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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington in this Wednesday, June 17, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Donald Trump: Janet Yellen keeping interest rates low for political reasons

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama administration accuses Israel of terrorism, ‘excessive force’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 17, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds to hit debt ceiling Nov. 3

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 8, 2015, file photo, United Airlines planes are parked at their gates as another plane, top, taxis past them at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. U.S. airlines have ramped up an aggressive lobbying campaign that seeks nothing less than converting the government from industry regulator to business ally. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Delta, American and United — big 3 airlines — flexing their political muscle in Washington

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

"It would be very difficult for Barack Obama to win a third term. He lost independents a long time ago. What's keeping him afloat is essentially the Democratic base. ... we shouldn't forget he lost 5 million votes from 2008 to 2012. I imagine if he ran again he might lose a couple million more," said Lara Brown, a political science professor at George Washington University. (Associated Press)

Obama confident he could win a third term as president

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at the audience before speaking during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EDITORIAL: Making up with Israel

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 22, 2015. (Associated Press)

John McCain: White House ‘floundering’ in Syria

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Mrs. Clinton turned over 55,000 pages of emails in December, and her top aides turned over tens of thousands of pages this year, leaving the department overwhelmed. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails: State Department can’t find enough staffers to process messages

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off the debate by answering a question from moderator Anderson Cooper saying her greatest weakness is being perceived as a panderer, saying she keeps her principles while changing her specific stances. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton on defensive about flip-flopping during debate

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

South Korean President Park Geun-hye must balance Seoul's alliance with Washington with being excluded from the TPP Pacific trade deal. (Associated Press)

Obama to host Park Geun-hye as South Korea’s growing ties to China threaten alliance

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama is pressing for fast-track powers now so that he can finalize an Asian trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that he's negotiating with 11 other countries. A European trade deal could also be on the horizon. (Associated Press)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: ‘Obamatrade’ is here, Congress is on the spot

By Judson Phillips

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, speaks in Jackson, Miss., on March 25, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jeremiah Wright: ‘Jesus was a Palestinian’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Senate Environment Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Jan. 7, 2015 file photo (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Court halts EPA’s controversial water rule

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gary Shamblin of Winston, Ore., prepares to leave a parking lot in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday Oct. 8, 2015, in his 1934 International truck displaying a sign he made reflecting his views on President Barack Obama's planned visit to the area. (Michael Sullivan /The News-Review via AP)

Obama focusing on condolences, not gun laws, in Oregon visit

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama a cipher in the White House

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin's moves in Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KEN ALLARD: Toward war in the Middle East

By Ken Allard

Time and again in recent weeks, Mr. Obama has launched into an unsolicited, spirited defense of his record, in a tone that sometimes betrays a deep annoyance with the Republicans' attacks against him. (Associated Press)

Obama campaigns for his legacy as 2016 Republican candidates’ attacks hit a nerve

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senate OKs massive defense bill, sends measure to Obama

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

President Barack Obama passes then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before delivering a policy address on events in the Middle East at the State Department in Washington on May 19, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama, Hillary Clinton not agreeing on many issues lately

By Lisa Lerer and Kathleen Hennessey - Associated Press

Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2012. Sen. John McCain says successive U.S. administrations have broken their promise to protect the group, which is increasingly under threat of Iranian government-backed militias. (Associated Press)

Obama faces bipartisan push to assist Iranian dissidents trapped in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times