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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Hungary on Monday that her nation will not provide military hardware to Ukraine and asserted that the war with Russia-backed forces "cannot be solved militarily." (Associated Press)

Obama weighs lethal military aid to embattled Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, file photo, Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File) ** FILE **

LAWRENCE J. FEDEWA: Why ‘Islamic’ is important

By Lawrence J. Fedewa

"U.S. policymakers refuse to accurately name the movement as radical Islam. We further choose not to define it nor explain its ideology, and most critical, we have no comprehensive strategy to stop it or defeat it," said retired Army Gen. John Keane. (Associated Press)

Obama lacks strategy to stop Islamic State expansion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

"What is his proposal of what he wants to be in the AUMF? He's the commander in chief so I am glad, I believe we should be looking at authorizing force, however I want to know what is his plan for success," said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican. "That is a fair question and we have not seen that from the president yet." (Associated Press)

Ayotte blasts ‘politically correct’ White House for refusal to call out Islamic extremism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 16, 2012 file photo, newly constructed roadways are being built in Fairfax County, Va. President Barack Obama’s budget will propose an ambitious six-year, $478 billion public works program of highway, bridge and transit upgrades, half of it financed with a one-time mandatory tax on profits that U.S. companies have amassed overseas, White House officials said. Obama will unveil a $4 trillion budget on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

Obama proposing $478 billion public works program in budget

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

A Boston Globe article about former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, that in part details his high school days, has spun off raucous headlines from other news organizations which frame him as a troubled, pot-smoking bully during his time at Phillips Academy. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Jeb Bush inherits Mitt Romney’s negative press coverage

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's plan to further increase various taxes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

STEPHEN MOORE: Obama’s captial gains tax will depress wages

By Stephen Moore

In this April 28, 2014 file photo, Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York. Ms. Lynch is President Obama's choice to succeed Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Loretta Lynch and the GOP surrender caucus

By Judson Phillips

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, is hoping the Supreme Court will rule against the Obama administration in the case over exchanges and subsidies, but the administration is using Mr. Hatch's own words to defend the law, citing an op-ed he wrote about the Affordable Care Act five years ago. (Associated Press)

Orrin Hatch op-ed being used to defend Obamacare in Supreme Court case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voices her opposition after President Barack Obama waded into a decades-long fight over drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, announcing that his administration would pursue a wilderness designation for 12.28 million acres, barring drilling in most of the refuge, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Murkowski, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate heads toward approval of Keystone XL pipeline bill

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participate in a delegation receiving line with the new Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The president and first lady have come to express their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WESLEY PRUDEN: Saudis’ insult to Michelle Obama goes unchallenged by Obama

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A senior defense official says Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, has been returned to regular Army duty. As of Monday he is assigned to U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas. That is the same location where he has been decompressing from the effects of his lengthy captivity. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Obama-released Taliban member swapped for Bowe Bergdahl tried to return to terror

By Maggie Ybarra and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Smoke still rises from a destroyed house that was damaged in Saturday's shelling in the Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. At least 5,100 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since fighting began in April 2014, but violence this week was the most intense since a cease-fire deal was signed in September. Mariupol, a strategic port city on the Black Sea still controlled by Ukrainian forces, has been a symbolic bulwark against the separatist advance that if captured by the rebels would give them a land corridor to Russia-controlled Crimea. The city had been relatively quiet for months before Saturday's attack.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia sanctions fail to stop Ukraine fighting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on contenders for the GOP nomination for president by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and the Republican presidential field

By Donald Lambro

Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on her nomination. If confirmed, Lynch would replace Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation in September after leading the Justice Department for six years. The 55-year-old federal prosecutor would be the nation’s first black female attorney general. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Attorney General nominee defends Obama immigration changes

By ERICA WERNER and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Echoes of the past: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recalled the Rwanda genocide in making her case for U.S. intervention in Libya. (Associated Press Photographs)

Hillary Clinton undercut on Libya war by Pentagon and Congress, secret tapes reveal

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

National Security Adviser Susan Rice (Associated Press/File)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Bergdahl charges again raise questions over Gitmo transfers

By Kyle Shideler