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  • ** FILE ** U.S. President George H. Bush, left, stops to chat with evangelist Pat Robertson on the stops of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 1992. Bush was at the Old Executive Office Building, located next to the White House, to tape an interview with Robertson. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

    Evangelical Pat Robertson honored as a trailblazer in faith, politics

    Pat Robertson, 83, who was honored Friday by the Faith and Freedom Coalition at its Washington gathering, carved out a unique political legacy of his own as a pioneer of Christian broadcasting, as an educator and as a standard-bearer for newly energized Christian conservative voters.

  • Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will automatically restore civil rights to nonviolent felons in Virginia on a conditional, case-by-case basis.

    McDonnell's decision to restore felons' civil rights a switch for GOP

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will automatically restore civil rights to nonviolent felons in Virginia on a conditional, case-by-case basis, signifying an evolution of sorts on criminal justice policy among some factions of the Republican Party.

  • The master robbers

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could give lessons in economics to Willie Sutton, the famous bank robber who, when a psychologist asked him why he robbed banks, famously replied, "Because that's where the money is." But bank robbery is work; the easy money is in the pockets of taxpayers. After pretending to target only millionaires and "the rich" for new taxes, politicians such as Mr. McDonnell are going after the middle class.

  • EDITORIAL: The master robbers

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could give lessons in economics to Willie Sutton, the famous bank robber who, when a psychologist asked him why he robbed banks, famously replied, “Because that’s where the money is.”

  • Virginia transportation plans expected to survive veto session

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's major amendments to bills passed by the General Assembly this year are likely to survive a one-day veto session Wednesday in which lawmakers reconvene in Richmond to consider the governor's legislative changes, political analysts say.

  • Sen. Mark R. Warner (right) holds a large lead in a hypothetical Senate race with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Mr. Warner is running for re-election in 2014. Virginia governors are limited to a single term. (Associated Press)

    Poll shows Mark Warner beating Bob McDonnell easily for Senate

    Sen. Mark R. Warner holds a sizable lead over Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a hypothetical two-man race for Mr. Warner's Senate seat in 2014, according to a poll released Monday.

  • Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell this week stopped short of any wholesale changes to a transportation plan that will likely be his signature legislative achievement, but the under-fire Republican did propose a series of modifications. (Associated Press)

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell controls GOP fire

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell likely didn't quell a Republican backlash against him with a series of late-night amendments he added to legislation passed during the General Assembly session. But, analysts say, he also probably didn't make things much worse.

  • Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell assailed on transportation

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell appeared last month to have brokered a landmark, legacy-making bipartisan compromise on transportation funding. But just three weeks later, the $880 million plan is facing withering attacks from Republicans, criticism from a regional transportation body and even questions about whether parts of the bill might be unconstitutional.

  • ** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    CPAC 2013: Straw poll signals wide-open 2016 presidential race

    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may not have been invited to speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference — but his name has made CPAC's presidential straw poll as one of the 23 listed hopefuls to be the GOP's nominee in 2016.

  • CPAC 2013: Still tackling the tough issues facing conservatives after 40 years

    America's biggest right-wing teach-in/gabfest/fireworks show kicks off Thursday when the annual Conservative Political Action Conference convenes, 40 years after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam, the Supreme Court issued Roe v. Wade and CPAC was born.

  • In Virginia, decisions on signing bills won’t be easy for Gov. Bob McDonnell

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell faces some difficult decisions when it comes time to sign bills passed during this year's General Assembly, including whether to sign or amend a transportation bill that riled conservatives and could further alienate some members of his own party.

  • An Old Town resident travels down the street, using his umbrella to shield him from the snow in Alexandria, VA., Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

    Snow fail: Predictions almost all wrong this time around

    A storm that promised the first significant snowfall accumulation in two years was mostly a bust, dropping a sloppy wet slush inside the Capital Beltway on Wednesday but delivering more significant snow in the Washington area's outer suburbs.

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bill disincentivizes hybrid purchase

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's road-funding bill is a tough pill to swallow ("Virginia negotiators reach transportation deal," Web, Feb. 20). But it's also a bitter pill for Virginia's hybrid-vehicle owners.

  • Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Sequester cuts’ effects won’t be immediate, local officials say

    Local leaders in the D.C. region are bemoaning the drastic cuts they could be forced to make if Congress fails to reach a deal by Friday to avoid sequestration, but some analysts and officials say the effects won't be as immediate or disastrous as some people think.

  • McDonnell urges Obama to work with Hill to avert sequesters

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter to President Obama on Monday asking him to broker a solution to avoid billions in automatic federal spending cuts on the same day that a study found the cuts would hit Virginia and the D.C. region harder than any other area in the country.

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