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U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 21, 2016. Obama met with Saudi King Salman and attended a meeting of Gulf Arab heads of state of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries during his two-day visit to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Problems mount for Obama in Syria, Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the debilitating burden of high taxes by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

DONALD LAMBRO: Unemployment, jobs greatest voter concerns

By Donald Lambro

Protesters participate in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 25, 2015, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Contraception-only plans are unworkable, Justice Dept. tells Supreme Court

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President-elect Barack Obama, left, stands with Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, at a news conference in Chicago, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Why is Obama reluctant to endorse Hillary Clinton?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this April 5, 2016, photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The president's trip to the Middle East and Europe may have been planned as the first in a series of farewell visits, but it's shaping up to be a reassurance tour. When Obama lands in Saudi Arabia, Britain and Germany this week, he'll be met by leaders who share worries about the United States' long-term commitment to them and irritation at him describing them as international &quot;free riders.&quot; (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama misleading public about benefits of free-trade deal: Report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Red Tape-worm Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Obama presides over power grabs

By Robert Knight

In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a low altitude pass by the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

L. TODD WOOD: The message behind the Russian jet buzzing

By L. Todd Wood

President Obama was criticized for standing behind a podium instead of being seated behind the Resolute desk while addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama to visit CIA as US weighs next steps on Islamic State

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this photo taken March 16, 2016, Federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland arrives with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to be introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Garland, has been characterized as a moderate who, if confirmed, would nudge his divided colleagues slightly to the left because he would replace conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Obama vows never to pull nomination of Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama (left) announces the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2014. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA) **FILE**

Obama relents on Fast & Furious executive privilege, turns records over to Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, doves fly over the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

John Kerry’s visit to Hiroshima grabbing spotlight at G-7 meeting

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Illustration on Che Guabama and the roots of Berie Sanders' support by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MONICA CROWLEY: The real secret of Bernie Sanders’ success

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

State Department Under Secretary for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr., testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, on recent Iranian actions and implementation of the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama admin denies plan to open U.S. markets to Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Andy Slavitt, acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Image: http://www.cms.gov)

CMS proposes pay raise for Medicare Advantage plans

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, flanked by his wife Emine Erdogan, waves as he arrives to inaugurate the Diyanet Islamic Cultural Center in Lanham, Maryland, Saturday, April 2, 2016. Erdogan has vowed to back Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. During his visit to the United States, Erdogan told an Azerbaijani reporter that "we will support Azerbaijan to the end." The remarks were quoted by the presidency on Sunday.(Kayhan Ozer, Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)

EDITORIAL: With Turkey, work ahead for President Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama is growing more confident that the GOP will yield in its blockade against Judge Merrick Garland's confirmation to the Supreme Court, with at least 16 Republican senators having met with or agreeing to meet with the nominee. (Associated Press)

Obama’s confidence higher over Supreme Court pick

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

CLIFFORD MAY: Obama visit legitimizes Cuban dictatorship

By Clifford D. May

In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool, File)

Hillary Clinton email stories ‘constantly shifting,’ judge says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in Janesville, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

DONALD LAMBRO: The truth about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tax plans

By Donald Lambro