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**FILE** An illegal immigrant from El Salvador is searched June 26, 2012, on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., as the sun rises prior to boarding an MD-80 aircraft for a repatriation flight of 80 immigrants to their home country. (Associated Press)

Judge: Obama administration can’t refuse to arrest illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, and Democratic Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s nonvoting member of Congress, have been working for the past 18 months on a legislative route to D.C. budget autonomy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Observers see no signs of Congress derailing D.C. budget autonomy

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Poll: Congress should not rush immigration reform

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., which has hosted presidents and once housed a secret bunker for Congress, is seen here in 2002. (Associated Press)

Congress has new shelter in case of attack

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat

White House ducks drone hearings, draws senators’ scorn

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration: Internet tax by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

CERASALE: A reckless Internet sales tax

By Jerry Cerasale

**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul: Stop immigration bill until we understand Boston

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

D.C. residents to decide on budget autonomy, council seat

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New Jersey take a person into custody on March 28, 2012, during Operation Cross Check III. (Associated Press/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) **FILE**

Immigration officer: Congress heeded illegal immigrants, not law enforcement

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Hundreds of people attend the National Rally for Citizenship on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 10, 2013, to call for immigration reform. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Why the rush on immigration reform?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, before the House Homeland Security Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama’s immigrant deportation numbers tell different stories in interior, on border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said that as a veteran himself, no one wants to see disability claim backlogs cleared more than he does. He told a House subcommittee on Thursday, April 18, 2013, that the agency is making progress. (Associated Press)

House impatient with VA’s disability backlog

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Razor wire sits atop a border fence as a building in the Mexican border city of Tijuana sits behind, as seen from San Diego on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Obama told to step aside on reforming immigration; it’s Congress’ turn, key Democrat says

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Incubating immigration

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

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SHAPIRO: Sandy Hook mustn’t claim the Second Amendment

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

The Scooter Store, which ran late-night ads implying that many people could get "free" motorized wheelchairs paid for by taxpayers has filed for bankruptcy.

The Scooter Store files for bankruptcy while under investigation for overbilling Medicare, Medicaid

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

“With each day that passes without enacted postal reform further impacts the Postal Service’s already dire financial condition,” Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells congressional lawmakers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Postal Service worried by ‘unsustainable path’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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

Obama predicts Senate will pass gun measure

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies Jan. 31, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Hagel: Pentagon to decide on civilian furloughs by next month

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times