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GROVER: Get the Fed out of the housing market

By Eric Grover - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. officials tie al Qaeda to Syrian bombings

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GINGREY and VERNUCCIO: Bringing democracy back to the workplace

By Rep. Phil Gingrey and F. Vincent Vernuccio - The Washington Times

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during an Economic Club of Detroit luncheon on the campaign trail on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

Santorum voted to preserve NEA funding

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Navy: 3 new ships to be named after war heroes

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press)

Panetta, Forbes trade barbs over budget cuts

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

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Traffic slows for the York tolls on the Maine Turnpike in York, Maine, on Saturday. Tolls went up this week for motorists using the turnpike, a year earlier than the Maine Turnpike Authority had anticipated.

EDITORIAL: Tolling America’s future

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat

Spending cuts trump farm subsidies for many voters

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama’s proposed budgetary house of cards

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

RUANE: Getting America moving means more roads

By T. Peter Ruane - The Washington Times

President Obama pushes Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year during a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama: Signs of progress on payroll-tax cuts

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Transportation bill divides House GOP

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

POE: Obama’s executive power grab

By Rep. Ted Poe - The Washington Times

President Obama pushes Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year during a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

After backing tax hikes, Obama cheerleads for payroll-tax cut

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

From left; Former Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., her husband Mark Kelly, and Roxanna Green, obscured, the mother of the nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green who was killed while attending the meeting of constituents when Giffords was shot, attend a ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, to unveil the USS Gabrielle Giffords. The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received in January 2011. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Naming of Navy ships returns to tradition

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Social Security reserves forecast to run dry in 2022

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The city of Havana can be seen in the background as people fish from a dock in Havana Bay. The United States imposed an economic embargo on Cuba 50 years ago to pressure the regime of Fidel Castro. (Associated Press)

U.S. embargo on Cuba firmly in place

By Peter Orsi - Associated Press

Copies of the fiscal 2013 budget are delivered and ready to be picked up on Feb. 13, 2012, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Obama’s proposed tax hikes at odds with GOP rivals

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

Daniel Grabauskas, seen here in March 2003 when he was Massachusetts' transportation secretary, sought federal funding for infrastructure projects at the behest of then-Gov. Mitt Romney. (Associated Press)

Romney evolved on earmarks ban

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press

D.C. Council member Michael Brown

Online-gambling bill’s future uncertain

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times