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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to make a visit to Washington sometime this spring. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president to visit U.S. as Taliban tension flares

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., a Democratic sponsor of the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline bill, flanked by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., right, and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., left, makes his plea at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee markup on the controversial project, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As promised by Republican leaders who now hold the majority in Congress, the Keystone bill is at the top of their agenda after it fell short of passage in December when Democrats ruled the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin’s energy fight with Obama reflects new West Virginia

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Rep. Robert Aderholt, Alabama Republican, has introduced legislation to counter President Obama's executive amnesty proposal. (Robert Aderholt)

Inside the Beltway: U.S debt reaches $18 trillion

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This cartoon of the 1840 Whig Party campaign of 1840 shows the Harrison wing of the Whigs beating Henry Clay (shown reading a newspaper) by political maneuvering. Harrison later defeated Martin van Buren. (AP Photo)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: John Boehner and the death of the Republican Party

By Judson Phillips

North Korea has denied hacking Sony, an attack that U.S. officials claim was driven by Pyongyang's anger over the impending release of "The Interview," a Sony Pictures fictional movie depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Associated Press)

North Korea’s growing hacker army, stout cyberdefenses hinder U.S. response to Sony breach

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama addresses the Climate Summit, at United Nations headquarters. President Barack Obama’s ambitious efforts to combat global warming face their biggest trial yet as Republicans take full control of Congress in 2015. Republicans have promised to start fast and forceful, sending Obama a barrage of bills to roll back his environmental rules and force his hand on energy development. It’s the first order of business for GOP leaders, who will be able to send bills to Obama’s desk unimpeded by Senate Democrats for the first time in Obama’s presidency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Big threat for Obama’s climate efforts from GOP-run Congress

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska speaks on Capitol in Washington. Republican senators poised to lead major committees when the GOP takes charge are intent on pushing back many of President Barack Obama's policies, setting up potential showdowns over environmental rules, financial regulations and national security. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

New Senate chairmen aim to undo Obama’s policies

By Stephen Ohlemacher and Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Obama's College Calipers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ANNE HENDERSHOTT: Obama’s ratings plan punishes religious colleges

By Anne Hendershott

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2014 file photo, people chant during a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington as President Barack Obama announced executive actions on immigration during a nationally televised address. The US judge assigned to rule in the lawsuit over President Barack Obama's changes to immigration rules last year accused the Obama administration of participating in criminal conspiracies to smuggle children into the country by reuniting them with parents living here illegally. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Feds say illegals who aid others in crossing won’t be eligible for amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2002, file photo, a detainee is escorted to interrogation by U.S. military guards at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

EDITORIAL: Guantanamo terrorists leave, threat to America grows

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

As Barack Obama enters the twilight of his presidency, he presides over an America vastly different from the one he envisioned building during his 2008 campaign that promised to empower everyday Americans on Main Street over wealthy bankers and investors on Wall Street. (Associated Press)

Obama economy: Welfare dependency peaks as rich get richer

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

File-This Oct. 28, 2009, file photo shows former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke speaking in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal. Brooke, the first black to win popular election to the Senate, has died. He was 95. Ralph Neas, a former aide, said Brooke died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, of natural causes at his Coral Gables, Fla, home. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Edward Brooke, 1st black elected U.S. senator, dies

By Sylvia Wingfield and Mark Pratt - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama, Redskins failed in 2014

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, vehicles line up to take advantage of low gas prices at the Fuel City gas station in Dallas. The collapse of oil prices this year has become a huge topic of worry and comfort for investors. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

EDITORIAL: American economy stronger than Obama incompetence

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sens. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat (right), and Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican (left), asked about federal policy and the usage of simulator towers in a joint letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. (Associated Press)

Patrick Leahy, Charles Grassley want answers from DOJ, DHS on ‘cell-site simulators’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Washington Outsider Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

J.T. YOUNG: Washington outsiders win presidential elections more often than not

By J.T. Young

Members of the Ladies in White, a Cuban dissident group, participate in a demonstration Sunday in Havana. Cuban authorities have reportedly detained overnight dozens of pro-democracy and free speech activists this week, including at least three members of the nation's political opposition ahead of a planned protest art performance in Havana. (Associated Press)

Cuba crackdown on political dissidents tests Obama diplomatic outreach

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on comparisons between Barack Obama and Woodrow Wilson by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

THOMAS SOWELL: History’s 2014 anniversaries recalled hard lessons of rhetoric, reality

By Thomas Sowell

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts as she is introduced to speak at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

DONALD LAMBRO: Hillary Clinton’s liberal message to Democratic base avoids Obama blame

By Donald Lambro