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Aftermath: Police inspect a crime scene where three teenagers were shot Thursday in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Three teens shot outside D.C. schools

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama bypasses Constitution

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HOLMES: Obama defense strategy a masquerade

By Kim R. Holmes

Inside Politics

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D.C. Council’s New Hampshire trip postponed

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

SHUSTER: Putting infrastructure before politics

By Rep. Bill Shuster - The Washington Times

"The commitment that the president has to closing Guantanamo Bay is as firm today as it was during the campaign ... I think this is a process that faces obstacles that we're all aware of and we will continue to work through them." - Jay Carney, White House press secretary. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Call rises again to close Guantanamo lockup

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

"I don't think that it is going to go smoothly," Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat, said Tuesday of negotiations on extending the payroll-tax cut. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Partisan acrimony looms over talks on payroll-tax cut

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, June 27, 2006, photo reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military guards walk within the Camp Delta detention center at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Gitmo closure hopes fade as prison turns 10

By Ben Fox - Associated Press

President Obama speaks on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, during the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at National Harbor in Oxon Hill. (Associated Press)

MURRAY AND BIER: Avoiding a lost decade

By Iain Murray and David Bier - The Washington Times

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RAHN: Snooker - Democrats’ favorite pastime

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times

Joseph Kennedy III, at a campaign rally for Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (third from left) in 2010, may soon be announcing a political run of his own to replace Rep. Barney Frank, who is retiring from the U.S. House. Mr. Kennedy said he will begin "to reach out to the people of [Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District] in order to hear directly from them about the challenges they are facing." (Associated Press)

Fourth-generation Kennedy considers a House run

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Obama, health care foes prepare for high court

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, criticizes Republicans as being responsible for a "do-nothing Congress" during a news conference on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Pelosi: Obama should run against ‘do-nothing’ Congress

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama signs the health care bill at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press)

New briefs preview Supreme Court clash over health care

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

President Obama visits the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray (right) on Jan. 6, 2012, at the CFPB's offices in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama touts job numbers, banking pick

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

VERNUCCIO: No time for advice and consent

By F. Vincent Vernuccio - The Washington Times

President ‘confident’ about recess appointments

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration: Taxes by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Tax-haven wars

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President Obama, accompanied by Richard Cordray, visits a home in Cleveland on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. In a defiant display of executive power, Mr. Obama bucked Senate Republican opposition to appoint Mr. Cordray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog. (Associated Press)

Obama defies Congress with ‘recess’ picks

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times