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  • House Ways and Means Committees Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, is leading efforts in the House to block the Obama administration from granting waivers to the welfare work requirement. (Associated Press)

    House GOP to try to block waiver of welfare work rule

    House Republicans will take one last shot at President Obama's executive authority before rushing home for November's elections when they vote this week on a bill blocking him from waiving work requirements from the bipartisan 1996 welfare reform law.


  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘Defending the Free Market’

    As the presidential race centers on America's economic woes, President Obama and many of his supporters depict capitalism as a system that allows greedy CEOs and Wall Street insiders to profit atthe expense of the common good. Increased government regulation is their proposed solution for checking corruption and standing up for the rights of the average American.


  • Vincent Leclercq of France demonstrates in front of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, as the AIDS conference continues in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

    Obama hit for not showing at AIDS event

    After two days of upbeat speeches about an end to AIDS, impatient activists took to the microphones and streets Tuesday to protest the sluggish pace of research, persistent barriers to care and funding, and President Obama's decision not to appear in person at the weeklong AIDS 2012 conference.


  • Health care cash probed in lobbying

    A $1 billion fund created by President Obama's health care law, which Republicans have derided as a slush fund, is under investigation for suspicions of lobbying rule violations.


  • SPIN METER: Political ads stir health care horror

    They're throwing granny off a cliff!


  • Big gaps found in nursing homes' disaster plans

    Tornado, hurricane or flood, nursing homes are woefully unprepared to protect frail residents in a natural disaster, government investigators say.


  • Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    MURDOCK: 17 trillion more reasons to repeal Obamacare

    Just this week, several brand-new reasons have emerged for repealing Obamacare. Like proper, government-designed straitjackets, they come in three sizes: hefty, huge and humongous. The hefty reason to repeal Obamacare arrived just in time for the April 17 tax-filing deadline.


  • A high-definition webcam at Cornell University follows the real-time nesting instincts of red-tailed hawk Big Red as she incubates three eggs and dines on voles. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway: Romney's chicken soup

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney may have a cure-all for health care reform as the Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of the law on Monday.


  • APNewsBreak: 2.5M young adults gain coverage

    The number of young adults lacking medical coverage has shrunk by 2.5 million since the new health care overhaul law took effect, according to a new analysis the Obama administration is to release Wednesday.


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