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Then-Kentucky Republican Lt. Gubernatorial candidate Jenean Hampton, left, looks on as her running mate, Gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin, addresses their supporters from the steps of the Bevin campaign headquarters in Somerset Ky., Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

NEWT GINGRICH: The collapse of the Democratic Party

By Newt Gingrich

Illustration about the need for U.S. strength in the face of Chinese aggression in the South China Sea by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ALEXANDER BENARD: Redemption in the South China Sea

By Alexander Benard

President Obama. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Americans souring on Obama’s Islamic State plan: AP-GfK poll

By Josh Lederman and Emily Swanson - Associated Press

Israel: First Line of Defense Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GARY BAUER: Israel, not Iran, is America’s ally

By Gary Bauer

Sign Up Line for Obamacare Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JOHN BARRASSO: Beginning of the end of Obamacare

By John Barrasso

American Lung Association officials admit their broader strategy has morphed during President Obama's time in the White House, saying they recognize significant "policy opportunities" that come with a president who has vowed to make climate change a centerpiece of his final years in office. (Association Press)

American Lung Association pushes Obama climate change agenda

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 30, 2015. Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats are gathering in Geneva this weekend, hoping to bridge differences over a nuclear inspection accord and economic sanctions on Tehran. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

L. TODD WOOD: Obama administration confirms Iran’s Mideast hegemony

By L. Todd Wood

President Barack Obama poses for photos with a jersey he received from head coach Jill Ellis as he welcomed the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington during a ceremony to honor the team and their victory in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Standing with Obama, from left are, Christie Rampone, Morgan Brian, Abby Wambach, Julie Johnston, Obama, Sydney Leroux, and Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, and Megan Rapinoe. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama honors Women’s World Cup championship team at White House

By Stacy A. Anderson - Associated Press

President Obama is promoting a platform of executive actions and private sector commitments to accelerate America's transition to cleaner sources of energy. Republicans, however, say his plan will ultimately bring Americans higher power costs. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Business groups join fight to combat Clean Power Plan

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Chart to accompany Moore article of Oct. 26, 2015

STEPHEN MOORE: The liberal war on women

By Stephen Moore

This picture released by Cubadebate on its website early Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Castro has written an article on Sunday in state-media criticizing those who spread rumors he was on his death bed. (AP Photo/Alex Castro, Cubadebate)

EDITORIAL: Light on the opening to Cuba

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Security in Libya has reached a new low in recent weeks, and the dire situation made its way into Hillary Rodham Clinton's hearing Thursday before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton says Libya chaos shows consequences of U.S. withdrawal from unstable places

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The president vetoed the sweeping $612 billion defense policy bill, citing objections over how the measure is funded. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama vetoes $612 billion defense bill in rebuke to GOP

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez (right) is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on July 7, 2015. More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a government report released July 13, 2015. The controversy was re-ignited after 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was shot to death while walking on a San Francisco pier and authorities arrested suspect Lopez-Sanchez, who was released from jail in April even though immigration officials had lodged a detainer to try to deport him from the country for a sixth time. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Associated Press)

San Francisco board votes to keep sanctuary city policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 19, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama, flanked by senior adviser Brian Deese, left, and Christina Goldfuss, managing director of the Council on Environmental Quality, speaks at Energy Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House recruits more top businesses in climate change battle

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The math is harsh: The federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being urged to highlight that cold fact to help drive its new pitch for health law sign-ups. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Bigger bite for Obamacare penalty on uninsured: $695

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has embraced the 2009 Copenhagen summit, which has left other participants disappointed. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton touts 2009 Copenhagen summit for climate credentials

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Palestinians burn tires during clashes with Israeli troops at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Associated Press/File)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Obama ignores Israel as Palestinian terrorists attack

By Armstrong Williams

"I don't think it posed a national-security problem," President Obama told an interviewer for the CBS program "60 Minutes" regarding Hillary Rodham Clinton's email controversy. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama closes criminal cases as president, police, judge and jury

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DHS opens door to more foreign tech workers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times