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State Department has ‘fingers crossed’ Congress won’t drop ball on security funding

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano has not answered requests for details on who gave final approval to release illegal immigrants from jails. (Associated Press)

Backlash grows over release of detained immigrants; GOP wants to know who gave final approval

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Arkansas adopts US’s most restrictive abortion law

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Ark. House overrides veto of 12-week abortion ban

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Maryland Senate passes death penalty repeal bill

By David Hill - The Washington Times

photographs by andrew harnik/the washington times
Posters opposing gun control bills before the Maryland General Assembly line a walkway outside the Lowe House Office Building in Annapolis
where hundreds waited to speak their mind Tuesday. Among them was Tim Rourke of Mechanicsville, Md. (below), who says he waited until 3 a.m. to testify Friday, watches a video feed of the House Judiciary Committee with others while waiting to give testimony on their opposition to the bills.

Maryland legislators fire gun control warning shot

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Ark. Senate overrides veto of 12-week abortion ban

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivers his speech before the state's general assembly during his State of the State address in Annapolis on Jan. 30, 2013. (Associated Press)

Guns, death penalty, roads lead Maryland assembly agenda in a busy week

By David Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol after a meeting at the White House between President Barack Obama and the top four congressional leaders hours before billions of dollars in mandatory budget cuts were to start, in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013. The meeting — lasting less than an hour — yielded no immediate results. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker John Boehner vows no government shutdown

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected as early as Monday to introduce a bill aimed at funding roads and transit. The proposal, which is expected to include some type of tax increase, would add another item to the governor’s progressive agenda. (Associated Press)

Guns, death penalty, roads lead Maryland assembly agenda in a busy week

By David Hill - The Washington Times

A widely used hunting shotgun would be banned under a package of gun-control bills sailing through the Colorado legislature. One bill limits ammunition clips and bans firearms that can be converted to hold more. “Everybody who hunts has one; I have three of them,” state Sen. Greg Brophy says. “I can’t imagine a hunter in Colorado that this doesn’t apply to.”

Pump shotgun on banned list doesn’t sit well with Colorado hunters

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Supporters of the Firearms Safety Act wave their signs protesting against gun violence at the Prevent Gun Violence Rally on Lawyer's Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis on March 1, 2013. The bill would ban assault weapons and require people who buy handguns to get a license and submit fingerprints. It also would limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds and prohibit anyone who has been involuntarily committed due to mental illness from possessing a firearm. (Associated Press/Capital Gazette)

Crowds flock to Maryland capital for gun-control rallies, hearing

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard J. Durbin (above right) leads Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Patty Murray out of a news conference after announcing that last-ditch efforts to avert spending cuts had failed. (Associated Press)

Sequestration process begins: Congress fails to reach agreement on budget fixes before deadline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, holds a Jan. 23, 2013, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss the reintroduction of the Violence Against Women Act. (Associated Press)

Congress renews law to protect women from violence

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Gay, illegal inclusions endanger violence act

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Virginia negotiators reach transportation deal

By Bob Lewis - Associated Press

Government won’t probe of DEA raid in Honduras

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

DHS and its Customs and Border Protection agency have deployed drones to assist local law enforcement and other federal agencies on several occasions.

Congress gets Obama data on use of drones

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Md. House reprimands lawmaker for attempt to alter bill

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (from left), New York Democrat; E. Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican; Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania Republican; and Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat, prepare Tuesday to announce legislation to make firearms trafficking a federal crime and stiffen laws against straw buyers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Straw gun buyers targeted

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times