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Joker Race Card Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHARLES: Holder’s undermining of the law deserving of contempt

By Robert Charles

SIMMONS: In D.C. budget battle, another who’s-in-charge decision awaits

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (third from left) announces a lawsuit filed by the council against Mayor Vincent C. Gray, seeking to compel Mr. Gray to comply with the Budget Autonomy Act (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times).

D.C. Council sues Mayor Gray over budget autonomy law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Immigration policy has plagued President Obama, as he spent the last five years trying to strike a difficult balance on the issue between conservatives in Congress and immigrant-rights advocates. (Associated Press Photographs)

Obama conciliatory on immigration

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., stands at the filled-in entrance to the abandoned Formosa Mine outside Riddle, Ore., on Thursday, April 17, 2014, where acidic water is running out and flowing downhill to pollute a creek. DeFazio toured the abandoned mine to bring attention to the failings of current mining regulation and his intention to file legislation to overhaul the 1872 Mining Act. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

DeFazio tours abandoned mine Superfund site

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

"The American sugar market can only be described as a government-mandated cartel, which would likely be deemed illegal if it had arisen without government assistance," wrote Luke Gelber, a manager at Citizens Against Government Waste. (Associated Press)

Golden Hammer: Easter candy bitter taste for taxpayers?

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

The D.C. Council is suing Mayor Vincent C. Gray for his refusal to implement a voter-approved law, which would give the District the right to set its 2015 budget without congressional interference. Council seeks to set its own fiscal calendar. (Khalid Naji-Allah /Special to The Washington Times)

D.C. Council sues Mayor Gray, CFO over budget autonomy law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

DC Council sues mayor over budget autonomy law

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

In the D.C. Council's history, three Democrats turned independents have been elected to the set-aside at-large seats. Critics point to the 2008 election of Michael A. Brown — son of former Democratic National Committee Chairman Ronald Brown — as the Democrats' most flagrant abuse of the system. (The Washington Times)

Minority parties see power grab for D.C. vote

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., with House GOP leaders, speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. At left is Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Eric Cantor rejects latest Obama immigration outreach

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The USS Port Royal (CG 73) departs Sep. 3, 2003, from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on deployment as part of Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1). (U.S. Navy)

Naval cruiser planned for retirement now headed back to work

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

The attorney for former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner says his client will continue to assert her rights not to testify about the IRS targeting of conservative groups. (Associated Press)

IRS emails reveal discussion with Justice about suing nonprofits for election activities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Shumlin says transportation funds critical

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press

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

New debate: Should Congress use technology to spend less time in D.C.?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

King news conference Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BUCKLEY: Shattering the limits on presidential powers

By F.H. Buckley

Not going anywhere: Afghan President Hamid Karzai shows indelible ink on his finger before he casts his vote. Zalmay Rassoul has the backing of Mr. Karzai's clan and political machinery.

Secret U.S. assessments show Afghanistan not ready to govern on own

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

McAllister cancels all events during Easter break

Associated Press

This photo taken April 14, 2014 shows Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaking to the media and local government officials about federal transportation funding at the Montgomery County Commissioner's office in Dayton, Ohio. On the road in a tour bus this week, Foxx is urging Congress to quickly approve legislation to pay for highway and transit programs amid warnings that the U.S. government’s Highway Trust Fund is nearly broke. If allowed to run dry, that could threaten to set back or shut down projects across the country, force widespread layoffs of construction workers and delay needed repairs and improvements. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson)

Congress is giving states the transportation blues

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press