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EDITORIAL: Shooting down Montana’s firearms freedom

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Another looming debt-ceiling battle

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 1, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boehner tells Obama to make case for Syria strikes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and the Institute for Science and International Security shows the military complex at Parchin, Iran, about 19 miles southeast of Tehran, in August 2004. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe and the Institute for Science and International Security) ** FILE **

Iran’s nuclear progress prompts call for tighter sanctions from top Democrat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a member of a U.N. investigation team takes samples of sands near a part of a missile is likely to be one of the chemical rockets, according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. (AP Photo/United Media Office of Arbeen, File)

Consensus grows to arm Syrian rebels, but only the right ones; Obama still weighing options

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.N. investigation team with blue helmets, walk with Syrian rebels in Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria, on Aug. 28, 2013. U.N. chemical weapons experts headed to a Damascus suburb on Wednesday for a new tour of areas struck by a purported poison gas attack, activists said, as Western powers laid the groundwork for a possible punitive strike and the U.N. chief pleaded for more time for diplomacy. (Associated Press/United media office of Arbeen)

Congress presses Obama to aid Syrian rebels

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An unidentified woman answers questions on a job application at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

Despite promise, blacks lag behind in Obama economy; plans mired in budget battles

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden arrived Thursday, Oct. 11 in Moscow hoping to meet his son. “I am his father. I love my son,” Lon Snowden told reporters in remarks broadcast by Russian TV. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: A spy’s regret

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BREINING: A growth industry in the jobless economy: Despair

By Becky Breining - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: Should the Constitution be amended?

By Richard W. Rahn - 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: Congress should raise debt ceiling quickly

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: The lawless and their discontents

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

With a debt-ceiling deadline looming, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reminds Congress of its responsibility to protect "the full faith and credit" of the U.S. (Associated Press)

Lew’s message to Congress on debt ceiling: It’s your responsibility

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

HANSON: Holding the line on spending

By Christine Harbin Hanson

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TIAHRT: Missing ‘green coal’ opportunities

By Todd Tiahrt

The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden arrived Thursday, Oct. 11 in Moscow hoping to meet his son. “I am his father. I love my son,” Lon Snowden told reporters in remarks broadcast by Russian TV. (Associated Press)

Feds in the dark on Snowden’s stolen secrets: Leaker excelled at hiding digital trail

By Aadm Goldman and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Congress could ‘intervene’ on HGH testing in NFL

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

**FILE** Voters wait in line on Nov. 6, 2012, at a polling place located inside a shopping mall in Austin, Texas, on Election Day. Attorney General Eric Holder says Texas is the first place that he will intervene to defend against what he calls attacks on the voting rights of minorities, but it is also the only state where the federal government has a clear opportunity to get involved, experts say. (Associated Press)

Holder sues Texas to stop voter ID law, congressional maps

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Advocates for gay, immigrant rights march in footsteps of blacks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (right) and Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz sign a petition supporting Native Hawaiian sovereignty in Honolulu in July 2012.

Obama urged to use executive order to recognize Native Hawaiians

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times