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Kira Davis urges black Democrats to question "lockstep" party loyalty. Above: President Obama and Rev. Al Sharpton at the 2014 National Action Network conference in New York. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Julia Xanthos, Pool)

Obamas and friends take in dinner and play in NYC

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

Obamas pay $98,169 in taxes on income of $481,098

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Sentencing date set in Miss. poisoned letters case

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

While serving as Iowa secretary of state, Matt Schultz waged a long battle for access to a federal database to help identify noncitizens who voted illegally. Now it is a federal commission that is asking states for information to determine the number of noncitizen voters. (Associated Press/File)

EDITORIAL: Democrats deny voter fraud. Ask North Carolina

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius listens as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2014, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the HHS Department's fiscal Year 2015 budget. A White House official says Sebelius is resigning from the Obama administration. The move comes just a week after the close of the rocky enrollment period for President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

New ‘face,’ but some old problems for ‘Obamacare’

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Congress to Iran: Ambassador’s application denied

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Rev. Al Sharpton, left, listens as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the National Action Network convention in New York on April 9. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EDITORIAL: Baseless charges of racism the new last refuge of scoundrels

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library, Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Austin, Texas, during the Civil Rights Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama lauds LBJ on 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Va. man indicted for threatening Obama, Clinton

Associated Press

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave to supporters as they arrive at George Bush International Airport Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Bob Levey)

Obama chides GOP for rejecting gender pay gap bill

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Friday, March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, is shown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Dallas IRS office plastered with pro-Obama stickers, screensavers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, following her lunch with President Barack Obama. Pelosi was asked several questions about the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EDITORIAL: The Obamacare albatross looms for Democrats in November

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama walks to his seat before the start of a memorial services at Fort Hood, Texas. Obama is returning once again to a grief-stricken corner of America to mourn with families of those killed last week at Fort Hood. He’s reprising his role as chief comforter as he offers solace to the nation in the face of inexplicable tragedy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama offers solace to nation at Fort Hood

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this May 22, 2013, file photo, then Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner refuses to answer questions as the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

IRS employees, offices found where Obama, Democratic support was ‘commonplace’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton are presented with portraits during the opening ceremonies of the National Action Network convention in New York, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The 16th annual convention will run through April 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sharpton opens civil rights annual; Obama expected

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Ma Ying-jeou

Despite trade concerns, Taiwan remains a linchpin in U.S. posturing on China

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, to call attention to the gender pay gap as the Senate begins debate on wage equity. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

PHILLIPS: Governing by political ambush

By Judson Phillips

Copies of President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal 2015 budget are set out for distribution by Senate Budget Committee Clerk Adam Kamp, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. President Barack Obama is unwrapping a nearly $4 trillion budget that gives Democrats an election-year playbook for fortifying the economy and bolstering Americans' incomes. It also underscores how pressure has faded to launch bold, new attacks on federal deficits. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama budget defeated 413-2; plans are unpopular on both sides

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times