachusetts say — and, at 19 years old, the surviving suspect would have been too young to get one.

What does that 2011 request from Moscow to Washington about Tamerlan Tsarnaev really mean? Both more and less than might initially meet the eye. Hunter Walker reports.

President Obama to speak momentarily on the capture of the Boston Marathon bombings suspect. Watch.

Another flurry of police activity in the Watertown area of Boston, with heavy police presence and gunshots being reported by cable news network reporters. Follow the developments at TPMLivewire.