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** FILE ** President Obama smiles during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in the White House library in Washington, Oct. 4. 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

U.S. debt jumps a record $328 billion — tops $17 trillion for first time

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigration back on the front burner for Obama

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Sifting through the remains on the battlefield

By Donald Lambro

Senator Mitch McConnell Associated Press photo

PRUDEN: And now the blame game

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Former House Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) has died. (credit: Gonzaga)

Former House speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Patriots must hold the line

Lindsey Braden of Arlington, Va., right, gets lunch with with other federal workers who flood the streets for the lunch hour at L'Enfant Plaza on the first day back to work after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Workers happy to return, but ‘nonessential’ tag stings

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

MILLER: Obama’s victory lap - Republicans routed in shutdown, Obamacare fight

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Americans’ eyes finally open to Obama?

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Tea party preps for fight with GOP ‘Surrender Caucus’ after declaring moral victory

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Republicans Sens. Mike Lee of Utah (left) and Ted Cruz of Texas walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and open the federal government. (Associated Press)

Cruz, allies ready for next battle with ‘Surrender Caucus’

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

The race is already on to avoid another shutdown as budget talks begin

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, walks to the floor from a closed-door meeting with Republican senators at the Capitol on Wednesday. Mr. McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, reached last-minute agreement to avert a possible default on government debt. (Associated press photographs)

Congress agrees to end shutdown

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

GOP Rep. Amy Stephens of Colorado is running for seat held by Democrat Sen. Mark Udall because of his role in the shutdown. (Associated Press)

Incumbents could be in trouble in 2014

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican: "What the focus should be is on making Washington, D.C., listen to the American people and respond to the very real harms that Obamacare is causing to millions of people." (Associated Press)

Three months of ups and downs for Cruz

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, accompanied by Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (right), Texas Republican, and Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

GOP looks ahead to next fight: Sequesters

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

John Griffiths, one of the handlers of weather predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil on Ground Hog's Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008. The Groundhog Club said Phil saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

BOCCIA: Debt limit: How to break the Groundhog Day cycle

By Romina Boccia - Special to the Washington Times - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Armed Services Committee member Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican (Associated Press)

Senator: Deal to avoid default and open government

By Alan Fram and Donna Cassata - Associated Press

President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Senate voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown and the measure now heads to the House, which is expected to back the bill before day's end. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

NAPOLITANO: A rising torrent of debt and destruction

By Andrew P. Napolitano

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. The chances for progress between Iran, the U.S. and its partners have seldom been better. This is the message coming from Iran and six world powers ahead of renewed talks this week meant to end a decade of deadlock on Tehran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Cautious optimism surfaces amid progress in Iranian nuclear talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times