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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Responding to Begum Khaleda Zia: Bangladesh Ambassador’s rejoinder

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

JOHANNS: Obama’s recess appointments expand his powers

By Sen. Mike Johanns

"My challenge to all of you today, and actually my plea to all of you … is help us speed up the rate of change," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (Associated Press)

Sebelius: ‘Help us speed up’ health care rollout

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PENDLEY: A real gunfight in the Old West

By William Perry Pendley

People enter the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University in Washington. (File, The Washington Times)

Catholic Univ. to continue fighting birth-control mandate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, that he will nominate Mary Joe White (right) to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will renominate Richard Cordray (left) to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a position he has held for the past year under a recess appointment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ruling puts presidential power at risk

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Richard Cordray stands left as President Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 24, 2013, that he will re-nominate Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a role that he has held for the last year under a recess appointment, and nominate Mary Joe White to lead the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). (Associated Press

Obama recess appointments unconstitutional

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama pauses in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 24, 2013, as he announces that he will nominate Mary Joe White to lead the Security and Exchange Commission and re-nominate Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a role that he has held for the last year under a recess appointment. (Associated Press)

Labor board vows to press ahead despite ruling

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On Friday, March for Life

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Pro-life activists rally outside the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Two sides of Roe: Activists weigh in on ruling’s past, present, future

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Anita Hill poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Park City, Utah. Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her. Now, more than 20 years later, director Freida Mock explores Hill's landmark testimony and the resulting social and political changes in the documentary "Anita," premiering Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by Victorial Will/Invision/AP)

Anita Hill reflects on Senate hearings in ‘Anita’

By Sandy Cohen - Associated Press

Anita Hill reflects on Senate hearings in `Anita’

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press

** FILE ** Tea party supporter William Temple of Brunswick, Ga., protests President Obama's health care law outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

‘Obamacare’ contraception mandate hits legal hurdles

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration Constitutional Prayer by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GACEK: No appeal to heaven unless a judge approves the prayer

By Chris Gacek

** FILE ** In this Friday, June 22, 2012, file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf waves in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the country's prime minister as part of a corruption case involving private power stations, officials said Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

Separation  of powers fight roils Pakistan

By Munir Ahmed and Asif Shahzad - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (Associated Press)

States struggling over Obama’s health care law

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Arizona gov. opts for federal Medicaid expansion

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

**FILE** Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (Associated Press)

Brewer OKs expansion of Medicaid

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

The Boy Scouts

KNIGHT: Boy Scouts prevail after 11-year battle

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press