- Aaron Blake
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Aaron Blake covers national politics at the Washington Post, where he writes regularly for the Fix, the Post’s top political blog. A Minnesota native and summa cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota, Aaron has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Aaron and his wife, Danielle, live in Annandale, Va.
The IRS hearing: Live updates
The Senate Finance Committee is holding its first hearing today looking at the Internal Revenue Service's inappropriate targeting of conservative groups.
CANCELED: Ask Aaron: This week in politics
Post Politics's Aaron Blake discusses what's happening in politics live with readers.
Poll: Scandals give tea party a shot in the arm
A new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that 37 percent of Americans now see the tea party in a favorable light -- up from 28 percent in March and the highest it's been since July 2011.
Barbara Buono's sneaky new ad
Chris Christie's opponent is out with a new ad, and it might be a candidate for sneakiest ad of the year.
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