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**FILE** Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 18, 2014. (Associated Press)

Official says immigration program up for review

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Illustration on battling Islamist terrorism by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LIVINGSTON & SMITH: A more realistic vision for combating Islamic terror

By James E. Livingston and Michael S. Smith II

President Barack Obama flanked by Abdullahi Mohamed, left, and Meredith Upchurch speaks to reporters at a restaurant in Washington, Friday, May 16, 2014. The president and Vice President Joe Biden met with construction workers involved in a recent infrastructure project. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama touts jobs projects, eats lunch with workers

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - This May 12, 2014 file photo speaks President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama on Friday marked the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision by recommitting to &quot;the long struggle to stamp out bigotry and racism in all their forms.&quot; Obama also scheduled a meeting Friday with families of the plaintiffs as well as the lead attorneys and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Obama will host the group, including lawyers Jack Greenberg and William Coleman, in the White House East Room. Greenberg argued the case; Coleman was a leading legal strategist. (AP Photo, File)

Obama hosts Brown v. Board families and lawyers

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Obama honors WTC hero ‘man in red bandanna’

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** FILE ** In this April 8, 2008, file photo Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington from Gen. David Petraeus. From the disappointment of a failed White House bid, Clinton is on the threshold of the world's stage as chief diplomat for the Democrat who defeated her.

LAMBRO: Hillary Clinton’s worn-out welcome

By Donald Lambro

Poll: President Obama’s approval still low in Ohio

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President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication ceremony for the National September 11 Memorial Museum on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/John Angelillo,Pool)

Obama: No act of terror can match strength of US

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Pence seeking altered Medicaid expansion

By TOM LoBIANCO - Associated Press

Keystone Stoppage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

OWENS: Democrats prefer environmentalists over unions

By Mackubin Thomas Owens

In no hurry: "It's important to focus on what it is we want to accomplish," says House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, who makes no apologies for his methodical approach. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

ISTOOK: Remove Obama’s power to control immigration policy, says House Judiciary chairman

By Ernest Istook

President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the Washington Irving Boat Club in Tarrytown, N.Y., Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The President spoke about the need for Congress to fund road and bridge improvements across the nation. (AP Photo/Journal News, Seth Harrison, Pool)

Norway diplomat: Obama aide irked by peace prize

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FILE - This March 11, 2014 file photo shows Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration says there are legal safeguards in place in the event suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay are ever relocated to the United States, and that detainees would be barred from receiving asylum and would have no right to remain in the country permanently. Leahy said a report to Congress lends support for lifting the congressional ban on transferring detainees to the US and should calm fears that it would harm public safety. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US explores legal rights for Guantanamo detainees

By ERIC TUCKER and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - This April 11, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to replace her, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. There’s a new health insurance term in the glossary, and it could mean thousands of dollars out of your pocket. It’s a cost-control strategy called “reference pricing.” It puts a hard dollar limit on what health plans pay for certain expensive procedures _ like knee and hip replacements. The Obama administration has given the go-ahead for insurers and employers to use the approach, setting aside some legal concerns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

New health cost controls get go-ahead from feds

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

A pair of World Trade Center tridents, that once formed part of the exterior structural support of the east facade of the building, are displayed at the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in New York. The museum is a monument to how the Sept. 11 terror attacks shaped history, from its heart-wrenching artifacts to the underground space that houses them amid the remnants of the fallen twin towers' foundations. It also reflects the complexity of crafting a public understanding of the terrorist attacks and reconceiving ground zero. (AP Photo)

Sept. 11 museum opens to relatives and survivors

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

Image: CNN screenshot

Jake Tapper to Obama White House: ‘How many dead veterans do you need’ before Shinseki goes?

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Obama plans conference on youth sports concussions

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

West Virginia Rep. Shelley Moore Capito wins the Republican primary for US Senate seat and speaks to the media at the Kanawha County Clerks Voter Registrain Office in Charleston W.Va. on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)

Capito, Tennant to face off in W.Va. Senate race

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Obama’s climate change group wraps up Iowa meeting

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Ricin-letter defendant withdraws plea, faces risk

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