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LAMBRO: Persistent plague of Washington waste

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to his ceremonial office off the House floor to greet new members of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boehner wants Senate budget before any final debt ceiling deal

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Will Obama’s order lead to surge in gun research?

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PRENTICE AND CASEY: Flouting the law barring embryo research

By David Prentice and Samuel B. Casey

**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden and children who wrote the president about gun violence following last month's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., signs executive orders to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. From left are Mr. Biden; Hinna Zeejah, 8; Nadia Zeejah, Hinna’s mother; Taejah Goode, 10; Kimberly Graves, Taejah’s mother; Julia Stokes, 11; Dr. Theophil Stokes, Julia’s father; and Grant Fritz, 8. (Associated Press)

Gun-control advocates say Obama is too late

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. George Miller said, “Americans shouldn’t have to wait for hours and hours to cast a ballot.” He has submitted legislation to address that. (Associated Press)

Democrats press vote reforms

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

Embassy Row: Threat to Iran

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 2, 2012, file photo, Don Duplantier walks through his flooded home as water recedes from Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Deficient levees found across America

By Cain Burdeau and John Flesher - Associated Press

Obama calls for research on media in gun violence

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Salvation Army "soldier" Daniel Aherns collects donations on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center in New York in 2011. (Associated Press)

Charities worry that new tax law will reduce donations

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

Inside Politics: CEO changes remark on Obama to ‘fascism’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe," President Obama said Wednesday as he and Vice President Joseph R. Biden announced their legislative and executive agenda to curb gun violence in America. (Associated Press)

Obama: U.S. will be ‘judged’ on guns

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama smiles in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Obama double standard

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, head of the largest bank in the United States, testifies on June 13, 2012, before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon gets big pay cut

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

President Obama speaks about the debt limit in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

MILLER: Obama’s debt ultimatum

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration Constitutional Prayer by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GACEK: No appeal to heaven unless a judge approves the prayer

By Chris Gacek

Illustration Budget Blueprint by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MEANS: Budgeting solution: Close down the OMB

By Grady Means

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, New York Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

House approves $50.7 billion in Superstorm Sandy aid

By David Espo - Associated Press

House Speaker John A, Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2013, as lawmakers debate the details of an emergency spending package to assist victims of Superstorm Sandy that devastated parts of the Northeast coast in October. (Associated Press)

House votes to tack Sandy aid onto deficit

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times