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** FILE ** In this Dec. 8, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama leaves a news conference in the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

In 2012, Obama to press ahead without Congress

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama speaks Dec. 23, 2011, at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama delays request for $1.2T debt limit increase

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Republican (GOP) campaign losses and amnesia Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BIRNBAUM: Time for campaign amnesia

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Bloomberg

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** F-15 warplanes of the Saudi Air Force fly over Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 25, 2009, during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University. (Associated Press)

U.S. finalizes deal to sell F-15s to Saudi Arabia

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh wants permission to travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. (Associated Press)

Yemen’s Saleh desire for medical care in U.S. awaits OK

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater created by a car-bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad. A series of blasts Thursday morning killed or wounded scores of people in coordinated explosions designed to wreak havoc in the capital. The last U.S. combat troops left the country on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Bombings rock Baghdad and kill scores

By Guy Taylor and Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Soldiers move down a street in Daraa, Syria, in this video scene shown on the Internet. Amateur video emerged Monday from Syria that purported to show ongoing violence in the country. Scenes could not be independently verified as showing the Syrian government brutalizing its people. (Associated Press)

Syrian forces reportedly kill more than 200

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Huntsman

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Activists: Syrian troops kill 100 in village

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

Bail denied to suspect in Obama shooting try

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

City State: Morning Roundup

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this image made from KRT television, Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest known son and successor, visits the body of senior Kim with top military and Workers' Party officials in a memorial palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT)

U.S. takes delicate approach to North Korean succession

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-il applauds following a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Officials: U.S. weighs N. Korea policy after Kim’s death

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the current front-runner, has gained favor with tea party supporters, despite the fact he has been an insider for more than three decades in Washington politics. (Associated Press)

Tea party backers shifting focus from White House race to Hill

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

**FILE** Condoleezza Rice (Associated Press)

CURL: One president, please, with a side of Rice

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

Republican Sens. Mike Johanns (left) of Nebraska, Johnny Isakson (center) of Georgia and James Risch of Idaho leave closed-door negotiations on the payroll tax cut extension and other measures on Dec. 16, 2011, at the Capitol. (Associated Press)

Senate brokers deal on payroll tax cut extension

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, followed by Rep. Greg Walden, Oregon Republican, strides into a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill singing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" on Dec. 16, 2011, the morning after lawmakers from both political parties came together on an 11th-hour deal to keep the government from shutting down. (Associated Press)

House passes funding bill, averts shutdown

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times