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President Obama returns a salute as he and daughter Sasha arrive with his wife, Michelle, and other daughter Malia at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday after nearly two weeks of vacation in Hawaii. (Associated Press)

Obama’s base eager to do battle

By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

Obama exhorts Republicans to put politics aside

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

NEW MINORITY: Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and outgoing House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland prepare Tuesday for changes on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

House to vote on repeal of health care law

By Sean Lengell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Light bulb by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MURDOCK: Three Reagan rules for the new Congress

By Deroy Murdock - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Steve King (Associated Press)

House GOP sending Obama a message on health repeal

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

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Blacks gravitate toward Braun for Chicago mayor

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

Specter leaves Senate without any regrets

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Harry S. Truman

ROBBINS: The ‘Do the right thing’ Congress

By James S. Robbins - The Washington Times

Spending showdowns will test new Congress

By Charles Babington - Associated Press

Matthew Bryza

Embassy Row

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

KEY EVENTS: A looter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fends off rivals a week after the Jan. 12 earthquake in that impoverished country. (Associated Press)

2010: In with bang, out with whimper

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General James Cole. (Associated Press)

Obama uses power of appointment, sidestepping Senate

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

O’Donnell denies misspending funds

By Ben Evans - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who leaves office Tuesday, will be remembered as a skilled politician who squandered his popularity as a Republican and fell victim to a bad economy, critics say. (Associated Press)

Crist leaving office after political blunders

By Brendan Farrington - Associated Press

Allen weighs another shot at Webb

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republicans waste no time targeting Democratic Senate seats in ‘12

By Philip Elliott - Associated Press

President Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, where he dropped by a meeting on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Attendees include (from left) former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen; former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn; former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GAFFNEY: Denuclearizers’ dangerous ambitions

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona lawmaker set to ramp up fight against illegals

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

BLANKLEY: No comeback for the comeback kid

By Tony Blankley - The Washington Times

Political Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES