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Preclearance of voting-law changes back before court

By Mark Sherman and Jay Reeves - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican (Associated Press)

House members question overdue regs report

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Protesters demonstrate outside parliament as lawmakers in Madrid debate budget spending cuts for 2013. Spain’s economy continued to shrink in the third quarter. Greece also is still reeling. (Associated Press)

White House winner will have to deal with housing, European debt problems

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Bo Xilai, then the Chongqing Communist Party secretary, attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

Chinese activists issue letter criticizing case against Bo

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said there is bipartisan support to let the temporary reduction in payroll taxes expire. (Associated Press)

Payroll-tax break has bleak future

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times/File)

Enrollment fails to keep pace with D.C. voucher funds

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Sen. George McGovern delivers remarks at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans in 2009. (Associated Press)

Ex-Sen. George McGovern dies in S.D. at age 90

By Keely Brazil - The Washington Times

Illustration EPA Skull by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MILLOY: EPA’s illegal human experiments

By Steve Milloy

Legal opinion on D.C. budget referendum under wraps

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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MCELROY: Leftists’ politically correct dictionary

By John Harmon McElroy

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Coburn calls out Senate cohorts as biggest waste in government

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management Services facility in Philadelphia in 2005. (Associated Press)

Expect small Social Security benefit increase for 2013

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

FDA regulation of pharmacies has knotty history

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

U.S. troops in May 2009 walk near the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Congressional Republicans have expressed new suspicions that the Obama administration intends to move Guantanamo detainees to Thomson Correctional Center, a currently unused facility in Illinois. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers fret anew about Gitmo detainees

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Illustration Over the Cliff by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Over the cliff with Obama

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Pool-Rick Wilking)

FACT CHECK: Slips on Libya, Syria, auto bailout in vice presidential debate

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

Illustration Capitol Toolbox by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FRISBY: Overhauling the budget process

By Tammy M. Frisby

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Lawmaker’s D.C. homestead deduction raises questions

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Illustration Budget Blueprint by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DEAN: Obama’s fiscal failure is not debatable

By Warren L. Dean Jr.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Oct. 10, 2012, during a town hall meeting at Ariel Corporation in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Romney sidesteps questions on detaining U.S. citizens

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times