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**FILE** Kenneth E. Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), speaks at a news conference in Houston in April 2009. (Associated Press)

ATF chief: Higher-ups at Justice blocked response to Congress

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, with his wife Debbie Clemens, right, arrives at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, July 6, 2011, for his perjury trial. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clemens perjury trial starts with jury selection

By Mark Sherman and Nedra Pickler - Associated Press

President Obama makes a statement to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations on July 5, 2011, at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama prods Congress on debt deal

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

MILLER: Make the debt talks public

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Ex-FBI agent running for Congress from city of his biggest arrests

Associated Press

Illustration: EPA by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MILLOY: Last chance for GOP to stop EPA train wreck

By Steve Milloy - The Washington Times

Corporate-jet makers take a stand

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Illustration: Gas crutch by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PYLE: Natural gas subsidies a boon for T. Boone

By Thomas Pyle - The Washington Times

‘Temporary’ jobless tax on employers dies after 35 years

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

Public doesn’t have place at table in debt talks

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

First implemented in the 1950s, radar remains the basis of the technology used by more than 15,000 U.S. controllers to guide 50,000 flights a day. A new program would replace ground radar stations with satellite-based technology. (Associated Press)

Revolutionary air traffic system delayed

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Credit agencies warn about debt-payment delay

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 30, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Obama: ‘Nothing can be off-limits’ in budget

By Erica Werner - Associated Press

Illustration by Nancy Ohanian

SCHWEIKERT: The last debt-ceiling debate America will ever have

By Rep. David Schweikert - The Washington Times

White House defends Obama fundraisers as debt deadline looms

By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

Illustration: Military pig by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

WHEELER: Defense appropriations: pork and gimmicks, as usual

By Winslow T. Wheeler - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder testifies June 1, 2011, before the U.S. Sentencing Commission at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Crack prisoners could get break on sentences

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (left), Kentucky Republican, speaks June 28, 2011, with reporters as Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, looks on, following a weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Senate cancels vacation but debt talks still stuck

By Stephen Dinan and Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

Sentences can be cut for crack prisoners

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama addresses the Families USA 16th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington on Jan. 28, 2011. Families USA is an consumer advocacy health care organization. (Associated Press)

Appeals court upholds Obama’s health care law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times