Politics

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Former D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown faces up to 37 months in prison with three years of supervised release when he is sentenced Oct. 3. The district attorney noted that Brown embarked on his scheme even after guilty pleas from two former colleagues. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday blamed congressional Republicans for the long holdup in appointing a permanent director of ATF. (Associated Press)

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John Kinley Tener, a former professional baseball player who served in the House of Representatives, established the Congressional Baseball Game in 1909. (Library of Congress)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Monday he will bring his chamber's latest version of the farm bill to the floor this month. He declined to do so last year to avoid intraparty fighting during an election year. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Donald Trump speaks at the 124th Annual Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi, Mich., on May 21, 2013. (Associated Press/The Detroit News)

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White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House on June 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Mattel's Man of Steel: Flight Speeders, Superman Strike Ship with Shadow Assault Zod (Photo by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Israel, holding Palestinian flags as they march for marking Jerusalem Day in Cairo on June 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Iraqis walk past posters of Abbas Mahmoud al-Maliki, an Iraqi Shiite fighter who was killed in Syria as he was protecting the Sayida Zeinab shrine, in Baghdad on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Iraqi Shiite fighters are playing an increasingly prominent role in neighboring Syria's civil war, exacerbating Iraq's own fraught sectarian tensions even as violence in the country spikes to its highest level in years. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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President Barack Obama is applauded as he arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 10, 2013, to speak during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. Obama highlighted the gap in pay that still exists between men and women. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)