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Do you think anti-terror measures have changed much since President Barack Obama took office?

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Marine Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, introduces President Obama at Bagram Air Field on May 2. As president, Mr. Obama has continued and even built upon strategies he inherited from George W. Bush. (Associated Press)

Obama implementing same Bush policies on terror he once reviled

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This month’s revival of terrorism trials at Guantanamo Bay underscores President Obama’s reliance on counterterrorism tools he inherited from George W. Bush.

Report: Mismanagement rampant at airports authority

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The regional authority overseeing one of the largest public works projects in the country is rife with mismanagement, a glaring lack of transparency and lavish spending habits that have included thousand-dollar dinners and a $9,200 plane ticket to Prague, according to a scathing interim report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s inspector general.

New York resident Melissa Garcia Velez from Colombia speaks during a rally in March in Union Square in New York. The rally was one of many around the country to focus attention on the issue of illegal immigration. A lawsuit filed Monday by illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats challenges filibusters and would rewrite the way the Senate operates, if successful. (Associated Press)

Dream Act supporters target filibuster

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber’s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote threshold applied to most major legislation violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation, such as legalization for illegal immigrants.

In a Monday, May 14th, 2012 photo, Representative Frank McNulty, Speaker of the House, talks about the civil unions bill in the House chambers after Colorado lawmakers rejected a civil unions measure late Monday in front of hundreds of observers at the Capitol. It was the second time within a week the bill failed. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Helen H. Richardson)

Civil-unions battle uncivil in Colorado

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Even with President Obama “evolving” his way to support of gay marriage, the politics of the issue are playing out in complex and contradictory ways in the states, with potentially large consequences for the vote in November.

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Life

Pop tart Britney Spears, thought by some to have conservative Republican leanings, has in fact been largely apolitical. (Associated Press)

Credulous Republicans and the urban legend of a 'conservative' Britney Spears

By James Frazier - Special to The Washington Times

Despite the widespread assumption of Britney Spears’ right-ish leanings, she has never been known to her fans as a politically active, committed — or even aware — entertainer. And it turns out the claims for her conservative proclivities have been unsupported by much in the way of evidence, even of the anecdotal variety. On closer inspection — indeed, even on perfunctory inspection — it appears that the belief that Miss Spears leans right is, at least as of now, little more than an urban legend.