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Justin Timberlake arrives before the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Obamas to welcome Justin Timberlake, musical stars for ‘Memphis Soul’ concert

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Obama is returning 5 percent of his $400,000 annual salary in sympathy with the plight of federal workers facing possible furlough due to the "sequester" federal budget cutbacks. (Associated Press)

Obama returning part of pay due to ‘sequester’ uncertainty

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama faces Colo. sheriffs’ gun bill protest

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Dan Pfeiffer (Associated Press)

Aide: Deficits to endure in Obama’s planned new budget

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama waves as he walks to board the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on April 3, 2013, as he travels to Denver and San Francisco. (Associated Press)

Obama sequesters own salary, plans to give back 5 percent of pay

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks during his meeting with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board at the White House with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett seated behind him. The corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich - for purportedly trying to sell Mr. Obama's Senate seat - is a distant but unwelcome headache for the White House.

Jarrett: ‘Insulting’ to call White House a boys’ club

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** This photo shows the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Oct. 8, 2010. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (Associated Press)

Obama falls behind on key federal court; faltering nominations set a dubious record

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch as children participate in the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Despite sequester, Obama’s egg roll rolls on

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Thursday, March 28, 2013, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian doctor treats an injured man who was wounded at the open-air cafeteria at Damascus University in the central Baramkeh district, in Damascus, Syria. More than 6,000 people were killed in the Syrian civil war in March alone, according to a leading activist group that reported it was the deadliest month yet in the 2-year-old conflict. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Obama’s policy on Syria leaves analysts guessing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

HAGELIN: Even the White House can’t change Easter’s meaning

By Rebecca Hagelin

President Barack Obama waves to the crowd as he watches the first half of the East Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament between Syracuse and Marquette, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

CURL: The Obamas live the 1 percent life

By Joseph Curl

** FILE ** New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks March 1, 2013, at a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Pentagon’s budget fears fall on media’s deaf ears

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The "Spend a Day With President Clinton Sweepstakes" is a new fundraiser sponsored by the Arkansas-based William J. Clinton Foundation. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Gun tour countdown

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

The American flag flies at half-staff over the White House in Washington early on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in honor of the four Americans who died when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Cleric in Egypt vows: ‘Islamic flag will be raised above the White House’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama urges Congress to take action on measures to protect children from gun violence on Thursday, March 28, 2013, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Standing with Mr. Obama are Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) and, according to the White House, law enforcement officials, victims of gun violence and others, whom the White House did not want to name. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama steps up pressure to pass gun measures

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

White House principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest gives the daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House’s 2014 budget to be tardiest of Obama’s presidency

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama shakes hands with the new director of the U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson after she was sworn in by Vice President Joseph R. Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 27, 2013. Pierson is the first female director in the agency's 148-year history. (Associated Press)

White House: First woman named to head Secret Service was ‘most qualified’

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama poses with Los Angeles Kings hockey team during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, where he honored the 2012 Stanley Cup hockey champions and the Major League Soccer champions LA Galaxy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Politics not on agenda as Los Angeles Kings meet President Obama

By Stephen Whyno - The Washington Times

“I do anticipate that you will see the president using the power of the bully pulpit … by traveling across the country a little bit and talking about some of these issues, including” gun control, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Truly gun-free

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Obama, watches as the Oath of Allegiance is administered at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members and civilians in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama urges Congress to ‘finish the job’ on immigration overhaul

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times