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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support travel-cost transparency bill

Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray (The Washington Times)

Md. man tied to D.C. campaign finance scheme charged as straw donor

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

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ROTUNDA: ‘What did he know, and when did he know it?’

By Ronald D. Rotunda

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seizure of AP phone records on Capitol Hill raises concerns about separation of powers

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Kevin Coyne of Washington holds flags in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 27, 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second day of gay marriage cases, turned to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court justices question DOMA’s range, consider effect act has in states

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

"This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe," President Obama said Wednesday as he and Vice President Joseph R. Biden announced their legislative and executive agenda to curb gun violence in America. (Associated Press)

Obama: U.S. will be ‘judged’ on guns

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Capitol dome is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

TWT Special Section: The 113th Congress

Illustration: Republicans by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FLEMING: GOP-controlled House has never raised taxes

By Rep. John Fleming - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Democrats delaying treaty bill

The Washington Times

SGT. SHAFT: Widow upset by what she calls a ‘Dead Veteran’s Tax’

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

Reps. Marcy Kaptur (seen here) and Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrats, have been cast together into a newly redrawn district across northern Ohio, stretching alongside Lake Erie from Cleveland to Toledo. Unless one decides to retire, they will have to fight it out in a primary next year to remain in Congress. (Associated Press)

Kaptur, Kucinich face off in Ohio

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

An unemployed man waits his turn to use a computer to look for a job at the Nevada JobConnect Career Center Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Las Vegas. The unemployment rate rose in nearly half of the nation's 372 largest metro areas in July, as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

REED: Not a benefit check but a paycheck

By Rep. Tom Reed - The Washington Times

FITSCHEN: Gingrich is right

By Steven W. Fitschen - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks Dec. 22, 2011, about extending the payroll-tax cut during a briefing on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Tax bill set for increasingly rare conference committee

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Power of the purse by John Camejo for The Washington Times

FEARS: Power of the purse can ‘redress … every grievance’

By J. Rufus Fears - The Washington Times

House attorneys: Marriage law constitutional

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Three-fifths compromise was anti-slavery

The Washington Times

SGT. SHAFT: Is British vet’s spouse eligible for a pension?

By Sgt. Shaft - 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

Illustration: Newt 2012 by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

WALKER: Newt: Agent of change

By Robert Walker - The Washington Times