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**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

White House ups rhetoric on dangers of sequester

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Perfect sequester storm

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (The Washington Times)

Governors join White House to fight automatic cuts

By Ken Thomas and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Sen. Barack Obama speaks at a presidential rally in Lancaster, Pa., on Sept. 4. (Associated Press)

NRA uses Justice memo to accuse Obama admin of wanting to confiscate guns

Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood briefs reporters regarding the sequester on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

White House sequester warnings fall on deaf ears

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Gay-marriage supporters outside the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center in Sacramento, Calif., listen during a news conference on the Proposition 8 decision on Feb. 7, 2012. (Associated Press/The Sacramento Bee)

Obama mulls intervention in Supreme Court case on Calif. gay marriage ban

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Defense Secretary-nominee, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais. File)

Richard Shelby’s switch has Chuck Hagel on verge of confirmation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives Thursday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a meeting Friday with President Obama in the Oval Office. Cybersecurity will be among the topics on the two leaders' agenda. (Associated Press)

Timing good for Japanese prime minister’s visit

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Cuban President Raul Castro (front left) talks with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (fifth from left), Vermont Democrat, and members of his delegation at Revolution Palace in Havana on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Juventud Revelde, Estudios Revolucion)

Obama urged to take lead on easing Cuba policy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama gestures during a speech on education on Feb. 14, 2013, at the Decatur Community Recreation Center in Decatur, Ga. The president is traveling to promote his economic and educational plan that he highlighted in his State of the Union address. (Associated Press)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Climate activists turn up heat on Obama with call for ‘summit’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama mentioned climate change eight times during his inaugural address, and the White House has hinted that he may use executive power to pursue a form of clean-energy investments. (Associated Press)

Broad coalition lobbies Obama for ‘climate summit’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama discusses the continuing budget talks in the briefing room of the White House on July 19, 2011. (Associated Press)

Stimulus spending in the face of sequestration: Obama lays out ambitious $50 billion roads plan

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Another pitch for spending on roads, bridges

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

An aide takes several golf bags up the stairs of Air Force One as President Obama prepared to depart from Palm Beach International Airport on Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s super-secret golf trip

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Gina McCarthy emerging as likely pick for EPA chief

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obamacare will hurt young people most

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Nov. 25, 2012, file photo, former Sen. Alan K. Simpson (left) and Erskine Bowles were co-chairmen of President Obama’s deficit-reduction commission and have formed a new group called Fix the Debt to press for a solution to the nation’s severe deficit problem. (Associated Press)

Déjà vu: Tax code talks come to Capitol Hill with 2010 players

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

“It’s a great way to commemorate this challenging moment in history,” says Kevin Sacher, president of American Mint, which has issue a platinum-plated “$1 Trillion Coin” for collectors. And for only $9.95. (American Mint)

Inside the Beltway: The trillion-dollar coin

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times