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An African lioness wears a camera around her neck in the exhibit "National Geographic Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes." Visitors can press buttons to see clips of the lions and other animals.

Sequester spending: Feds pay $227,000 to study magazine photographs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration Internet Attacks by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HASTERT, HOEKSTRA AND FINCH: Watching the backs of sentinels resisting cyberattacks

By J. Dennis Hastert and Pete Hoekstra and Brian Finch

For faithful right-wingers, the vote by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to uphold President Obama’s health care law is akin to a romance gone wrong. “He’s suddenly like a fiance who makes out with your best friend at your engagement party in front of all your guests,” a New York-based therapist says. (Associated Press)

KNIGHT: Last chance to repair Mr. Roberts’ Obamacare error

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano has not answered requests for details on who gave final approval to release illegal immigrants from jails. (Associated Press)

Backlash grows over release of detained immigrants; GOP wants to know who gave final approval

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, is House Oversight Committee chairman. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Not so fast, Mr. President

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Nancy Ohanian

SALMON: It’s time to break some rules in Congress

By Matt Salmon

In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, file photo, the dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

WILSON: Sequestration isn’t the problem — politicians are

By Eric Wilson

** FILE ** In this Aug. 9, 1974, file photo, Richard Nixon says goodbye to members of his staff outside the White House in Washington as he boards a helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base after resigning the presidency in Washington. (AP Photo/File)

Nixon wished for total handgun ban

By Fred Frommer - Associated Press

Feds look to ship Wash. radioactive waste to NM

By SHANNON DININNY - Associated Press

President Obama speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington on March 1, 2013, following after meeting with congressional leaders regarding the automatic spending cuts. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Unsheathe the knives

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: Publicity prowess

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Democrats propose measure to raise minimum wage

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Adam Lanza — shown in a 2005 photo provided by neighbor Barbara Frey and verified by Richard Novia, the Newtown, Conn., school district's former head of security — has been identified by authorities as the gunman who killed his mother at their home and then opened fire on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, inside an elementary school before killing himself. (AP Photo/Barbara Frey)

Post-Newtown Hill hearing targets mental health

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration by Donna Grethen

NANCE: When high-sounding legislation becomes a war against women

By Penny Young Nance

** FILE ** Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III, right, and Apple's iPhone 4S are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

EDITORIAL: Free the cellphone

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks Feb. 6, 2013, during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (Associated Press)

GOP bill orders U.S. Postal Service to keep Saturday delivery

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington March 4, 2013, he will nominate, Gina McCarthy to head the EPA; MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary; and Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Budget Office. (Associated Press)

Email tells feds to make sequester as painful as promised

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration Defense Cuts by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LUMME: How reckless defense cuts threaten the nation’s security

By Dale Lumme

** FILE ** President Obama visits the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla., in March 2012. (Associated Press)

State Department report paves way for Keystone; environmental backlash grows

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times