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EDITORIAL: Amnesty, or else

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, talks March 7, 2013, to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul: Misguided sentencing laws hurt black defendants

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks July 26, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Congress looks to relax mandatory prison terms

By Henry C. Jackson - Associated Press

Rachel Schaefer of Denver smokes marijuana on the official opening night of Club 64, a marijuana-specific social club at which a New Year's Eve party was held, in Denver on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Justice Department: New marijuana rules aren’t free-for-all

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

** FILE ** B. Todd Jones, President Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination. (Associated Press)

Senate approves Jones as permanent ATF director

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Declassified documents show NSA snooping had ‘compliance’ problems

By Stephen Dinan and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden arrived Thursday, Oct. 11 in Moscow hoping to meet his son. “I am his father. I love my son,” Lon Snowden told reporters in remarks broadcast by Russian TV. (Associated Press)

Senate holds first public hearing on NSA; critics rip secret laws

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration America Votes by John Camejo for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The threat to voting rights

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, addresses the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/The Washington Times)

Rep. Luis Gutierrez calls for House hearings on Trayvon Martin, gun control

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

CARDENAS: To do nothing would be de facto amnesty

By Al Cardenas

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Senate panel approves ATF nominee B. Todd Jones on party-line vote

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

FBI director nominee James B. Comey Jr. knocked down the notion that federal judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rubber stamp surveillance requests during testimony Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
(Associated Press)

FBI director nominee Comey defends FISA court, surveillance in Senate hearing

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

TRACCI: The Gang of Eight’s deliberative betrayal

By Robert N. Tracci

B. Todd Jones, nominated to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, faces a claim that he retaliated against a whistleblower. (Associated Press)

Grassley sees rush to confirm ATF chief facing probe

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

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FBI chief has little to say on IRS probe

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies on May 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

FBI Director Mueller defends surveillance programs

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

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House bill bars abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

B. Todd Jones, President Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was conducting his nomination hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justice Department rarely prosecutes ‘straw buyers,’ ATF nominee Todd Jones says

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration bill does not have votes to pass

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, arrives for a vote at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration bill needs ‘improvements’ to pass

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times