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President Barack Obama waves to people waiting as he arrives at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

BLUNT: What the president should hear in Kansas City

By Roy Blunt

Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama was one of just three senators, all Republicans, to vote against the bill. The others were Bob Corker of Tennessee and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Four senators didn't vote.

EDITORIAL: Illegal aliens in the shadows? What shadows?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on questions over the role of the national archivist in the IRS scandal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

EPSTEIN: All IRS roads lead to the archivist

By Dan Epstein

New Jersey state troopers kept order as motorists and pedestrians waited in long lines to purchase gasoline in the paucity following Superstorm Sandy. The storm's fallout highlighted the need for increased domestic oil reserves. (associated press)

Energy Department eyes regional gas reserves for emergency use

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The last time so few people were arrested at the country’s borders was 1973, when the Border Patrol recorded just fewer than 500,000 arrests. And the volume of people being arrested at the border remains dramatically lower than the all-time high of more than 1.6 people in 2000. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

KING: “Man-caused disaster” on the southern border

By Steve King

A Texas Department of Safety Trooper patrols on the Rio Grand along the U.S.-Mexico border, Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Mission, Texas. Texas is spending $1.3 million a week for a bigger DPS presence along the border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)

Obama to Latin leaders: I need help with border

Associated Press

President Obama. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Impeach Obama, say 35 percent in new poll

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (Associated Press)

Jeb Bush to Congress: Don’t use border crisis as excuse to delay immigration reform

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, meets with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina (right) and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Thursday. Mr. Hernandez said ambiguity in Washington's immigration debate has helped human smugglers convince Central Americans that they can stay in the U.S. if they make the long, illegal journey. (Associated Press)

Presidents of Honduras, Guatemala blame U.S. for border children crisis

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In 2016, Texas Democrats couldn't find a serious challenger to take on Republican Rep. Pete Sessions in the Dallas suburbs. This year, Democrats are fielding a much more robust set of candidates, with nine already looking to take on Mr. Sessions. (Associated Press)

House panel OKs resolution to sue president for Obamacare delays

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Obama's health care law is enmeshed in another big legal battle after two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on a key financing issue within hours of each other Tuesday. (associated press)

Contrasting judgments on Obama’s health care hours apart; appeals court calls subsidies unlawful

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

RIBBLE: Keeping our waterways flowing: and making Congress work at the same time

By U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble

RICE: From Point A to Point B without Forgetting Point C: Competitiveness

By By: U.S. Rep. Tom Rice

GIBBS: WRRDA: A True Bipartisan Solution

By U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs

U.S. Border Patrol Senior Agent B.T. Hick and his dog Mirza, left, inspect a car at a check point outside Organ Pipe Cactus National Park in Why, Ariz., Wednesday, May 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

House calls for immigration enforcement in Central America

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Yellen Money Balloon Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MORICI: Yellen’s denials of rising inflation

By Peter Morici

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, practices spycraft that includes passing off cellphones after limited use and dispensing fake information about his whereabouts. (Associated Press)

McCLAUGHRY: Finish off the “Islamic State” quickly and cheaply

By John McClaughry

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. presided as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could lift restrictions on campaign donations to political parties and candidates. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EDITORIAL: Obamacare in intensive care

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson holds a news conference on the steps of Wisconsin Eastern District Federal Courthouse Monday, July 7, 2014 in Green Bay, Wis. A government attorney is trying to persuade a federal judge in Green Bay to toss out Johnson's lawsuit challenging rules forcing congressional members and their employees to seek government-subsidized health insurance through small business exchanges. U.S. Justice Department attorney James Luh told U.S. District Judge William Griesbach on Monday that Johnson can't sue because he hasn't shown how the rules have caused him any injury. (AP Photo/The Green Bay Press-Gazette, Jim Matthews) NO SALES

Judge throws out Sen. Ron Johnson’s lawsuit over Obamacare exchanges

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times