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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner says he'll establish select House committee to investigate Benghazi attack. (AP Photo, File)

House GOP probes on IRS, Benghazi bring peril for Dems

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a gathering of the Export-Import Bank at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Competitive aid or corporate welfare? Congress eyes fate of Export-Import Bank

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Though transfers of detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay have picked up in recent years as Congress relaxed some mandates, another defense policy bill and November elections are looming. Analysts say there is little prospect of any more loosening of controls at the detention facility this year. (Associated Press)

Defense bill, midterms likely to stall drive to shutter Guantanamo, again

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Flood-control system a complex marvel

By TOM BASSING - Associated Press

Flood-control system a complex marvel

By TOM BASSING - Associated Press

Congressional freshmen face tough challenges

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

NC Rep Jones faces GOP rival, $1M in outside money

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Once and Future King’

By Mark Pulliam - Special to The Washington Times

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Phoenix VA hospital destroying evidence, says whistleblower

By CJ Ciaramella — The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** In this May 22, 2013, file photo, then Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner refuses to answer questions as the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House schedules vote next week to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to members of the media at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, during his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. (AP Photo)

Boehner: Kerry must answer for concealing key Benghazi email

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Kate Puzey was killed shortly after reporting suspicions of sexual abuse in the Peace Corps. Her name is on an act led by congressional Republicans to grant whistleblower protection, improve treatment of sexual assault victims and implement preventive training and education in the Peace Corps. (Puzey family via Associated Press)

Investigators use Peace Corps act to push for information on sexual assaults

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. A retired general who was in the U.S. military’s operation center during the 2012 attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, said Thursday that Washington should have done more to respond during the battle. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

General’s opinion on Benghazi draws a rebuke

By DEB RIECHMANN and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

** FILE ** This March 26, 2014, file photo shows House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP: Obama withholding Benghazi email is ‘criminal’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, has said the Army is trying to protect its own system, on which it has spent a decade developing at a long-term cost of $28 billion. (associated press)

Problems with Army’s battlefield intel system unresolved after two years

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney gestures as he answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Carney was asked several questions about the botched execution of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett. (AP Photo)

White House under fire again on Benghazi emails

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens testifies on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Ex-Justice Stevens backs amendment on campaign funds

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi displays the victory symbol to supporters after casting his vote in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Modi's carefully crafted and well-financed campaign presents him as a can-do politician who has turned his home state of Gujarat into a haven for business and industry, and has pledged to bolster India's growth. His image has been tainted by the 2002 sectarian violence that ripped through his home state, killing nearly 1,000 Muslims. Modi, who has been chief minister of the state since 2001, is widely seen as doing little to stop the violence, and his fiercest critics have accused him of organizing the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s newest state votes for the first time

By OMER FAROOQ - Associated Press

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking about increasing the minimum wage, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Earlier, Senate Republicans blocked an election-year Democratic bill that would boost the federal minimum wage, handing a defeat to the president on a vote that is sure to reverberate in this year's congressional elections. (AP Photo)

Pushing minimum wage, Obama revives message of ‘change’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 26, 2014, file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Dems vow vote to change Constitution, block campaign funding

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times