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Rep. Tom Cotton (Associated Press)

Cotton running for Senate in Arkansas with Pryor in GOP’s crosshairs

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Obama tours the home framing assembly area at Erickson Construction in Chandler, Ariz., on Tuesday. Mr. Obama annouced support of a Senate bill that would eliminate mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (Associated Press)

Obama supports Senate bill to kill Fannie, Freddie

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BROMWICH, CARTER AND THOMPSON: Scrimping on justice for all

By Michael Bromwich and Zachary Carter and Larry Thompson

**FILE** President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning from Camp David in Washington on Aug. 4, 2013, his 52nd birthday . (Associated Press)

Obama to participate in online housing chat

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Judges attend lavish conferences on taxpayer dime amid budget cuts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Steve Cohen said if Russian authorities had known Tamerlan Tsarnaev had traveled to Dagestan last year they might have tried to kill him. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Intelligence does little to boost image of NSA’s database

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress exempts itself from Obamacare, can keep subsidized plans

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was gutted in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack by Islamic extremists. (Associated Press)

CIA accused of ‘pure intimidation’ to silence agents on Benghazi: reports

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Tim Brinton

LAMBRO: A tax cut for everybody is the only way to go

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, discusses a plan July 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill to move mail to cluster box and curbside delivery in a move to cut costs at the cash-strapped Postal Service by up to $4.5 billion a year. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the tradition of mail delivery to the door could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress. At left is the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. (Associated Press)

House issues subpoenas to get Benghazi documents from State Department

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., right, and Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., center, join immigration reform supporters as they block a street on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, during a rally protesting against immigration policies and the House GOP’s inability to pass a bill that contains a pathway to citizenship. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Immigration activists arrested at Capitol

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"Now is the single best time and best opportunity to defeat Obamacare. No. 2, this is a fight that we can win. And No. 3, only the American people can win this," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Cruz, others press effort to deny funds to health reform law

By Tom Howell Jr. and - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

DESANTIS AND SALMON: Striking a blow against Washington’s ruling-class mentality

By Ron DeSantis and Matt Salmon

** FILE ** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

House Republicans see pseudo-science in Obama’s ‘cost of carbon’ metrics

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul

Senate rejects Paul push to cut Egypt aid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden participate in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

Congress will leave for summer recess with little accomplished

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy told intelligence and law enforcement officials that "the trust of the American people is wearing thin." (Associated Press)

Obama open to changes at NSA; intel officials fight to maintain secrecy

By Stephen Dinan and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves lower rates on student loans; bill ready for Obama’s signature

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**FILE** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican (Associated Press)

‘Classification inflation’ at Pentagon under investigation: GAO

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times