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"I think these investigations need to be done by independent people outside of the administration," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says of the IRS inquiry. (Associated Press)

FBI contacts tea party groups targeted by IRS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Tea party members gather for "Audit the IRS," a rally against the Internal Revenue Service, on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 19, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

JUSTICE: Feds pick Obama supporter to lead probe into IRS tea party targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Judge Sonia Sotomayor (Associated Press)

White House urges Supreme Court to reject nuns’ appeal for birth control exemption

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Feds’ ‘knockout’ case unjustified

By our readers

An American Airlines jetliner and a US Airways plane are pictured on the apron at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

SHUGHART and THOMAS: Antitrust busybodies

By William F. Shughart II and Diana W. Thomas

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice." (Associated Press)

House seeks Fast and Furious gun-walking documents

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

The House of Representatives has already voted to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt for withholding Fast and Furious documents. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Independent counsel eyed in Fast and Furious

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Issa: FBI impeding inquiry into IRS targeting of conservative groups

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Three young girls walk past the Med Stop marijuana dispensary in Denver, located across from Del Pueblo Elementary School, on Jan. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

Federal authorities raid Colorado medical marijuana operations

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Jindal claims victory in fight with Obama administration over La. voucher plan

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Part of a cache of seized weapons is displayed Jan. 25, 2011, at a news conference in Phoenix. The ATF received fire over a Phoenix-based gun-trafficking investigation called "Fast and Furious," in which agents allowed hundreds of guns into the hands of straw purchasers in hopes of making a bigger case. Two of those weapons were found in December at the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The contempt of Justice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** American Airlines and US Airways jets prepare for flight at a gate at the Philadelphia International Airport on Feb. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

Justice Dept. to allow merger of US Airways, American Airlines

By David Koenig and Pete Yost - Associated Press

The U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday said a months-long nationwide mission to capture violent fugitives has resulted in the arrests of more than 3,400 suspects wanted on murder, rape and robbery charges. (Courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service, File)

Marshals spent excessively on ‘swag’

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

The Preamble and Article I of the U.S. Constitution (American Civil Liberties Union)

EDITORIAL: Bypassing the Constitution

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Supreme Court, shown Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 in Washington, has agreed to consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants. The justices said Tuesday they will review a unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the government's unprecedented regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court clash on leaks to reporter Risen moves closer

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder accused of forcing blacks into failing schools for diversity

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Sept. 27, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

For Obama, it seems the buck doesn’t stop at the Oval Office

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

ATF’s prescription for leaking secrets: A firing squad?

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times