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Obama to raise cash for Dems at Texas BBQ dinner

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Protesters to renew call to shut Guantanamo center

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Ketchum City Council backs national monument idea

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki continues to face questions about patient wait lists and calls for his resignation. The Obama administration was warned about "systemic" VA problems in 2008. (associated press)

HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week: VA chief Eric K. Shinseki

By Rusty Humphries

** FILE ** Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin pauses while organizing the start of an Election Day demonstration on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

IRS rule change is ‘double-speak,’ Tea Party Patriots leader says

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This May 9, 2014, photo shows the South Portico of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama aides tackle Hill foreign policy concerns

By JULIE PACE and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USA’s 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama taps Castro for Cabinet, boost to Democrat

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2014, to discuss immigration reform. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

D.C. rapper Wale blasts Sen. Reid to 3.65M fans on Redskins comment

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 14, 2014 file photo shows House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., joined at left by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, listening to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House defied the Pentagon on Thursday, overwhelmingly backing a $601 billion defense authorization bill that saves the Cold War-era U-2 spy plane, military bases and Navy cruisers despites warnings that it will undercut military readiness. McKeon rejected the suggestion that the measure was a &quot;sop to parochial interests,&quot; arguing that the bill makes &quot;the tough decisions that put the troops first.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U-2 plane, Warthog, ships: defense bill highlights

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

US court rejects Obama citizenship challenge

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FILE - In this April 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at White House in Washington. The Obama administration celebrated when sign-ups for the health care law crossed the 8-million mark after a stumbling start. But most Americans are unimpressed. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that public opinion remains deeply negative. One bright spot: Most of those who signed up say premiums are about what they expected, or lower. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Poll: Sign-ups rise but little love for health law

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA - Associated Press

Paramilitary policemen with shields and batons patrol near the People's Square in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, Friday, May 23, 2014. A day after the attack in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi, survivors told of their terror during the attack and said they no longer feel insulated from a long-simmering insurgency against Chinese rule, which has struck their city twice in recent weeks. While the perpetrators haven't been named, Chinese authorities have blamed recent attacks on radical separatists from the country's Muslim Uighur minority. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Obama admin. calls attack by Muslim Uighurs in China ‘terrorism’ for first time

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Obama has breakfast with governor in Chicago

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President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, after he met with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors. The president said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has put his &quot;heart and soul&quot; into caring for America's veterans. But at the same time, Obama says there will be accountability for any problems. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Veteran health care woes become campaign issue

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

HUMPHRIES: The liberal bully of the week is … Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki

By Rusty Humphries

Obama visits Cooperstown to boost tourism

By JOHN KEKIS - Associated Press

Wednesday’s Sports In Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 11, 2012, file photo, Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008 and former Alaska governor, speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sarah Palin slams Obama as too ‘lazy’ to deal with VA scandal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"We can get this done," Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Democrat, said Monday of efforts to resolve the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. But Republicans later blocked a bipartisan plan to settle the funding issue, making a standoff a possibility until September. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Return of Democratic race-baiting

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama has not made any overtures or even laid out details about how the 2001 use of force authorization should change, say members of Congress who are confounded about the reason. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers find little guidance from Obama on war resolutions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times