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By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
President Obama’s meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders Wednesday, during which he planned to lecture them on his five-point to-do list of economic priorities, quickly devolved into a redux of last year’s showdown over the federal budget.
updated 43 minutes ago

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
As President Obama prepares to host the NATO and Group of Eight international summits this weekend, there are increasing signs that the world is brushing him aside.

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.

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.

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.

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
updated 43 minutes ago
President Obama’s meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders Wednesday, during which he planned to lecture them on his five-point to-do list of economic priorities, quickly devolved into a redux of last year’s showdown over the federal budget.

By Associated Press
Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press
The head of Greece’s Council of State will take the reins of the country until it holds new elections on June 17, political party leaders decided Wednesday, a day after power-sharing talks collapsed, state TV reported.

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
Defense Secretary Defense Leon E. Panetta on Tuesday directed the Air Force to take measures addressing pilots’ concerns about the F-22 Raptor fighter jet’s oxygen system.
updated 42 minutes ago
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