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** FILE ** Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducts a news conference on Jan. 10, 2012, in Phoenix. (Associated Press)

Arizona police intercept bomb package mailed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Republicans on a House panel that probed the collapse of MF Global are pinning the blame on Jon Corzine, a former Democratic senator. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Corzine standard

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Aug. 4, 2008, file photo, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, speaks in Anchorage, Alaska, announcing that he is running for re-election. Stevens was believed to be aboard a plane that crashed amid southwest Alaska's remote mountains and lakes, authorities said Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Judge castigates botched prosecution in Ted Stevens case

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PATTERSON: The problem with Perez

By Matt Patterson

**FILE** Kathy Hansen, a family practice doctor in Houston, protests President Obama's health care law outside the Supreme Court on March 27, 2012. The justices were listening to arguments on the law's individual mandate. (The Washington Times)

Lawsuit over health care tax could kill ‘Obamacare’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Verizon Wireless ad used the company's well-known slogan, "Can you hear me now?"

Can you hear me now? Feds admit FBI warrantless cellphone tracking ‘very common’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Lawmaker calls for review Justice’s of Civil Rights Division

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Former Justice Department lawyers question whether Thomas E. Perez, the department’s Civil Rights Division chief, is the right choice to be labor secretary. (Associated Press)

GAFFNEY: The Perez Test

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Attorney General Eric Holder averts furloughs of prison staff

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

Former Justice Department lawyers question whether Thomas E. Perez, the department’s Civil Rights Division chief, is the right choice to be labor secretary. (Associated Press)

Justice attorneys wary of Perez’s nomination for Labor, cite ‘most devastating indictment’

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Justice: Email snooping law no longer makes sense

By ANNE FLAHERTY - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama applauds in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 18, 2013, during his announcement that he would nominate Thomas E. Perez (right) for Labor secretary. (Associated Press)

Vitter pledges to block Perez nomination

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican (Associated Press)

Grassley: Why were ‘racist’ acts tolerated at Justice Department?

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday said that to create lasting reform, the island's police department must act to develop and implement new policies and protocols.

Likely Labor Secretary pick Perez oversaw Justice Department unit with racially charged divisions

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Sources: Obama poised to pick Thomas Perez for secretary of labor

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Sam Hananel - Associated Press

Column: ‘It is now time to recast his legacy.’

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Tim Brinton

SPRIGG: Obama’s acrobatics on homosexual ‘marriage’

By Peter Sprigg

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ADAMS: The creeping federal takeover of local elections

By J. Christian Adams

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BOVARD: Let’s start by controlling police gun violence

By Jim Bovard

** FILE ** A woman holds a Bible as she stands in silent prayer on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in the hour before the justices return to the bench for another term on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Obama asks Supreme Court to ax California ban on gay marriage

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times