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**FILE** Navy Lt. Gary Ross (right) and Dan Swezy exchange wedding vows early on Sept. 20, 2011, in Duxbury, Vt., at the first possible moment after the formal repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Justice of the Peace Greg Trulson (center) officiated. (Associated Press)

Same-sex benefits a powder keg in Pentagon

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama: End tax breaks for oil companies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Mark Weber for The Washington Times

GALLEGLY: E-Verify ready to put Americans to work

By Rep. Elton Gallegly - The Washington Times

Illustration: Obamacare by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KING & DEMINT: End Obamacare, don’t mend it

By Rep. Steve King and Sen. Jim DeMint - The Washington Times

Illustration: Constitutional kill by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HESSLER: Presidential power to kill?

By Stephanie Hessler - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Contraception: Democrats’ red herring

The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Oust Obama

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Airbus A380 giant jetliner (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

U.S. sides with China against airlines emissions tax

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Wolf hunts to continue as court rejects suit

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

Senators urged to review high court’s FOIA decision

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama grabs power on handling terror suspects

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

Official: Supreme Court decision puts U.S. information at risk

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

SGT. SHAFT: Veteran seeks information on TRICARE insurance

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Congress, not the U.N., declares war

The Washington Times

Rep. Kurt Schrader (The Oregonian via Associated Press)

Many like idea of cutting off congressional pay for budget inaction

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of the dignitaries on hand as President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010. The Supreme Court will start hearing arguments on the law's insurance mandate on March 26. (Associated Press)

Legal precedents to clash as health care law goes to high court

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Jan. 31, 2012, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sunday, March 4, 2012, Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the House said he is throwing his support behind Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. He said Romney is the only candidate who has come out with "a bold pro-growth, pro-jobs plan for the future." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dropping symbolic votes raises a howl

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

In this June 27, 2006, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military guards walk within the Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo agree to transfer

By Anne Gearan and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Protestors attend Friday prayers during a rally demanding the trial of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Pentagon aims to resume military help for Yemen

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Mount Soledad, Associated Press

KNIGHT: Will high court adopt the coercion test?

By Robert Knight