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** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, July 18, 2014 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

HUMPHRIES: ‘He’s the Worst President in 70 Years’

By Rusty Humphries

Veterans Affairs Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks during a press conference at the local VA facility in El Paso, Texas, Friday, July 18, 2014. Gibson met with El Paso’s VA medical center officials and vowed to improve veterans’ access to health care. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)

White House warned about ‘antiquated’ VA scheduling system 5 years ago

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014, file photo, two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. As of Thursday, July 17, 2014, immigrant children caught crossing the Mexican border into Texas illegally and alone are no longer being sent to a massive Nogales facility. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)

ISTOOK: Obama makes asylum the new amnesty, complete with freebies/giveaways

By Ernest Istook

Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas where they are processed on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. More than 57,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the southwestern border since October, more than twice the total this time last year, many through the Rio Grande Valley. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Rick Loomis, Pool)

ISTOOK: Most border invaders are not children; they’re working age

By Ernest Istook

Illustration on increasing national indignation with Obama's border policy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KRIKORIAN: Hitting the boiling point over the border

By Mark Krikorian

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said the attorney general's decision on federal benefits for same-sex couples is "logical, consistent and compassionate." (associated press photographs)

Employers ordered to notify workers of cuts to birth-control coverage

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Applicants line up outside the SEIU-UHW office during a health care enrollment event in Commerce, Calif., on March 31, 2014. (Associated Press)

Five million Americans in for premium spikes if Obamacare challenge is successful

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's leading America into crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CROWLEY: The takedown of the American superpower

By Monica Crowley

Former Vice President Dick Cheney attends the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas on Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Dick Cheney: ‘Carter might have been a better president’ than Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 18, 2014, file photo, detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. Immigration courts backlogged by years of staffing shortages and tougher enforcement face an even more daunting challenge since tens of thousands of Central Americans began arriving on the U.S. border fleeing violence back home. For years, children from Central America traveling alone and immigrants who prove they have a credible fear of returning home have been entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool, File)

Overwhelmed feds putting illegal immigrant children at risk

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has said that the framers of the Constitution would be shocked by how much power has gravitated to the president. (Associated Press)

Taking Obama to court a long shot but lawsuit not folly, Congress is told

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on world decline as a consequence of American decline by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

HANSON: When America fell apart

By Victor Davis Hanson

This May 5, 2011, photo shows Rep. Walter Jones, North Carolina Republican, speaking on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) ** FILE **

DoD, Congress spar over proposed $5B counterterrorism fund

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 3, 2014 file photo shows Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaking at the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Hagel told naval submariners on Wednesday that the U.S. has let its focus on the military’s nuclear responsibilities drift a bit, but two reviews are wrapping up and he will be looking at recommendations to strengthen the health of the force. Speaking at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Hagel said more attention must be paid to the nuclear forces as key to national security. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Hagel quietly notifies Congress of transfer of 6 Gitmo detainees

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Obama reads briefing material while meeting with advisers inside his cabin at Camp David in 2012. Compared with President Bush, seen right with first lady Laura Bush on a 4-mile walk, Mr. Obama seldom uses the presidential retreat. On weekends, he often opts to play golf. The Bushes founds the grounds to be a good place for family. (WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHS)

Obama may be misreading 2008 deportation law, report shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Two sides: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has called publicly for President Obama not to send immigrant children back to their home countries but privately urged a White House official not to house them at a site in Maryland. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigration crisis poses quandary for Democrats

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, shown here in Helena, Mont., August, 2012, says he will not run for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, File)

KEENE: An opportunity that can’t be lost

By David Keene - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Va., Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The first major donations to President Barack Obama's presidential library are rolling in from New York and Chicago, two cities that are competing vigorously to host the future library. Since launching in February, the Barack Obama Foundation has raised at least $850,000 from four major donors, the group said Tuesday. The foundation is voluntarily disclosing donations of more than $200, but only in broad dollar ranges. The nonprofit declined to say how much it has raised in total. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HUMPHRIES: The “Obama will pay for my gas and mortgage” lady has now turned on him

By Rusty Humphries

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's declaration that "The border is secure" signals congressional gridlock over tens of thousands of children and families who have surged across the border this year. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid declares border ‘secure’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times