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President Barack Obama points after presenting the Medal of Honor to retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles of Michigan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 18, 2016. Kettles distinguished himself in combat operations near Duc Pho, Vietnam, and is credited with saving the lives of 40 soldiers and four of his own crew members. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama presents retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, Vietnam War veteran, with Medal of Honor

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while speaking to the media during his and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov news conference following their long talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 15, 2016. Lavrov and other Russian officials have called on their countrymen in Turkey to stay indoors amid uncertainty about whether a military coup is taking place. Lavrov made the statement early Saturday at a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

John Kerry, secretary of state: Recent ‘desperate’ terrorist attacks proves ISIS ‘on the run’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while speaking during his and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko news conference after the talks in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 7, 2016. Kerry is meeting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and others to discuss progress made on reforms called for by agreements reached in Minsk to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine with Russian-backed separatists, which has already seen Moscow annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

John Kerry, secretary of state, blames Congress for not doing more to help fight ISIS

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this May 10, 2016, file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks to reporters as he returns to the Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ted Cruz to Obama after Nice attack: ‘Willful blindness is not a policy’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A Department of Homeland Security report said federal immigration officials could have done more to deport Jean Jacques, a Haitian national convicted of killing a Connecticut woman after prison release. (NorwichBulletin.com via Associated Press)

Republicans demand punishment for countries that refuse to take back criminal illegals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn (Associated Press/File) ** FILE **

Michael Flynn’s ISIS ‘global footprint’ warning counters Obama’s narrative in Iraq

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iranian dissidents call for regime change

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama files new trade complaint against China with WTO

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama speech at an interfaith memorial service for the fallen police officers and members of the Dallas community was well received by law enforcement leaders. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Dallas speech buoys law enforcement leaders

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Illustration on transgender mental health in the military by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Chelsea Manning and transgender suicide rates

By Anne Hendershott

ADVANCE FOR USE WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016 AND THEREAFTER-FILE - In this Friday, June 27, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boards a plane with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama tramples on high ideals of America, fuels Black Lives Matter racism

By Charles Hurt

President Barack Obama listens to Polish President Andrzej Duda offering condolences before making statements following their meeting at PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 8, 2016. Obama is in Warsaw to attend the NATO Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s legacy of race

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

MEK leader Maryam Rajavi called for a "firm European policy which necessarily requires lending support to the Iranian people's resistance [in order] to establish democracy and popular sovereignty" in Iran.

Iran dissidents in France call for change of regime

The Washington Times

Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, says Western powers stand "against the Iranian people's will." (Associated Press) **FILE**

Iranian dissidents rally with former U.S. leaders against Tehran’s theocracy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A tent stands ready to welcome the heads of the 28 NATO members and other officials for a NATO summit at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2016. The Polish capital Warsaw will host a two-day NATO summit starting Friday, July 8, the first time ever that it hosts a top-level meeting of the Western military alliance which it joined in 1999. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

NATO boosts support for countries battling Islamic extremism

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the events in Dallas at the beginning of his news conference at PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016. Obama is in Warsaw attending the NATO Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama says motives of Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson ‘hard to untangle’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Treasury cooked up excuse for Obamacare payments: GOP report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is calling for a $1.8 billion project to combat Aedes aegypti. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CDC, Democrats make last-ditch plea for more Zika money

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times