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LORIS: No ‘following the leader’ on climate change

By Nicolas Loris - The Washington Times

**FILE** Cargo ships are unloaded in December at the Port of Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

GDP reverses course into negative territory

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

National Rifle Association President David Keene (center) and NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre (right) greet Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Emotions run high at gun hearing

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, as he looks at the debris of a home that washed up onto the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after Superstorm Sandy rolled through Mantoloking, N.J. Sandy caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

White House blames ‘fiscal cliff’ fight, Sandy for GDP decline

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ZIA: The thankless role in saving democracy in Bangladesh

By Begum Khaleda Zia

**FILE** A couple descend an escalator while shopping at an H&M store in Atlanta on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

Payroll tax saps consumer outlook

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

“We’re going to have votes on all kinds of issues dealing with guns,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters in careful remarks. (Associated Press)

Reid gives no sign of Senate debate on broad gun ban

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Fire-boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

Judge OKs $4 billion BP oil spill criminal settlement

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

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**

Arrest numbers signal 9 percent jump in illegal immigration in 2012

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mexican immigrant Roberto Garcia (center) and son Alan (left) look at wristwatches while shopping in Los Angeles on Jan. 28, 2013. (Associated Press)

Border numbers rise ahead of talks on immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** This aerial photo from Jan. 18, 2013, shows homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Fire Island, N.Y. (Associated Press)

Congress OKs $50B in Sandy aid

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"In the president's first term, we argued against big government in theory. In his second, we will argue against it in practice," said Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, signaling the GOP is turning its focus. (Associated Presss)

Tactics change in health law fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, was leaned on by Speaker John A. Boehner to persuade GOP lawmakers to temporarily back off the spending cuts they had asked for in any increase to the debt ceiling. (Associated Press)

Ryan key in debt ceiling increase

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

Holder acts on gun-data sharing and collection

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, that he will nominate Mary Joe White (right) to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will renominate Richard Cordray (left) to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a position he has held for the past year under a recess appointment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ruling puts presidential power at risk

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Immigration reform activists hold a sign in front of Freedom Tower in downtown Miami on Jan. 28, 2013. The Florida Immigrant Coalition, together with other immigrant families and community organizations, have initiated the "Di Que Si!" campaign, which translates into English "I said yes!," demanding immigration reform that creates a system that keeps families united. (Associated Press)

Immigration plan mirrors 2007’s

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

IMBODY: Obama ‘freedom to worship’ assaults First Amendment

By Jonathan Imbody

National Guardsmen Spc. Ivan Pimentel (left) and Pfc. Harry Cadet walk past a house on the beach in the Rockaways on New York’s Long Island on Thursday that was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy in October. They were going door-to-door to determine if residents needed portable heaters or other items in the wake of Sandy. (Associated Press)

Sandy relief bill eats up taxes on the rich

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration Measuring Schools by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TELFORD:State-level education reform key to kids’ future

By Erik Telford

**FILE** Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

KENNEALLY:Clinton testimony four months late reveals…nothing

By Ivan Kenneally