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** FILE ** This April 8, 2014, file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada pausing during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP filibusters to stop minimum-wage hike

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Businessman Tom Steyer listens during a meeting to announce the launch of a group called Virginians for Clean Government at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. While Democrats hammer away at the influence of the Koch brothers, conservatives are swinging back by pointing to the liberal campaign activism and free-spending ways of the wealthy Steyer brothers, Jim and Tom. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Democratic Billionaires Club’s double-standard

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Wildlife habitat among hopes for conservationists

Associated Press

House tries to get appropriations bills on track

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Highway Trust Fund shortage could cost Utah $400M

Associated Press

"[T]he NRA and their acolytes underestimate our residents if they think this city will tolerate autocratic rule from Congress," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, District Democrat, in response to a bill that would do away with D.C.'s ban on semiautomatic rifles and gut other gun restrictions. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Hearing on marijuana decriminalization prompts fears of congressional interference

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

US Army flight medic SPC. Daniel Miller, right, stands guard as United States Marines place a colleague wounded in an IED strike into a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone in Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Military benefits survive defense cuts: ‘America has an obligation’ to service members

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Obama applauds Hawaii minimum wage hike

Associated Press

Illustration on Obama's falling approval ratings by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama poll casts pall over congressional Democrats

By Donald Lambro

Snowden

HAYDEN: Snowden driving intel officers to weigh security of secrecy vs. PR

By Michael Hayden

Senators drop demand for drone death tallies

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

Alabama editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm leaves federal court in New York, Monday, April 28, 2014. Grimm was taken into custody Monday to face federal charges following a two-year investigation of his campaign financing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Voters mixed over fraud charges for NY congressman

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton says she is calling upon to president to require that the D.C. flag be flown at military functions where the flags of all 50 states are flown. She made this declaration at the D.C. World War I memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, where she met with a a Washington, D.C. mom whose son is now serving in the U.S. Navy and said that she was "saddened" by the fact that every other state had a flag present as part of the boot camp graduation, but there was none to recognize her son. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Plan would dedicate federal park in D.C. as WWI Memorial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 26, 2014 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner&#8217;s primary races are often about as challenging as a tap-in putt. But, with three Republican opponents on the ballot May 6 and some outside money coming in aimed against him, Boehner&#8217;s campaign has run two rounds of television ads amid other voter outreach efforts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Boehner: Immigration depends on Obama’s actions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Collecting Shakespeare’

By James Srodes - Special to The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop Obama’s subversion of immigration laws

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this April 11, 2014 photo, U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall mingles with fellow military veterans at a weekly &quot;Band of Brothers&quot; happy hour he attends nearly every week in his hometown of Rockwall, Texas. A 90-year-old World War II veteran, Hall is the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House and insists heís campaigning the same way he always does, but faces a potentially tough May 27 Republican primary election in his district east of Dallas. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)

Oldest-ever congressman faces biggest challenge

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

Illustration on election pledges to control the IRS by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RAHN: Making Congress accountable through candidate pledges

By Richard W. Rahn

In this Sept. 15, 2013, file photo, the U.S. Capitol dome is silhouetted by the sunrise. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Rep. Aaron Schock: Primary season making it difficult for Congress on immigration, other issues

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times