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“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 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

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

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Obama signs bill watering down financial-disclosure law

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin III (right), West Virginia Democrat, tempered a proposal by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, that would have expanded checks to virtually all private gun sales. (Associated Press)

Senators draw line at private gun sales; compromise to test ideals

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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DIBACCO: Thomas Jefferson, Democrats’ favorite conservative

By Thomas V. DiBacco

Mayor Vincent Gray said that approval of the referendum would send a signal that we are sick and tired of the special burdens imposed on the District. (The Washington Times)

Gray: ‘Emancipate’ D.C. budget from Congress

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Herman Cain.

Inside the Beltway: The 9 percent

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Married musicians Beyonce (left) and Jay-Z tour Old Havana on April 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

The Wrap: From ‘Gun Free Zone’ signs for gun grabbers to N. Korean nuke threats, the week that was

The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul (Associated Press)

PAUL: Immigration reform starts with a secure border

By Sen. Rand Paul

**FILE** Protesters hold signs outside a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on a National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing Co., in North Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2011. (Associated Press)

GOP hoping to hold National Labor Relations Board in limbo

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

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

Congress votes to shield top officials’ financial disclosures

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Washington Times

DONNELLY: Hoisting a rainbow flag over the Pentagon

By Elaine Donnelly

Richard Cordray and Mary Jo White are sworn in March 12, 2013, before testifying in front of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill for their confirmation hearings. Cordray and White are President Obama's picks to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission, respectively. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

SEC can’t keep its own books in order, watchdog says

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Hoisting a rainbow flag over the Pentagon

By Elaine Donnelly - The Washington Times

CBE haven also a home base for Ward 8 politico

By Luke Rosiak and Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act in 2010 at the White House.

Obama doubles estimated cost of health exchanges to $4.4B

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times