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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Congress, in attaching a human rights provision to trade legislation, is “making a big mistake.” (Associated Press)

Senate to vote on Russia trade and rights bill

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, and Democratic Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s nonvoting member of Congress, have been working for the past 18 months on a legislative route to D.C. budget autonomy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. moves forward on budget autonomy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Biggest tax hit? Look out, Maryland

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Expert panel: NASA seems lost in space, needs goal

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley

Lame-duck Senate in no hurry to OK judges

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former President Bill Clinton (left) listens to former President George W. Bush speak on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

War on terrorism spurs House to grant presidents Secret Service protection for life

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An armored vehicle like the ones Homeland Security Department grants have helped buy for various urban communities. This vehicle belongs to Montgomery County, Maryland, which declined to say Tuesday whether it used Homeland funding to help underwrite the cost. Photo courtesy of Sen. Tom Coburn's office.

Senator slams Homeland program for wasteful, frivolous spending

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

President Obama, flanked by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, NGA Vice Chair, meets Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (Associated Press)

HURT: Washington’s financial miscreants sucker us

By Charles Hurt

** FILE ** Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat (Associated Press)

Obama’s FOIA lag draws fire from left and right

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

GOP Rep. Emerson of Mo. leaving Congress in Feb.

By Chris Blank - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wind tax credit would benefit many

The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: Vote higher taxes now, regret it later

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times

"The 'Fiscal Cliff'" (Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times)

DEAN: The ‘fiscal cliff’ is a constitutional ledge

By Warren L. Dean Jr.

A vehicle from the Swallow Unmanned Aerial System was displayed at the Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas this year. Media, agriculture and real estate industries are expected to be among the most eager customers for drones. (Sam Morris/Special to The Washington Times)

Drone plans mired in ‘privacy issues’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

"I looked at [Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner] and said, 'You can't be serious.' We've got seven weeks between Election Day and the end of the year. And three of those weeks have been wasted with this nonsense," said House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. (Associated Press)

Barbs fly on ‘fiscal cliff’ but still no agreement

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

President Obama walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, before boarding the Marine One helicopter en route to Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland and then on to Hatfield, Pa., to speak at the Rodon Group manufacturing facility. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama pushes tax hike for families earning more than $250K

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration: Internet tax by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MELUGIN: Internet sales taxes attack states’ rights

By Jessica Melugin - The Washington Times

Despite tight fiscal times, Congress to spend $550 million to refurbish building

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the Thanksgiving holiday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The White House said Tuesday, Nov. 27, that the president plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama plans campaign-style trip to push higher taxes

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times