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EDITORIAL: IRS: ‘The dog ate the emails’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this May 27, 2014, file photo President Barack Obama speaks about the future of US troops in Afghanistan at the White House in Washington. Obama stood in the Rose Garden and outlined a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of the last U.S. troops in Afghanistan. He confidently declared, "This is how wars end in the 21st century." But less than three weeks later, there is a sudden burst of uncertainty surrounding the way Obama has moved to bring the two conflicts he inherited to a close. In Iraq, a fast-moving Islamic insurgency is pressing toward Baghdad, raising the possibility of fresh American military action more than two years after the last U.S. troops withdrew. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama quietly moves 12 detainees from U.S. military prison in Afghanistan: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Poor marks for Congress could lead to more pink slips on Election Day: poll

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leading away captured Iraqi soldiers in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)

Criticism of Obama mounts as Islamists sweep through Iraq

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Jan. 29, 2014, file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Paul Gosar’s crusade: Impeach Eric Holder

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

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Republicans rebuke IRS explanation for losing Lois Lerner emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama exit Air Force One in Bismarck, N.D. June 13, 2014 after arriving on Air Force One there for his trip to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

Obama uses Father’s Day as vehicle to push minimum-wage hike

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. The House is preparing to vote May 7, on holding Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's tea party controversy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

IRS says it lost key Lerner emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In the decade after 9/11, Americans started rebuilding what was torn from our nation's foundations. Now we need to reclaim something else that was taken: our right to unwarranted search and seizures. (Associated Press)

PRIVACY: The debate we needed

By Laura W. Murphy

Stingy Congress finds funds for veterans’ health care

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

House Financial Service Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Eric Cantor loss clouds future of Export-Import Bank

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

Rep. Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bipartisan group of lawmakers criticize Bergdahl trade

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Betsy Ross Flag Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

COOK: The first Flag Day

By Jane Hampton Cook

Left to Right: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman David Medine, moderator and Washington Times Opinion Editor David Keene, Former NSA and CIA Director Gen. Mike Hayden, and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington Legislative Office Director Laura W. Murphy, speak on a panel called "Privacy in America: the NSA, the Constitution and the USA Freedom Act" at the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center, Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 12, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Former NSA director backs House bill to rein in spy agency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, before the House Armed Services Committee. Hagel faced angry lawmakers becoming the first Obama administration official to testify publicly about the controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top officials sought Justice Dept.’s OK for Bergdahl-Taliban swap

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on efforts to continue NSA surveillance by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

SLOAN: A fix for the USA Freedom Act

By Virginia Sloan

U.S. Congressman Mike Michaud, candidate for governor of the State of Maine speaks at the Maine Democratic Convention in Bangor, Maine, Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael C. York)

Dem Rep.: Bipartisan work will help me become Maine governor

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

republican Risker: Sen. Rand Paul has taken a big step toward immigration reform by forging an alliance with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. (Associated Press)

Exclusive: Rand Paul throws weight behind immigration reform effort

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Russian army Iskander missile launcher it's way down a road during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade. U.S. officials said the main INF violation has been multiple tests since 2008 of a new cruise missile identified as the R-500, which has a range of about 1,243 miles. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russia accused of major treaty breach

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

National Seersucker Day has been reinstated in the halls of Congress. Happy in their seersucker suits: 28 lawmakers assembled in the US. Capitol to celebrate the moment. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Bill Cassidy)

National Seersucker Day: 28 lawmakers don their stripes and snap the photo

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times