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World Briefs: New efforts launched to engage Iran

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Inside Politics: Farewell speech focuses on more bipartisanship

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration: Republicans by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FLEMING: GOP-controlled House has never raised taxes

By Rep. John Fleming - The Washington Times

Illustration Intel Gathering by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Opposing out-of-control government spying

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Virginia teachers: Fiscal cliff cuts would hurt poor, disabled

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration by M. Ryder

HERGER: Medicare reform crucial for economic health

By Rep. Wally Herger

Illustration EPA House by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DRIESSEN: Government eyes crippling climate-control measures

By Paul Driessen

Illustration: Republican direction by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

SCHWEIKERT: Losing committee seat for bucking leadership

By Rep. David Schweikert

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (Associated Press)

USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

High school English teacher Tiffany Santana listens as President Obama speaks to the media during a visit with middle class taxpayers to discuss the importance of extending income tax cuts for Americans and small businesses, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CURL: The ‘fiscal cliff’ getaway call

By Joseph Curl

**FILE** Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr. reacts after receiving news of his election win to Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District seat while his wife, Bridget, and family Ashley, Jacques, Caree and Erik look on, on Dec. 8, 2012, in Lafayette, La. (Associated Press/The Advertiser)

Boustany trounces Landry for La. congressional seat

By Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

This Oct. 30, 2012 file photo shows water reaching the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

White House says federal bill for Sandy is $60 billion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answers questions Nov. 30, 2012, about averting the "fiscal cliff" for the Dec. 2 episode of CBS' “Face the Nation.” (Associated Press/CBS News)

U.S. borrows 46 cents of every dollar it spends

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson (left) and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, take part in a news conference on deficit reduction on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Deficit panel’s Simpson hits political ‘stupidity’

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (right) of Nevada, seen here Thursday with fellow Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, ridiculed his Republican counterpart for flip-flopping on a measure to give the president more debt-ceiling authority. (Associated Press)

White House won’t sidestep Hill on debt ceiling

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican (Associated Press)

Kirk set to return to Senate on Jan. 3

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Detention bill cleared, but language no clearer

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Washington Times

VANDERVOORT: Puerto Rico must adopt English language for statehood

By Robert Vandervoort

President Obama, speaking at the Business Roundtable in Washington on Wednesday, said congressional Republicans should not create another fight over the nation's debt ceiling. It's "not a game that I will play," he warned. (Associated Press)

Obama changes tune on tax rate

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times