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Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, left, with Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz, talks about President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget, during a news conference in the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget Monday that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations and eliminate tight federal spending caps to shower more money on both domestic and military programs. It would provide middle-class tax relief and fund an ambitious public works effort to rebuild aging roads and bridges. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House Republican budgets ripped by Obama over spending limits

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, 76, has announced the launch of Gingrich 360, described as "a full circle American consulting and media production group," with a focus on the nation's success. (Associated Press)

Newt Gingrich accuses Hillary Clinton of illegal activity, as Clinton Foundation admits ‘mistakes’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks in Nashua, N.H., in this April 18, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Supporters of Senate Iran bill swatting away amendments

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, left, talks with White House Correspondents Association president Christi Parsons during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama jokes at WHCA dinner: ‘I have something that rhymes with bucket list’

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S or anyone else be able to respond in time? In theory, yes. Are they prepared to use military force? Questionable. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

TIM CONSTANTINE: Obama’s odd love affair with Iran

By Tim Constantine

Vice President Joseph R. Biden declared Israel's security will never be threatened, vowing military force against Iran will be used if diplomacy fails. "It's personal for me and it's personal for the president," he said. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden reaffirms Israel support in spite of Iran nuclear deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., right, head into the Senate Chamber on Cap[itol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2015, for the confirmation vote on the nomination of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General. Lynch won confirmation to serve as attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than five months for the title and remained divided to the end. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DONALD LAMBRO: Republican Congress gets to work

By Donald Lambro

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters as he heads to the chamber for a procedural vote at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John McCain: Rand Paul is the ‘worst possible candidate’ on national security

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Scrutiny of foreign money swirling around Hillary Rodham Clinton, including skyrocketing speaking fees paid to her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and megadonations to their charitable foundation after she became America's top diplomat, will only intensify and dog her on the campaign trail. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton under fire for foreign donations, link to Russia uranium deal

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, answers a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FRANK GAFFNEY: Congress must stop enabling Obama’s imperial overreach

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her bid for president last week and has dodged questions from reporters on the campaign trail about her role in deciding the levels of security at the diplomatic compound in Benghazi and the administration's initial response in blaming the attack on an anti-Islam video rather than on terrorists. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton haunted by Benghazi with probe likely to extend into 2016

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, following a GOP strategy meeting. In a direct challenge to the White House, a Senate committee pushed toward a vote on a bill that would give Congress a chance to weigh in on any final nuclear agreement that can be reached with Iran. The top Republican leaders in the House and Senate insisted on Tuesday that lawmakers have a say. Boehner said "Congress should absolutely have the opportunity to review this deal," telling reporters. "The administration appears to want a deal at any cost." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Boehner: Obama admin making it ‘virtually impossible’ to get Benghazi facts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Connecting Engel to Rolling Stone a spin factory bias

By Christopher Harper

Liberals, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are taking on President Obama and so-called Wall Street Democrats in an effort to thwart confirmation of a key Treasury nominee. (Association Press)

Elizabeth Warren stands up to lame duck Obama on free trade deal

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Ernest Moniz (AP Photo)

Billions of dollars needed to fix aging, vulnerable U.S. energy infrastructure, reports says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on Hillary and money questions by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Hillary Clinton campaign slowed by scandals

By Donald Lambro

FILE - In this April 12, 2013 file photo, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. An Obama administration official says the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to resign soon. Leonhart is a career drug agent who has led the agency since 2007 and is the second woman to hold the job. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

EDITORIAL: Michele Leonhart resigns from DEA

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this April 14, 2015, file photo, President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House. A compromise between Congress and Mr. Obama on Iran marks a rare moment of cooperation, keeping alive Mr. Obama's hopes of a legacy-building nuclear deal and sparing him, for now, the sight of Congress overriding a veto. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Why is Iran deal classified, locked in Senate office?

By Fred Fleitz

Wind mills work atop the mesa near Sterling City, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

PAUL DRIESSEN: Tax dollars pay for green madates bad for America

By Paul Driessen

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Washington in this March 23, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House ignores Clinton Foundation questions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times