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Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 18, 2013, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Working overtime to stifle job growth

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, to outline President Barack Obama’s FY2015 budget requests to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama’s promise to review deportations has risks

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, job seekers sign in before meeting prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Unemployment, job creation top biggest problems in America: poll

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

A Cardinal is sprinkled with ashes by Pope Francis during the Ash Wednesday mass at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Max Rossi, Pool)

Boehner invites Pope Francis to address Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Reed to Congress: OK unemployment benefits deal

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Mark Miller, left, Ellyn Miller, right, and their son Jake, center, pose while holding a photo of their daughter Gabriella, who died of brain cancer in 2013, at their home in Leesburg, Va., on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The Senate passed a bill, named for Gabriella, Tuesday that directs $126 million over the coming decade for childhood cancer research. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Congress heeds dying Va. girl’s call on research

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER - Associated Press

Deal: Ga. harbor project in ‘regulatory purgatory’

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Congress clears bill to ease flood insurance hikes

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

The Cowboy and Indian Alliance is coming to the nation's capital for a "Protect and Reject" march against the Keystone XL pipeline — and they're bringing both horses and agenda. (Mary Anne Andrei/Bold Nebraska)

Inside the Beltway: Can Pope Francis soothe a savage Congress?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Republicans' new report accuses Lois G. Lerner of "reckless handling" of sensitive taxpayer information because she forwarded it from her government account to a private email. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Lois Lerner’s dilemma

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (Associated Press)

Senators deluged by complaints void 2-year-old flood insurance plan before 10-day break

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Outgoing Rep. Dingell will have surgery in Detroit to correct an abnormal heart rhythm. A statement released by Dingell's office says the 87-year-old Dearborn Democrat will undergo a minimally invasive procedure Thursday at Henry Ford Hospital. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Outgoing Rep. Dingell undergoes heart procedure

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press

Rep. Trey Gowdy joins House Speaker John A. Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor as he announces a Republican-sponsored bill that charges President Obama with failing to enforce federal laws. He said the legislation would help give Congress more respect. (associated press)

GOP bill tries to pull courts into fight with Obama on executive power, enforcing laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters giving his reaction with regards to a question about the CIA, during a meeting with women members of Congress to discuss the administration&#8217;s economic agenda and minimum wage efforts at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama threatens to veto Medicare-reform bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens during his meeting with Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Obama welcomed Ukraine's new prime minister as the U.S. seeks to highlight ties with the former Soviet republic now caught in a diplomatic battle between East and West.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House backs bill to sue president over laws

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends President Barack Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act, as she answers questions from Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee during its review of President Obama's budget requests, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sebelius sticks to Obamacare sign-up deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: A rivalry of governmental computer hackers

By Andrew P. Napolitano

This undated photo provided by the family's attorney, Donald Todd, shows Lt. Garlin Murl Conner, of Albany, Ky. Conner left the U.S. Army as the second-most decorated soldier during World War II, earning four Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, seven Purple Hearts and the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during 28 straight months in combat. But despite backing from congressmen, senators, military veterans and historians, he never received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military distinction, awarded for life-risking acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. Now, a federal judge in Kentucky has ended his widow's 17-year quest to see that her husband receive the medal. (AP Photo/Courtesy Conner Family Attorney)

Judge: Decorated soldier won’t get Medal of Honor

By BRETT BARROUQUERE - Associated Press

Convention speaker criticizes treatment of Natives

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