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Illustration: Obama's economy by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Lowered expectations for the Obama economy

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The Obamacare canaries

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Job seekers at a recent Los Angeles career fair were less likely than before the recession to find full-time work. Starting Jan. 1, larger employers must provide health care benefits to those who put in at least 30 hours a week. (Associated Press)

Obama’s economy: Two food stamp recipients for every job created

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama pauses as he speaks at the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Friday, July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s ‘phony’ scandals line draws GOP retort

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Obama continues economy talk, this time in Florida

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Republicans are trying to make something out of nothing regarding conservative groups and the Internal Revenue Service.
(Associated Press)

White House won’t confirm visit by IRS counsel at suspicious time

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio has pledged not to vote for any spending bill that would fund the Affordable Care Act, saying "there are some issues that are so fundamental that we have to be willing to go all the way." (Associated Press)

Republicans use budget bills in fight against Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

"Too often, this president acts as if he is above the law. He ignores the law when it comes to his health care law; he ignores the enforcement of immigration laws; and now he is applying this approach to defense policy." — Rep. Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces

Inside the Ring: Bill blocks nuclear cuts

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jay Carney: Obama not focused on ‘pretend scandals’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama answers a reporter's question about the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin on March 23, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House. With the George Zimmerman trial over and the neighborhood watchman found innocent of second degree murder, the president has said he wants to revisit a national dialogue on race and guns in America. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s race speech

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Alejandro N. Mayorkas is director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. (Associated Press)

Homeland Security nominee is linked to visa for Chinese investor

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (left, shown here with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in June) will meet with President Obama while suppressing dissidents, bloggers and religious leaders. (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)

Vietnamese president’s White House visit alarms human rights advocates

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn’t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Celebrity sales force recruited to sell Obamacare to the young

By AAA - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas (left) celebrate a shared birthday on Aug. 4, 2009, in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington. Ms. Thomas died on Saturday, July 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

Hamas pines for ‘pioneer’ Helen Thomas: ‘We respect you’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 21, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to his senior staff to assert his expectations on ethics and conduct on the White House campus in Washington. Promising to reinvigorate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Obama, issued an executive order his first day in office, and told all federal agencies to adopt a "presumption in favor of disclosure." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

For now, Obama sidesteps Detroit bankruptcy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is being investigated by federal prosecutors. (Associated Press)

Christine O’Donnell’s case of suspected tax data breach is added to IRS investigation

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

CURL: Obama picks scab off America’s racial wound

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, is trying to work with labor unions “to provide relief from the law to all Americans and ensure that the law will no longer threaten access to insurance, increase costs.” (Associated Press)

Disillusionment of Obamacare shifts unions’ political alliances to GOP

By Tom Howell Jr. and - The Washington Times

Sen. John Barrasso foresees mounting labor opposition to President Obama’s health care law and an “outcry” if a deal is cut to accommodate unions. (Associated Press)

Obama’s health care law shifts big unions’ political alliances to GOP

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama pauses as he speaks at the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Friday, July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CURL: Obama picks scab off America’s racial wound

By Joseph Curl