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The sign for the National Labor Relations Board is seen outside the organization's headquarters in downtown Washington on July 17, 2013. (Associated Press, File)

Rejected NLRB pick wins vote to serve as board counsel

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican, speaks at a town-hall meeting on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in West Bend, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Patriot Act author introduces bill to halt NSA snooping

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican, speaks at a town-hall meeting on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in West Bend, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Key GOP, Democratic lawmakers team up on anti-snooping bill

The Washington Times

Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare website chief apologizes for poor rollout

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This undated screenshot provided by the Milk Processor Education Program, known as MilkPep shows the company's Super Bowl advertisement. The Milk Processor Education Program, known as MilkPep and popular for its "Got Milk?" print ads, is featuring actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a 30-second ad in the second quarter that is directed by Peter Berg. (AP Photo/Milk Processor Education Program)

Milk prices poised to soar as Congress bickers on farm bill

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks with FBI Director James Comey during Comey's installation as FBI director, Monday, Oct. 28,2013, at FBI Headquarters in Washington. The president said he picked Comey to lead the FBI after interviewing many other candidates for the job. The president said at an installation ceremony for the new FBI director Monday afternoon that it wasn't Comey's educational or professional background that made him the the choice. He said it was a sense that Comey knows what's right and what's wrong. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama pitches more government spending at FBI Director Comey’s ceremony

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

GOP House member hopes to persuade fellow Republicans on immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder accused of forcing blacks into failing schools for diversity

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Richard Durbin (Associated Press)

White House takes blame for Durbin’s ‘miscommunication’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration: National Labor Relations Board

EDITORIAL: A fox for the henhouse

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat (Associated Press)

He said what? White House refutes Durbin claim of incendiary GOP comment

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio (center) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia both said they expect their colleagues will take up an immigration reform proposal. "The committees are still working on this issue," Mr. Cantor said. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

House GOP balking at broad immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner (center right), Ohio Republican, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (center left), Virginia Republican, walk to a second GOP caucus meeting to discuss the "fiscal cliff" bill — which was passed by the Senate on Monday night — at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP loses more young, minority and female voters after shutdown

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

KEENE: Learning the difference between a wary friend and determined foe

By David Keene

** FILE ** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

After failure in debt showdown, Republicans take aim at one another

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Letting no crisis go to waste

By Robert Knight

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gestures as he talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Washington. Sen. McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the partial government shutdown after Republican divisions forced GOP leaders to drop efforts to ram their own version through the House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cruz: Hard to win with Senate Republicans ‘firing cannons’ at House

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Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Sifting through the remains on the battlefield

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Jeh Johnson, his choice for the next Homeland Security Secretary, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Johnson was general counsel at the Defense Department during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama nominates Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson to head DHS

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times