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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, June 9, 2016 President Barack Obama speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2016. The world was a more peaceful place when Obama was sworn into office pledged to “aggressively pursue” a global ban on nuclear arms tests, but as his term winds down, a working test-ban treaty remains a dream. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, FILE)

20 years on, UN waits for working nuclear-test-ban treaty

By GEORGE JAHN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The World Health Organization says women who live in areas where Zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy, since there's no other sure way to avoid the virus' devastating birth defects. The WHO stops short of advising couples to put pregnancy on hold, as some countries battling the outbreak have. Instead, WHO spokeswoman Nyka Alexander says on June 9, that men and women who live in outbreak areas should be given information about the risks of Zika and told that delaying pregnancy is an option. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

CDC outlines policy to track Zika transmission

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., down the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama defies ideological values to endorse Hillary Clinton

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Millennial voters have continued to stand by far-left candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders — underscoring the challenges Hillary Clinton confronts to unify the Democratic Party. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s ‘historic’ campaign yet to resonate with millennials

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Immigrants from El Salvador who entered the country illegally walk through a bus station after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio, Texas. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants kidnapping children to sneak into U.S. as ‘family units,’ feds say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on the national jobs crisis by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Disguising weak Obama economy not an option

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at Concord Community High School Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Elkhart, Ind. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

EDITORIAL: May jobs report suggests misery ahead

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

California Gov. Jerry Brown and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have publicly backed Hillary Clinton, as have a number of other prominent Democrats in the state. Yet the former secretary of state faces the prospect of losing to Sen. Bernard Sanders in the nation's largest state. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton in danger of losing California as Bernie Sanders makes late surge

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Obama Drag Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JEFFREY BIRNBAUM: Obama is Hillary Clinton’s silent partner on the ballot

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum

Illustration on Obama's potential impact on Hillary's campaign by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KELLY RIDDELL: Obama weighs in on presidential campaign

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

This courtroom artist rendering shows Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, speaking before the Supreme Court. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Verrilli, departing solicitor general, won big, lost a lot of Supreme Court cases

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 18, 2016, during a meeting with German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Lawmakers blast Loretta Lynch for supporting fired VA official

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at Concord Community High School in Elkhart, Ind. Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s language around military combat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell (right) looks on as President Obama delivers remarks during a meeting with people that wrote him letters explaining how they benefited from the Affordable Care Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama admin evading questions of illegal Obamacare funding, House GOP says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agents patrol along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border on Feb. 24, 2015, near Rio Grande City, Texas. (Associated Press)

Judge Andrew Hanen scaring illegals away from Obama’s amnesty, administration says

By Andrea Noble and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

From left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani hold hands in a show of solidarity after their trilateral meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, on May 23. (Iranian Presidency Office via Associated Press)

India-Iran Chabahar port deal reveals tense Asian rivalries

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks during a news conference at the Texas Republican Convention Friday, May 13, 2016, in Dallas. Texas is signaling the state it will challenge an Obama administrative directive over bathroom access for transgender students in public schools. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Religious freedom protections: state-by-state

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Destin Cramer (left) and Noah Rice place a new sticker on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School on May 17 in Seattle. (Associated Press)

Obama administration’s transgender bathroom push pits Title IX against itself

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2016, following a House Republican caucus meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: The Puerto Rico debacle

Syrian refugees arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)

State Department sets single-day record for Syrian refugee approvals, renewing security fears

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times