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The Justice Department is seeking the dismissal of a House lawsuit demanding that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. produce records on Operation Fast and Furious. President Obama has invoked executive privilege in the matter. (Associated Press)

ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent’s Fast and Furious book

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

Change at the top: New ATF Director B. Todd Jones says his agency has imposed sweeping procedures to prevent gun-walking. (Associated Press)

ATF tries to block book by Fast and Furious agent

By John Solomon The Washington Times - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: Obama can’t stop default if debt ceiling is hit

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, in Rockville, Md., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama uses American tales of shutdown woe to pressure GOP on spending bill

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press)

Marriage group to sue IRS over donor leak, says list went to political enemies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Attractive underwear models were hired to help sell Obamacare in Denver this week by Colorado HealthOP, a nonprofit insurance group. (Colorado HealthOp)

Inside the Beltway: Stripping down for Obamacare

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Re-electing congressional ‘insanity’

Some Capitol Hill lawmakers vow to give up their salaries in order to head off public frustration with Congress. Sen. Mark R. Warner, Virginia Democrat, (top) is contributing his salary to the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund, a nonprofit devoted to helping civilian federal and postal employees. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland Democrat, said, "My view is that we don't get paid if the federal employees don't get paid."

Some lawmakers rush to give up salaries to show solidarity

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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

Shutdown has not shut off money tap for members of Congress

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Image: Claude Moore Colonial Farm

NPS orders closure of park that receives no federal funding

By Lachlan Markay - Washington Free Beacon

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat (Associated Press)

Sen. Dick Durbin: Compromise possible on medical device tax

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KEENE: Not your father’s AFL-CIO

By David Keene

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate Chamber after lawmakers once again rejected the House version of the government funding bill, Monday night, Sept. 30, 2013, in Washington. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP tries fourth shutdown proposal, Democrats vow rejection

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Stocks sink as government heads toward shutdown

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, returns to his office after an 8:45 p.m. vote on the continuing resolution, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money. President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Republicans Monday to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown, saying that failure to pass a short-term spending measure to keep agencies operating would "throw a wrench into the gears" of a recovering economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP tries fourth shutdown proposal, Democrats vow rejection

The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama. (Associated Press)

Obama: Health law can’t be stopped by govt. shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Budget blame falls on Obama

Actor Jim Caviezel portraying Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ." (Associated Press)

Out of debate ideas, Congress turns to God

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times