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DC Council to scale back scholarship program

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

**FILE** President Barack Obama points to a member of the media as he speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama urges companies to change hiring practices, hire more long-term unemployed

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. fields a flurry of phone calls in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, after he announced that he would retire after 40 years in the House of Representatives. Waxman, 74, has been a liberal force in the House, focusing on clean air issues, investigating the tobacco industry, expanding Medicaid and helping to write and enact the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

EDITORIAL: The bark of the Blue Dog Democrat Chihuahuas

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Sources say the 20-term California Democratic will retire. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Henry Waxman to retire, end 40 years on Hill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. fields a flurry of phone calls in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, after he announced that he would retire after 40 years in the House of Representatives. Waxman, 74, has been a liberal force in the House, focusing on clean air issues, investigating the tobacco industry, expanding Medicaid and helping to write and enact the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

20-term Dem Waxman to retire; Sandra Fluke may run

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** FILE ** This Jan. 28, 2014, file photo shows House John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaking at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP leaders urge Obama, Dems to act on bills

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GAO says D.C. budget autonomy referendum has ‘no legal effect’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama gives a thumbs up to those who decorated the White House as she speaks to military families in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. The theme for the White House Christmas 2012 is Joy to All. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Michelle Obama: ‘Writing checks is the single most impactful thing you can do’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, Deputy Attorney General James Cole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department on Jan. 30, 2014, asked lawyers around the country to help some drug prisoners prepare petitions for clemency, a dramatic expansion of President Barack Obama’s action last month commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences. (AP Photo/File)

Justice bars lawyer from testifying before House panel in IRS probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2010 file phoo shows Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. speaking in Arlington, Va. Veteran Democratic Moran is retiring from Congress. The 68-year Moran, a former mayor of Alexandria, Va., who was first elected in 1990, has been a staunch supporter of federal civilian employees who have a heavy presence in his district. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

EDITORIAL: Jim Moran’s health care epiphany

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Congress: DC budget autonomy referendum invalid

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Sky-High costs: The A-3 tower at Stennis Space Center is designed to test how rocket engines operate at altitudes of up to 100,000 feet. Although NASA is compelled to complete the $350 million project, the tower will be mothballed. (NASA)

Golden Hammer: $350 million NASA project to be completed, then mothballed because of lack of need

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno

DODGE: 5 pressing priorities for the Pentagon budget

By Michaela Dodge

Obama touts plans on contractor wages, retirement

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President Obama greets audience members at a Costco store in Lanham, Md., where he spoke about the need to raise the minimum wage. The president is promoting his newly unveiled plans to boost wages for some workers and help Americans save for retirement. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Economists see few dollars and little sense on Obama agenda

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

On a day with single digit temperatures and a National Weather Service wind chill advisory, Henderson, Ky mail carrier Kevin Wilke prefers to make his rounds Thursday Jan. 23, 2014, in shorts. He wears a coat, ear muffs, gloves and boots but says he is more comfortable in shorts. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Mike Lawrence)

Postal Service opts for stamp hike over deeper spending cuts

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Text of Obama’s State of the Union address

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson, center and his wife Korie, talk with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rep. Paul Ryan: ‘Keeping my options open’ for 2016

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept 12, 2013, file photo, Vice President gestures while speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Joe Biden is ‘OK’ without White House run

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Mississippi reaction to State of the Union

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