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FILE - In this April 11, 2014 file photo President Barack Obama shares a laugh with outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. A spokeswoman said Friday, April 18, 2014, that Sebelius is not considering running for the U.S. Senate. The statement is in line with comments from Sebelius&#8217; fellow Democrats about speculation that she&#8217;d return to Kansas this year to run for the seat held by three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sebelius pressured major corporations to support Obamacare

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Feds to investigate Hawaii health exchange

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

The USS Port Royal (CG 73) departs Sep. 3, 2003, from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on deployment as part of Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1). (U.S. Navy)

Naval cruiser planned for retirement now headed back to work

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Feb. 4, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss, center, speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

EDITORIAL: Cochran turns catfish into pork

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said Tuesday that little seems to be getting done to save taxpayers money and avoid wasting billions of dollars through duplication and redundant programs. (Associated Press)

Watchdog finds more federal waste

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

**FILE** Firefighters look on as an air tanker makes a pass over a wildfire near Possum Kingdom, Texas, on April 19, 2011. (Associated Press)

Agency upholds bid protests over 2 air tankers

By Jeff Barnard - Associated Press

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Imposed minimum wage hikes hurt economies in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This photo taken March 20, 2014 shows President Barack Obama speaking in Orlando, Fla. Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public’s waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore. He’s getting low marks for handling Russia’s swoop into Ukraine, and more Americans than ever disapprove of the way Obama is doing his job, according to a new poll. Close to 9 out of 10 Americans support sanctions as a response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. They are divided over whether the U.S. sanctions so far are about right or not strong enough, the Associated Press-GfK poll found. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama administration skirts congressional review

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends President Barack Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act, as she answers questions from Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee during its review of President Obama's budget requests, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GAO sees hurdles blocking e-records

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lockheed Martin Corp. security personnel guard the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a workhorse aircraft for the Navy, Air Force and Marines, which received the funding President Obama requested, as well as $465 million for an alternate engine the Pentagon does not want. (Associated Press)

Lockheed’s troubled F-35 fighter jet wins big S. Korean order

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Federal officials regularly using executive jets for everyday travel

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** File ** U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks at a gun violence conference in Danbury, Conn., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Education Department botching loan-amnesty program: GAO review

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

"The problems with [optional practical training program] are extensive and serious. The report not only calls into question the department's oversight of the program, but also whether such lack of oversight is a serious national security risk," Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican. (Associated Press)

U.S. has lost track of tens of thousands of foreign students who came study to then took jobs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Report faults oversight of foreign student program

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

First lady Michelle Obama talks at the Jessie Trice Community Health Care Center in Miami, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, to highlight the work that hospitals, doctors and clinics are doing to educate their patients about the Affordable Care Act and how patients can get insurance. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

1M kids stop school lunch due to Michelle Obama’s standards

By Elizabeth Harrington — The Washington Free Beacon - The Washington Times

Kshama Sawant, a socialist newly-elected to the Seattle city council, speaks at a "Build it Here" rally Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in downtown Seattle. The Washington State Labor Council called for the rally, saying it wanted to show Boeing and state leaders it supports Machinists union members who voted last week to reject contract concessions Boeing said it needed to build the new 777X in Washington. Organizers said that the Machinists deserve to not only build Boeing's next new plane in Washington but to share in the company's prosperity. Over the weekend at the Dubai Airshow, three Middle Eastern airlines signed up to buy 225 of the large, fuel-efficient widebodies in deals worth $95 billion. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant: Obama admin. GAO data ‘right-wing’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2011, photo, two pilots from Cathay Pacific walk in the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. The U.S. airline industry will need to hire 1,900 to 4,500 new pilots annually over the next 10 years due to an expected surge in retirements of pilots reaching age 65 and increased demand for air travel, the Government Accountability Office said in the report obtained late Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

GAO report: Airline pilot shortage? Not clear

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press