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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ted Cruz declares his 2016 White House bid; Rand Paul plans to make it official in April

By Ben Wolfgang and Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

$Actor Mark Ruffalo has been one of the protesters of proposed fracking in New York. At a New Yorkers Against Fracking rally in Albany, the group called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing. Mr. Cuomo gave in to the pressure and imposed a ban a month after his re-election. (Associated Press)$

Obama fracking rules anger environmentalists who want ban on federal land drilling

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

CIA Director John Brennan addresses a meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, Friday, March 13, 2015. Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the U.S. spy agency's limited insights into a series of major global developments. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

CIA Director Brennan: Islamic State is ‘ideology of violence,’ not of Muslim faith

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Voters head to the polls at Benton Harbor High School on Election Day Tuesday, November 4, 2014, in Benton Harbor, Mich.(AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell)

Perfect presidential candidate: Americans want ‘Someone willing to change Obama’s policies’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, walks with U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell upon arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. The pace of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan will headline Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Washington(AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

U.S. pullout from Afghanistan hinged to developing forces

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday granted pardons to 83 people. An announcement by Brown's office said that each person has been out of state prison for at least 10 years and leads a productive life with no new criminal convictions. Most of them had been convicted of drug and robbery cases. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Ted Cruz critics line up following his presidential declaration

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency erred by not consulting with the Fish and Wildlife Service in designing its so-called Clean Power Plan because the proposal almost surely will force the closure of coal-fired power plants and subsequently reduce the warm water Florida's manatees need to survive during cold winter months. (Associated Press)

Republicans enlist manatee in bid to slow Obama carbon emissions regulations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, center, watches the player's introductions of the Princeton vs Green Bay women's college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament in College Park, Md., Saturday, March 21, 2015. Obama's niece Leslie Robinson, plays for Princeton.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Barack Obama against compensation for college athletes

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Maryland guard Laurin Mincy, left, high-fives teammate Brionna Jones in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against New Mexico State in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Saturday, March 21, 2015, in College Park, Md. Mincy and Jones contributed a combined 41 points to Maryland's 75-57 win. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Brionna Jones helps Maryland to NCAA tournament victory over New Mexico State

By David Ginsburg - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, center, with his nephew Avery Robinson, left, and brother-in-law Craig Robinson, right, standup and join other fans in the final minute of Princeton vs Wisconsin-Green Bay women's college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament in College Park, Md., Saturday, March 21, 2015. Obama's niece Leslie Robinson, plays for Princeton, and advances to the next round after winning 80-70. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

With Obama on hand, Princeton continues winning streak, tops Green Bay

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

$FILE - In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The Obama administration is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. A final rule released Friday also updates requirements for well construction and disposal of water and other fluids used in fracking, a drilling method that has prompted an ongoing boom in natural gas production. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)$

Republicans blast new Interior fracking safety rules as unnecessary job-killers

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif leaves the hotel Beau-Rivage Palace after 5 days of bilateral meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a new round of Nuclear Iran Talks, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)

Obama clings to ‘preposterous argument’ on Iran: Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the first White House Student Film Festival in the East Room at the White House in Washington. Student filmmakers pictured, Miles Pilchik, left, and Gabrielle Nafie, second right, second graders, SciTech in New York, Kids; Kyle Weintraub, second left, seventh grade, from David Posnack Jewish Day School in Davie, Fla.; and Shelly Ortiz, high school senior at Metropolitan Arts Institute, from Phoenix, Ariz. Obama hosts the second annual student film festival on Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama to host White House Student Film Festival

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee to deliver the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Iran threat rhetoric from U.S. intelligence community softer amid Obama nuclear talks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is also a member of the Assembly of Experts, arrives to attend a biannual meeting of the assembly in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Iran's most influential clerical body charged with choosing or dismissing the nation's supreme leader has elected a hard-line ayatollah as its new chairman, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. IRNA said Mohammad Yazdi, the deputy chairman of the 86-member Assembly of Experts, got 47 votes in his favor from among 73 clerics who attended the session. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Obama clinging to ‘preposterous argument’ with Iran: Rep. Brad Sherman

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan points as he speaks to supporters in Yola, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Youths angry at the Nigerian government's failure to fight Islamic extremists threw stones Thursday at President Goodluck Jonathan's electioneering convoy in the eastern town of Jalingo, breaking windshields and windows on several vehicles. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

RICHARD GRENELL: Nigeria on the brink

By Richard Grenell

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, watches Honda Motor Co.&#8217;s interactive robot Asimo demonstrate, along with the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation "Miraikan" Chief Executive Director Mamoru Mori during her visit to the the museum in Tokyo, Monday, March 9, 2015. Merkel is in Japan on Monday and Tuesday as part of a series of bilateral meetings with G-7 leaders ahead of a June summit in Germany. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

EDITORIAL: Machines become more human

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

House Medicare deal hits Senate turbulence over abortion

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Thanks to EPA, even if you like your shower, you can’t keep it

By Ernest Istook

Benjamin Netanyahu's fervent criticism of the Obama administration's pursuit of an Iran nuclear deal is likely to continue to strain Israel's alliance with Washington. (Associated Press)

Benjamin Netanyahu win forces Obama to re-evaluate Middle East peace strategy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times