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**FILE** Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 17, 2010. The 26-year-old boxer, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed on April 19, 2013, officials said. (Associated Press/The Lowell Sun)

FBI missed Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Russia trip because of misspelling, Sen. Lindsey Graham says

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is seen in Boston on April 16, 2013, one day after bomb blasts killed three and injured more than 140 people. (Associated Press0

Terrorism on U.S. soil: By criminal or enemy combatant?

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Heavily armed FBI agents gather next door to 410 Norfolk Street in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013. Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during a getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left one of them dead and another still at large Friday, authorities said as the manhunt intensified for a young man described as a dangerous terrorist. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Republicans want Boston bombing suspect treated as enemy combatant, sparking Miranda debate

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens inspect houses that were destroyed from a Syrian forces airstrike, at al-Marjeh neighborhood, in Aleppo, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

McCain to Obama: Follow through on threats to Syria’s Assad

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shame on McCain and Graham

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Praise for Rand Paul

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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky challenged the Republican Party establishment to win his seat in 2010. He started a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday, demanding assurances that the Obama administration would not use drones in the U.S. to kill terrorist suspects. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul’s filibuster highlights split in GOP ranks; defense hawks not amused

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Obama to dine with Republican senators

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** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Senate wrangles with range of gun proposals; checking buyers is a sticking point

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, speaks during an exclusive interview with Associated Press reporters in Denver on Feb. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

NRA embraces Senate bill on mental illness

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

“I’ve had questions, written questions, for Mr. Brennan for nearly three weeks now,” said Sen. John McCain, one of three senators who listed 10 “things we do not know” about the Benghazi attack. (Associated Press)

Senators use CIA vote for leverage to get 10 answers on Benghazi attack

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

McConnell and Boehner: Republicans united on sequesters

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Mark Weber

EDITORIAL: Big show on the border

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Neil Heslin, the father of a six-year-old boy who was slain in the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, holds a picture of himself with his son and wipes his eye while testifying on Capitol Hill on Feb. 27, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. (Associated Press)

Both sides stand ground in gun-control battle as Newtown dad begs for action

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

John McCain (Associated Press)

PRUDEN: At the Hagel hearing, a march up the hill and down again

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Sens. John McCain (left) and Lindsey Graham on Sunday indicated Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary likely will be confirmed when the Senate reconvenes. “I don’t believe he’s qualified, but I don’t believe we should hold up his confirmation any further,” Mr. McCain said. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel’s critics say defense nominee will be confirmed

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

**FILE** Republican Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies Jan. 31, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel filibustered by GOP for defense post

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Libyan civilian watches cars burn in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama made no phone calls on night of Benghazi attack, White House says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, speaks with reporters after a closed-door meeting with U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice about the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators press Obama for answers on Benghazi

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican (The Washington Times)

Graham: I’ll block Hagel, Brennan nominations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times