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President Obama waves in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FOIA backlog soars despite Obama transparency pledge

Associated Press

Skeletons in the Closet Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

R. EMMETT TYRRELL: The future of identity politics

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Happy fans cheer while Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks in Burlington, Vermont. (associated press)

Inside the Beltway: Bernie Sanders: Media coverage normalizes socialism

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Nashville, Tenn., in this May 30, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

Jeb Bush on GOP primary: ‘This isn’t tiddlywinks we’re playing’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate rejects changes to House NSA phone collection bill

By Erica Werner - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (left) talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Geneva on 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. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama admin dismisses reports of Iran hoarding nuclear fuel

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses while speaking about U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff, killed by Islamic State militants, in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 3, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ex-CIA spy blasts ‘lousy’ Obama terror strategy: ‘It’s very safe politically’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

CLIFFORD MAY: China, Iran challenge America’s naval dominance

By Clifford D. May

FILE - In this July 10, 2014, file photo, a statue of Henry Johnson is displayed in the Arbor Hill neighborhood in Albany, N.Y. Two World War I Army heroes, Sgt. William Shemin and Johnson are finally getting the Medal of Honor they may have been denied because of discrimination, nearly 100 years after bravely rescuing comrades on the battlefields of France. President Barack Obama plans to posthumously bestow the nation’s highest military honor on both men for their actions in 1918 during a White House ceremony Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Black and Jewish WWI heroes finally receive Medal of Honor

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

President Obama said he will not sign a nuclear agreement with Iran unless it's verifiable, and he tried to downplay concerns that Tehran would use its extra cash from the end of international sanctions to finance more terrorism. (Associated Press)

Obama deal in jeopardy as Iran nuclear fuel stockpile grows

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama said during a town hall meeting that, when all is said and done, he hopes that he will be remembered "fondly" by posterity. Presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham said the president made America "less safe." (Associated Press)

Obama hoping for kind legacy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In its latest efforts, the terror group Islamic State is using social media to recruit jihadis to its self-styled paradise on earth, hoping to lure trained professionals like doctors and builders to improve the stateless group's infrastructure in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press)

Islamic State recruits Westerners with promise of Muslim utopia

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama’s Iraq legacy of promises unfulfilled

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner arrives at the Annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners, in New York. Jenner made his debut as a transgender woman on the cover for the July 2015 issue of Vanity Fair. The image was shot by famed celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)

Bruce Jenner completes transition to Caitlyn in Vanity Fair

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

A honey bee queen, center, mills about a honeycomb as it's hive receives routine maintenance as part of a collaboration between the Cincinnati Zoo and TwoHoneys Bee Co., Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at EcOhio Farm in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

ANGELA LOGOMASINI: Government plan to save honeybees would sting taxpayers

By Angela Logomasini

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. in this 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

EPA’s renewable fuels push has unleashes bipartisan backlash

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Cuba officially removed from U.S. terror list

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Biofuels mandate mess: New EPA ethanol standards under fire

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, may 27, 2015, to board Marine One on the South Lawn for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., before traveling to Miami to attend DNC fundraisers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DREW JOHNSON: Obama expands his taxpayer-funded solar boondoggles overseas

By Drew Johnson

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell unveiled updated Bureau of Land Management use policy Thursday, saying federal efforts to protect the greater sage grouse are needed to ensure "a bright future for wildlife and a thriving Western economy." (Associated Press)

Western states decry Obama plan to save greater sage grouse

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times