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President Donald Trump and his son Barron board Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, to travel to Washington. President Trump spent the holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his club in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Florida golf club

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Trump faces a Jan. 12 deadline to extend waivers of broad oil and energy sanctions against that were critical to getting Iran's commitment to the Obama-era nuclear accord. (Associated Press)

Trump re-certifies Iran nuclear deal for last time, hits Tehran with more sanctions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump pauses during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House says ‘no contradiction’ in Trump’s tweets on FISA law

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Inmates inside the veteran's pod take a break during a session with Soldier On Chaplain Quentin Chin, left, at the Albany County Correctional Facility, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. Albany County's jail devotes one of its housing units for veterans, an increasingly common feature of state and county lockups as the criminal justice system focuses more on helping them reintegrate into society. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Prison population dropped slightly in 2016: Bureau of Justice Statistics

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are joining together in an online campaign, called the OneAmericaAppeal, to raise money for those affected by Harvey and the floods it caused along the Texas coast. (Associated Press/File)

Presidential library costs, congressional spending

By Judson Phillips

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Chicago. The Obama Foundation unveiled plans for the former president's lakefront presidential center, showcasing renderings and a model at an event where former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were expected to give more details. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Obama plans for presidential library at odds with community organizer

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Oprah Winfrey accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)

Oprah speech has Democrats buzzing about possible 2020 run

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 file photo, a customer purchases marijuana at the Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on the first day that recreational marijuana was sold legally in California. In January 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a 2013 Obama Administration policy pledging that federal authorities would not crack down on marijuana operations in states where they were legal as long as the states maintained tight regulations. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

AP Explains: Trump actions re-ignite states rights’ debate

By RYAN J. FOLEY and GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama address the participants at a summit on climate change involving mayors from around the globe in Chicago. Obama will speak at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Feb. 23, 2018, to discuss &quot;his time in office and the next chapter in his life.&quot; (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Obama to speak at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

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Andy Williams, founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, poses for a photo in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Colorado was the first state in the nation to sell recreational pot legally after voters in 2012 approved it. The state has also has a longstanding medical marijuana industry and the Colorado pot market tops $1 billion. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda) ** FILE **

New US pot rule sparks latest clash over states’ rights

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 1, 2018 photo, marijuana plants are for sale at Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going after legalized marijuana. Mr. Sessions is rescinding a policy that had let legalized marijuana flourish without federal intervention across the country. That's according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

Sessions terminates US policy that let legal pot flourish

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Cannabis consultant Juan Aguilar rings up a customer's marijuana purchase in the Herban Legends pot shop, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Seattle. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states where the drug is legal across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Q&A: What does Sessions’ policy mean for the future of weed?

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Illustration on the potential for Iranian popular revolt against the current regime by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Rallying to the willing protesters in Iran

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

On Sunday, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice tweeted out a New York Times op-ed that advised President Trump to be quiet on the Iranian protests. (Associated Press)

Feminists mum on Iranian protest; Obama aides urge Trump to ‘be quiet’

By Joseph Curl

Don Blankenship, a wildly controversial Senate hopeful, is using his West Virginia campaign as a vehicle to clear his name and push the theory that an Obama-led anti-coal conspiracy sent him to federal prison. (Associated Press)

Don Blankenship energizes Republican Senate primary in West Virginia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Trump has played golf twice with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) and 39 confirmed rounds overall in his first year in office. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump uses golf course for business, unlike Barack Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, July 4, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama, joined by Kendrick Lamar, speaks during an Independence Day celebration for members of the military and their families, at the White House, in Washington. Lamar, U2, Jay-Z, Harry Styles and Chris Stapleton were just some of the artists responsible for Obama’s favorite songs of 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Songs by Jay-Z, Harry Styles among Obama’s favorites of 2017

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"One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities. They can be cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases," said former President Barack Obama. He said that leaders should use the internet responsibly. (Associated Press)

Obama challenges Trump on Obamacare, Paris climate pact

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Hundreds of new laws to take effect in 2018

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Nov. 10, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama takes veiled shot at Trump: ‘People can have entirely different realities’ on social media

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times