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President Obama speaks June 6, 2012, at a campaign fundraiser at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Associated Press)

GOP faults Obama in impasse on student loans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s relationship with Congress has grown testier than any other Cabinet secretary as he has fended off various inquiries. (Associated Press)

Congress, Holder put relationship to the test

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Poet-historian of the South named US poet in chief

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Natasha Trethewey named 19th US poet laureate

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

House Speaker John A. Boehner says during a news conference he is confident Congress will pass a transportation bill sooner or later this year. (Associated Press)

Transport funding may be delayed

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Jessica Santana, a staffer since February for Rep. Donald A. Manzullo, Illinois Republican, helps seat people arriving for a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Ms. Santana will need a new employer next year, as Mr. Manzullo will be leaving Congress in January. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Congressional staffers, public shortchanged by high turnover, low pay

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Natasha Trethewey named 19th US poet laureate

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Norton opposes another federal bill seeking to limit D.C. abortions

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (AP Photo)

GOP proposes one-year delay on new tax code

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Having labeled it "Debt on Arrival," Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions (left) of Alabama, the Senate Budget Committee's ranking member, and John Barrasso of Wyoming react to President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

CBO: Federal debt to double in 15 years

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican (Associated Press)

Euro zone crisis could force debt compromise, senators say

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Few options left for Obama to boost economy

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Illustration: Constitutional IOU by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

DEAN: Dangerous misreading of the Constitution

By Warren L. Dean Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration: Farm subsidy by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FEULNER: Growing funds for farms

By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times

"[Republicans] don't want to be drawn into a conversation on this issue and they're hoping the vote gets drowned out." Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat.

Women wooed with Hill vote on pay bias

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Medical marijuana

Pot policies in California can’t rely on D.C. program

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, followed by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican, right, leaves a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Highway bill talks sluggish on Capitol Hill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on Friday, June 1, 2012, at Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions' global headquarters in Golden Valley, Minn., about jobs for veterans. (Associated Press)

Jobs report steps on Obama’s vet message

By Susan Crabtree and David Boyer - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Pelosi: Raise tax-hike threshold to $1M

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Rocky Galloway (left) and Reginald Stanley hold their twin daughters after the two men were married by the Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter (center) on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the first day that gay marriage was legal in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Appeals court: Heart of Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press