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GAFFNEY: Putting politics over public safety

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Brennan (Associated Press)

Congress to see secret drone memos, paving path for CIA director confirmation

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Hawaii Senate votes on Steven Tyler Act

By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER - Associated Press

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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

Gov. Mike Beebe

Ark. Senate overrides ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House pushes for vote on contentious D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**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

** FILE ** In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez's office says he traveled on a plane owned by a Florida physician who is a friend and political donor, but denied that the senator had engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Robert Menendez sponsored bill to benefit Dr. Melgen, eye doctor whose private jet senator used

By Stephen Braun - Associated Press

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (shown) and D.C. Council member David A. Catania are spearheading efforts in their respective legislative bodies to protect the privacy of personal email accounts. (Associated Press)

Patrick Leahy, Susan Collins roll out bipartisan gun trafficking bill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

“The cause of conservatism dramatically reasserted itself in the 2010 elections. … We can come back even stronger in 2014, but only if we start our march toward victory now,” says Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Mitt Romney in seven words

By Jennifer Harper - 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

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

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

Illustration Radical Feminism by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Republicans blink again

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - 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

House Majority Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Congress passes bill renewing anti-violence law

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

** 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

**FILE** President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, sit during a ceremony to dedicate a statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks on Feb. 27, 2013, in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. (Associated Press)

Friday’s sequester meeting to provide cover for Obama, lawmakers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Md. Senate passes gun-control bill

By David Hill - The Washington Times