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President Obama made a recess appointment to enable Richard Cordray (behind him) to begin serving as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mr. Obama made three other recess appointments. (Associated Press)

Justice Department backs Obama on recess appointments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Watchdogs to Obama: Fix the FEC

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama, accompanied by leaders from the private sector and the government, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, to encourage companies to insource and invest in America. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama ‘in-sourcing’ forum highlights GOP divisions

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama

First lady tired of ‘angry black woman’ stereotype

Associated Press

Obama, Pitt, Jolie confab in Oval Office

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"The commitment that the president has to closing Guantanamo Bay is as firm today as it was during the campaign ... I think this is a process that faces obstacles that we're all aware of and we will continue to work through them." - Jay Carney, White House press secretary. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Call rises again to close Guantanamo lockup

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama holds hands with his daughters Malia (left) and Sasha as they leave Sea Life Park, a marine wildlife park, with family friends on Dec. 27 in Waimanalo, Hawaii. (Associated Press)

Top 5 ‘let them eat cake’ moments of the Obama White House

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley (AP Photo)

Daley stepping down as White House chief of staff

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Republican Jon Huntsman Jr. is getting backing from the Boston Globe and other New England newspapers as he tries to surge in the presidential primary race.

Inside the Beltway

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

First lady Michelle Obama

Book depicts tensions between first lady, aides

By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

Back in 1973, when the Nixon administration was under fire for Watergate, Press Secretary Ron Ziegle

The Washington Times

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has been nominated to head the new Consumer Protection Bureau. But Senate Republicans say he would have too much power. Democrats, for their part, complain of political games being played in the process.

KNIGHT: Obama’s inoperative Constitution

By Robert Knight

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: The Republican bloodbath

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Walter McMain Oates

Walter McMain Oates, news photographer, dies at 84

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** President Obama introduces former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as his nominee as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on July 18, 2011 at the White House. (Associated Press)

Sources: Obama to buck Republicans, will OK consumer watchdog

By Ben Feller and Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

Timothy F. Geithner (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Afghan and foreign soldiers are seen Jan. 3, 2012, on alert near the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle killed four civilians and a police officer, police said. (Associated Press)

Taliban to open Qatar office for peace talks

By Patrick Quinn and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has developed a proposal with Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, that would keep traditional Medicare as an option, competing with private plans. People now 55 or older wouldn't have to make any changes. (Associated Press)

Medicare to change for boomers

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press