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**FILE** President Obama speaks at the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington on Dec. 31, 2012. (Associated Press)

It’s a date: Obama’s State of the Union slated for Feb. 12 — Lincoln’s birthday

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Biden seeks video game industry input on guns

By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Biden voices interest in new technology for guns

By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Illustration Benghazi by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LYONS: The key Benghazi questions still unanswered

By Adm. James A. Lyons

**FILE** David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association (Associated Press)

No assault weapon ban coming, NRA confidently predicts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama (right) and his chief of staff, Jack Lew, confer. Mr. Lew, who previously served as the president's Office of Management and Budget chief, is said to be under consideration for Treasury secretary. (Associated Press)

LAMBRO: Another lost year for America’s workers

By Donald Lambro and - The Washington Times

Illustration by Donna Grethen

EDITORIAL: $1 trillion in gimmicks

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican (Associated Press)

Fight over tax credit ‘a mortal threat to the health care law’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, after a closed-door meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to negotiate the framework for a deal on the fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

TYRRELL: Harry Reid on a dingy mission of omission

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration Bismark Helmet by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PETERSON: Trying to nudge the Constitution out of place

By Paul E. Peterson

**FILE** David M. Walker, president and chief executive officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation (The Washington Times)

‘Truth … in between’ on raising debt ceiling

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right), accompanied by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., speaks during a meeting with sportsmen and sportswomen and wildlife interest groups on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Executive gun ‘order’ easier said than done

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Congress blocks Pentagon from SAVING money

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden, flanked by the president of the National Association of Police Organizations and Boston police officer, Thomas Nee, left, and president of the Police Executive Research Forum and Major Cities Chiefs Association and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, right, speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington. Biden is leading a task force that will look at ways of reducing gun violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden to meet with gun-safety, victims groups

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

President Obama (right) and his chief of staff, Jack Lew, confer. Mr. Lew, who previously served as the president's Office of Management and Budget chief, is said to be under consideration for Treasury secretary. (Associated Press)

Sessions will try to block Lew’s bid for Treasury chief

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol building is seen Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in Washington. The six Democrats and six Republicans on the supercommittee, as it's familiarly called, have until next Wednesday, Nov. 23, to come together on a deficit reduction plan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Capitol Hill least productive Congress ever: 112th fought ‘about everything’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Shackled Mexican immigrants are directed by a guard for deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Harlingen, Texas, on May 25, 2010. (Associated Press)

Interceptions of immigrants stubbornly low

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden, joined at the White House by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), holds a meeting Jan. 9, 2013, with gun-safety advocates and victims' families. (Associated Press)

Biden hints at ‘executive action’ on gun control

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. The nation's tax law is so thick and complicated that businesses and individuals spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying with filing requirements. (AP Photo/Christopher Germano, IRS) **FILE**

U.S. tax code longer than Bible — without good news

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan (right) testifies Monday at the Board of Elections on his opposition to a referendum that could give the city more budget freedom from Congress. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. elections board approves budget autonomy referendum

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times