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  • **FILE** The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Lawmakers see plenty of other places where IRS can find tax scofflaws

    From pro athletes who waste money at their charitable foundations to federal employees who don't pay their taxes, legislators have a few suggestions for whom the IRS should have been scrutinizing instead of going after partisan organizations.


  • Illustration: Jobless by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    LAMBRO: Jobless numbers hide the reality

    While the Dow Jones industrial average merrily soared to new highs on Wall Street, it was a much more sobering and even depressing story on Main Street America.


  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    LAMBRO: Leveraging taxes with sequestration

    President Obama was back on the campaign trail Tuesday, preaching doom and gloom over the approaching budget cuts that will likely take place in March.


  • This aerial photo shows destroyed houses left in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

    GHEI: Sandy's broken windows

    Northeasterners affected by Tuesday's massive storm are beginning the process of assessing the damage. Initial estimates suggest it could cost anywhere from $20 billion to $100 billion to bring things back to where they were before Hurricane Sandy struck.


  • Illustration: Obama The Wonk

    LAMBRO: Obama, the face of failure

    Finally, a pollster asked voters the one question that matters in this presidential election: Does Barack Obama know how to fix the economy?


  • Illustration GOP Busting Obama by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

    LAMBRO: Obama on track to have worst job record since World War II

    August's abysmally weak job growth proved yet again that President Obama's economic policies are a miserable failure that will continue to undermine our country until he leaves office.


  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    LAMBRO: Misleading by example

    There was a huge, gaping hole in former President Bill Clinton's defensive speech Wednesday night on behalf of Barack Obama's bid for a second term.


  • A rough morning after for Obama on jobs

    President Obama is expected to thrill supporters Thursday night when he speaks at the Democratic National Convention, but the good feeling could be short-lived with the arrival of a critical jobs report to be released Friday morning.


  • Illustration Obama's Jobs by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    LAMBRO: Obama II: More of the same

    What will the job-starved Obama economy look like during the next few years if he were to win re-election in November?


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