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**FILE** Newly constructed roadways are seen May 16, 2011, in Fairfax County, Va. (Associated Press)

States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Motorists likely to be paying for more tolls

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

**FILE** Donna Summer performs May 21, 2008, during the finale of "American Idol" at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nuanes died in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Associated Press)

Military diligent in quest to locate its missing

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul, says he was told at the NATO summit that President Obama's administration is trying to persuade Congress to allow Predator drone sales to Turkey. (Associated Press)

Obama administration inclined to sell armed drones to Turkey, leader says

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks Tuesday on Capitol Hill about Startup Act 2.0, a bipartisan effort aimed at jump-starting the economy by making more visas available for immigrants with advanced degrees and those wishing to start businesses. Behind him are (from left) Sen. Mark R. Warner, Virginia Democrat; Internet entrepreneur Steve Case, a member of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness; Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas Republican, and Sen. Christopher A. Coons, Delaware Democrat. (Associated Press)

Visa changes aimed at skilled workers

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (Associated Press)

Sequesters, tax increases would cause double-dip recession

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks to reporters at the Capitol following a political strategy meeting in Washington on May 22, 2012. (Associated Press)

Congress staring over edge of ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Embattled nuclear chief sets exit strategy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Four GOP lawmakers hit Holder on guns operation

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves (Associated Press)

Census surveys aren’t down for the count

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act

By Rep. Doc Hastings

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House GOP leaders order Holder to cooperate on gun-running probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Small business dreams by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Small businesses sweat it out

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Some of the firearms confiscated in a yearlong undercover investigation that resulted in the arrests of 70 suspects were put on display at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters Monday in the District by Chief Cathy L. Lanier. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

MILLER: Soldier wants his guns back

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Romney camp shuns proposed Obama-Wright ads

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Christy Zink, of the District, who had an abortion after it was determined there were "severe brain abnormalities" in her fetus, speaks at a Thursday news conference on Capitol Hill as D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton look on. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Capitol Hill eyes limiting abortions in D.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Marion C. Blakey, president & CEO of Aerospace Industries Association, is interviewed at The Washington Times in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 17, 2012. ( J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

Defense contractors eye cuts to jobs, plants

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 10, 2012, file photo House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, takes questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama, Boehner agree on hoagies, not much else

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times