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WESLEY PRUDEN: Barack Obama protects Islamic enemies against U.S. war

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

In this March 11, 2013 file photo is a sign reading "Stop the Transcanada Pipeline" placed in a field near Bradshaw, Neb. Even if the Republican-led Congress approves the Keystone XL pipeline, not a drop of oil will flow through the system until Nebraska signs off on its route. The routing process is still before the state Supreme Court, and depending on how justices rule, it could be months or longer before any construction in Nebraska begins. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama abuses Canada with Keystone pipeline politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BOOK REVIEW: Iran’s deadly ambition: The Islamic Republic’s quest for global power

By Joshua Sinai

Syrian rebels have voiced serious reservations about a U.S. program to train moderate opposition fighters in Jordan, dismissing it as a drop in the ocean that would not change realities on the ground. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Syria ‘safe zone’ plan lacks moderate rebels needed to carry it out

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping drink after a toast during a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chinese spies targeting personal emails of top Obama admin officials: NSA leak

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on the effects of lifting financial sanctions on Iran under the Obama/Iran nuclear deal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ED FEULNER: Iran nuclear deal makes war more likely with top terrorist nation

By Ed Feulner

People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo., on Thursday in water discolored by the Gold King Mine waste spill. (Associated Press)

Gold King Mine spill exposes Obama hypocrisy, threatens EPA credibility, critics say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In a court filing last week, Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald Vitiello said the agency saw a rise in illegal immigrant families crossing into the U.S. in July, which was surprising as it breaks the usual pattern, in which a decrease occurs as the late-summer heat makes that time of year more difficult for an immigrant's journey. (Associated Press)

Immigration campaign tells Central Americans not to jump border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

As the world reels from North Korea's nuclear posturing, survivors hope young and old will remember the commitment to peace that followed the hypermilitarized mania of imperial Japan — and the American bombs that crushed it. (Associated Press/File)

Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

By Kaori Hitomi and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker listens during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FACT CHECK: GOP candidates veer from the truth in 1st debate

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 1, 2015, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the attendees at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. There will be no further roll call votes this week,&quot; McConnell, told a mostly empty Senate on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The Senate is joining the House in summer recess as Congress sets course for an autumn of showdowns over Iran, spending and Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Taking bow for summer, Congress leaves clashes for fall

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/File)

U.S. should embed military advisers to fight Islamic State, think tank says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at his papers during the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators in both parties blast Obama administration for playing politics with trafficking report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Key pieces of President Obama's environmental plan, including proposals to increase ozone standards, limit carbon emissions from power plants and continue mandating more ethanol in U.S. gasoline supplies, will bring with them serious side effects in the coming months and years, critics and some analysts say. (Associated Press)

CAL THOMAS: Obama keeps his promises on carbon

By Cal Thomas

President Obama said the U.S. and its allies have made significant progress in halting the advance of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, through Iraq and Syria. Now, he wants the blessing of Congress to finish the job. (Associated Press)

BRUCE FEIN: Obama-neocons are useful idiots to al Qaeda, ISIS

By Bruce Fein

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Kerry pitched the administration's controversial nuclear deal with Iran to a skeptical House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, pushing back against the allegation it would ease crippling sanctions forever in exchange for temporary concessions on weapons development. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Slavery concerns rise over Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about his Clean Power Plan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. The president is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EDITORIAL: Clean Power Plan an assault on low-income Americans

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama speaks during a multilateral meeting in Addis Ababa on South Sudan and cointerterrorism issues with Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, the African Union and Uganda. (Associated Press/File)

Obama calls on young Africans to reject harmful traditions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, GOP presidential candidate, hits campaign trail in New Hampshire

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times