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John Jackson, co-owner of Capitol City Arms Supply in Springfield, Illinois, shows off an AR-15 assault rifle. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama AR-15 ammunition ban targeted in gun group’s nationwide media campaign

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, about the Justice Department’s findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Mo. The Justice Department will not prosecute a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old whose death in Ferguson sparked weeks of protests and ignited an intense national debate over how police treat African-Americans. But the government released a scathing report Wednesday that faulted the city for racial bias. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Eric Holder: Dismantling Ferguson Police Department still an option

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget because of Republican efforts to block President Obama's executive actions on immigration, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Republican leadership is a myth

By Judson Phillips

President Barack Obama introduces first lady Michelle Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, as they announce their &#8216;Let Girls Learn&#8217; initiative. The Obama administration is expanding efforts and directing a variety of federal agencies to work with other countries to help young girls worldwide attend and stay in school. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DONALD LAMBRO: Obama’s crippled presidency

By Donald Lambro

This Jan. 23, 2013, file photo shows Secretary of State Hillary Rodham as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Clinton emails cast new doubts on scope of Benghazi talking points

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The Supreme Court heard arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare on life support as Supreme Court splits on law’s fate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A pro-Israel demonstrator waves flags toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

MORTON KLEIN AND DANIEL MANDEL: Cause of strain U.S./Israel relations: Obama’s hostile policies

By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel

In this March 3, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama speaks about Iran and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress during a meeting with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Obama’s weakness on the Middle East

By Victor Davis Hanson

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her phone after attending a U.S.-Russia meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 23, 2010. The revelation that Mrs. Clinton used an off-the-books email account during her time as secretary of state has raised fresh questions about her credibility heading into 2016. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton hidden emails taint Obama transparency vow, boost Benghazi probe

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (right) listens to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez during a press conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City on March 2, 2015. Biden is on a two-day trip to meet with the leaders of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras regarding immigration issues. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden: Raising taxes in Central America will slow illegal immigration

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 20, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu huddle during their joint news conference in Jerusalem, Israel. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

WESLEY PRUDEN: In boycotting Netanyahu’s speech, Democrats pick the wrong battle

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell wrote a recent letter to Republican leaders defending the Obamacare subsidies. (Associated Press)

Obama administration prepares for court showdown over Obamacare subsidies

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, for a procedural vote as Congress moves toward a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department hours before a shutdown was to begin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Homeland Security funding deal elusive

By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press

"We object to Common Core because the federal government has no right imposing curriculum, imposing content standards in local classrooms when these decisions have always been made by local parents, by teachers, by local leaders," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told the CPAC conventiongoers, sparking applause from the crowd. (Associated Press)

Common Core opposition unites 2016 hopefuls at CPAC, with Jeb Bush lone outlier

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration on continuing political and existential threats to Israel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

STEVEN ROSEN: Real U.S.-Israel crisis lies ahead

By Steven J. Rosen

Syrian refugees gather near their tent after recent stormy weather and snowfalls at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, in this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo. The Obama administration's commitment to taking in thousands of Syrian refugees is raising national security concerns among some law enforcement officials and Republican lawmakers. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

U.S. looks to aid Syrian refugees amid security concerns

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter sits besides the anti-tank gun MILAN at the Infantry School of the German Federal Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany, on Oct. 2. (Associated Press)

Obama lacks Islamic State plan, should increase arms to Kurdish peshmerga, envoy says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, whose country in West Africa has suffered with during the outbreak of the Ebola virus, waits to speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. President Sirleaf meets with President Barack Obama on Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Ebola battle far from over

By Jonathan Soch - The Washington Times

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, in his office in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 4, 2014. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Republicans to roll out immigration enforcement bills

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President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

EDITORIAL: Obama does not heed voter wishes

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES