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** FILE ** Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., shrugs as he talks to reporters about a two-hour meeting at the White House that he and other Senate Republicans had with President Barack Obama, trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

PHILLIPS: ‘Bailout Bob’ Corker strikes again

By Judson Phillips

This May 14, 2012, file photo shows conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh speaking during a ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith, File) **FILE**

Rush Limbaugh blasts feds’ ‘tyranny’ over Redskins trademark spike

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This March 31, 2014, file photo shows people using a a phone bank to sign up for health care insurance at the business office of Parkland Hospital in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Most Obamacare enrollees were not insured before turning to law’s exchanges, poll shows

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Medically retired Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter will be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama on June 19. (Associated Press)

Kyle Carpenter receives Medal of Honor; hero used body to shield comrade from grenade blast

Associated Press

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is joined by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, just after House Republicans voted to make McCarthy the new majority leader, replacing Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., who was defeated in his primary earlier this month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, was elected to be the new House majority whip, replacing McCarthy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: Opportunity for Kevin McCarthy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama shares a laugh with outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Friday, April 11, 2014, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington to announce he would nominate current Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to replace Sebelius. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House warned about Obamacare website’s woes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

HUMPHRIES: The liberal bully of the week Is … Obama’s gremlins

By Rusty Humphries

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Fellow soldiers testify Bowe Bergdahl endangered lives

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2014, file photo shows Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Jordan, with &quot;getting to the truth,&quot; in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

House GOP: Obamacare ‘bailout’ favors large insurers over taxpayers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn on his return to the White House from a trip to Pittsburgh and New York City, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama hit with hypocrisy tag for attending ‘Super PAC’ fundraiser party

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows the first presidential portrait created from 3-D scan data. A team at the Smithsonian Institution has created the first 3D presidential portraits to depict President Barack Obama in the National Portrait Gallery collection. Digital imaging specialists have created a 3D printed bust and life mask of Obama. Both were shown for the first time Wednesday at the first ever White House Maker Faire with a gathering of inventors and students. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution)

Smithsonian creates first 3D portrait of Obama; bust headed for National Portrait Gallery

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

President Obama has vehemently defended his decision to swap five Taliban guerrillas for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but the president may no longer have control over the narrative and likely will face increasingly intense questioning over the deal. (Associated Press)

YOUNG: A question of presidential competence

By J.T. Young

President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) fundraiser gala in Gotham Hall, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in New York. The fundraiser comes a day after the White House announced plans for Obama to sign an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Inside the Beltway: ‘Time for Obama to be president’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

As he walks to a closed-door security briefing, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., comments on the creation of a secret “Cuban Twitter&quot; — a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, Thursday, April 3, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration project, which lasted more than two years and drew tens of thousands of subscribers, sought to evade Cuba's stranglehold on the Internet with a primitive social media platform. First, the network would build a Cuban audience, mostly young people; then, the plan was to push them toward dissent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Say no to Iran helping in Iraq, Sen. Menendez pleads with White House

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Pentagon: Benghazi suspect in U.S. custody

By Dave Boyer and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Volunteers train at a military base in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, on Tuesday after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Signs emerged of a reprisal of a sectarian slaughter in Iraq. Police said pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen detainees after insurgents tried to storm a prison northeast of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites take a stand against Sunni extremists heading for Baghdad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The government's plan to temporarily shelter hundreds of minors illegally crossing the Southwest border at Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia is on hold. (Associated PRess)

Residents force feds to scrap plan to house illegals at Virginia college

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. With Baghdad threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, the State Department is reinforcing security at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's capital _ and sending some personnel out of town. Kerry made calls to foreign ministers in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss the threat and the need for Iraqi leaders to work together. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

U.S. open to working with Iran to stop Iraqi militants: John Kerry

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times