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Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: ‘Operation Choke Point’: A noose for business

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder speaks July 14, 2014, at the Justice Department building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Holder: Equip police officers with heroin antidote

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 5, 2014 file photo shows former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal judge is ordering the IRS to explain _ under oath _ how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan gave the tax agency a month to submit the explanation in writing. Sullivan issued the order Thursday as part of a freedom of information lawsuit by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group. The IRS says it lost the emails in 2011 when Lois Lerner’s computer crashed. At the time, Lerner headed the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Lois Lerner hated conservatives, new emails show

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Rachel Smith, 32, of Richmond, looks over shotguns at the Bob Moates sport shop in Richmond, Va., on Thursday. Smith, the mother of five children and an avid hunter plans to purchase several guns before President-elect Obama takes office. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Gun-shy Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Official White House photo of President Obama shooting a shotgun on Aug. 4, 2012.

Obama’s empty tough-talk: Gun prosecutions plummet on his watch

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat. (Associated Press)

Outrage over $190M deal for troubled federal contractor USIS

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Illustration on unbridled democratic corruption by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

RAHN: Government corruption on the rampage

By Richard W. Rahn

Deputy Attorney General James Cole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2014, before the House Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs subcommittee hearing on how the Justice Department is investigating allegations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeted conservative political groups for extra scrutiny. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Justice official denies conspiring with IRS on tea party targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 18, 2014. (Associated Press)

Jeh Johnson pressed on $190M contract to company amid fraud probe

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

A float with the words "Obama Presidential Library" is seen during the Fourth of July parade in downtown Norfolk, Neb., Friday morning, July 4, 2014. The float has received criticism from a city councilman and the Nebraska Democratic Party, and others. (AP PHOTO/NORFOLK DAILY NEWS/Darin Epperly)

MALLOY: What IRS scandal? Holder’s Justice Department investigates parade float

By Fingers Malloy

Rep. Sean Duffy, Wisconsin Republican, says that Operation Choke Point seems to target business because the Department of Justice suspect they are fraudulent, not because of any actual evidence of wrongdoing. (Associated Press Photographs)

GOP say Operation Choke Point targets gun sellers, tobacco shops

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

This Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, file photo shows the Citibank building in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Citigroup to pay $7B to settle subprime mortgage case

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, left, tours the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Townsend, Georgia. Despite her actively backing renewal of a conservation fund, experts maintain her efforts may not be legally considered as lobbying. (associated press)

Lax laws allow Cabinet members to lobby

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Dec. 17, 2013, file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Coburn calls hiring of embattled background check firm ‘troubling’

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Student Daniel Chong talks about his ordeal while in the custody of the Drug Enforcement Administration when he was forgotten and left without food and water for five days at a news conference, Thursday, July 10, 2014, in San Diego. Chong is flanked by ACLU policy director Margaret Dooley-Sammuli. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Federal agents interacted with student during five-day jailing

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, says that some gun and ammo sellers have been swept up in a fraud prevention program. (Associated Press)

Legal gun sellers threatened in loan fraud prevention program

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 27, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez says his attorney has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the Cuban government had a role in allegations against him that have prompted a federal probe of the New Jersey Democrat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Menendez wants federal probe of Cuba role

By ALAN FRAM and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Department of Justice headquarters in Washington (Associated Press)

Murder convict says missing tape would prove his innocence

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

John Eastman, chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, is asking for immunity for a gay rights activist that illegally received a list of NOM donors. (Associated Press)

Traditional marriage group seeks immunity for gay activist after IRS leak

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times