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Congressman fighting for job in primary race

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Congress growing impatient on inquiry in VA deaths

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

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President Barack Obama flanked by Abdullahi Mohamed, left, and Meredith Upchurch speaks to reporters at a restaurant in Washington, Friday, May 16, 2014. The president and Vice President Joe Biden met with construction workers involved in a recent infrastructure project. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama touts jobs projects, eats lunch with workers

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - Following a meeting with Sen.-elect Angus King of Maine, right, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, tells reporters that she wants answers from disgraced CIA Director David Petraeus, in this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 file photo. Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King may caucus with Democrats but he's endorsing Republican colleague Susan Collins in her bid for a fourth term in the Senate. The two are to appear together Friday May 16, 2014 at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US Sen. Collins earns King’s endorsement in Maine

By ALANNA DURKIN - Associated Press

**FILE** Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 18, 2014. (Associated Press)

Official says immigration program up for review

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

FILE - This March 11, 2014 file photo shows Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration says there are legal safeguards in place in the event suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay are ever relocated to the United States, and that detainees would be barred from receiving asylum and would have no right to remain in the country permanently. Leahy said a report to Congress lends support for lifting the congressional ban on transferring detainees to the US and should calm fears that it would harm public safety. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US explores legal rights for Guantanamo detainees

By ERIC TUCKER and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

Oh, the charm in the middle: The nation’s first centrist PAC launches

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

WANTING ANSWERS: Veterans attend a Senate committee hearing this week investigating reports of long wait times at Veterans Affairs health care facilities across the country. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki (foreground) said he is "mad as hell" and won't leave his post until he completes his mission or is fired by President Obama. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to the Washington Times)

VA Secretary Eric Shinseki is ‘mad as hell’ about allegations

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Folksy: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compared the fight with Republicans over the Keystone XL pipeline to a greased pig contest in which a deal always slips out of his hands.

DeLAY: Earmark, jumping mouse debates show government’s dysfunction

By Tom DeLay

In Ga. Senate race, crying babies rule TV ad wars

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

Joint Base Andrews is among facilities being considered to house a new, consolidated command center for the Air Force. A similar cost-cutting strategy failed in the 1970s. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Andrews eyed for new Air Force operations headquarters

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Rep. Ralph Hall, Texas Republican and a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier pilot from 1942-45, is among lawmakers headed to a salute to members of Congress who are also vets. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Rare breed — lawmakers who are military vets

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting of law enforcement leaders from across the country to discuss immigration reform, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo)

Obama to push for more highway spending, blame GOP on blocked bill

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The HAARP installation in southeastern Alaska

PAPADOPOULOS: Bulldozers at the HAARP gate

By Dennis Papadopoulos

Tea party leader says now it time for Republicans to fix broken immigration system

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington on Jan. 1, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Throw the bums out: Poll shows Americans want turnover in Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Mayor Vincent Gray

Judge: Courts might be ‘powerless’ to uphold D.C. budget autonomy

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A graffiti is painted on a fence around the construction site of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The ECB is supposed to move into the building by the end of 2014. The Governing Council of the ECB will meet on Thursday. The graffito was created by German street artist 'Case'. He painted a repetition of 16 Pinocchio's puppets on the wood panels surrounding the construction site of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank. The bank allowed artists to spray graffitis on the fence around the ECB during the construction period. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

LAMBRO: Barackonomics: It’s not working

By Donald Lambro