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FOLEY: A supreme smackdown of the president

By Elizabeth Price Foley

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2013 file photo shows President George W. Bush speaking during an energy conference at the Bush Institute in Dallas. Bush will talk with daughter Jenna Bush Hager about his first-ever art exhibit on NBC's &quot;Today&quot; show Friday, April 4, 2014. His portraits of 24 world leaders include Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin and the Dalai Lama. The paintings will be shared with the &quot;Today&quot; audience. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

EDITORIAL: Reviving free-trade agreements would revive the economy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill in Washington. The IRS says it has lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. The IRS told congressional investigators Friday it cannot locate many of Lois Lerner's emails prior to 2011 because her computer crashed that year. Lerner headed the IRS division that processed applications for tax-exempt status. The IRS acknowledged last year that agents had improperly scrutinized applications for tax-exempt status by tea party and other conservative groups. The IRS was able to generate 24,000 Lerner emails from 2009 to 2011 because Lerner had copied in other IRS employees. But an untold number are gone. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

EDITORIAL: Another ‘smidgen of corruption’ at IRS

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Oct. 14, 2013, photo, the U.S. Capitol is seen as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington. As talks between Republican and Democratic leaders lumber on in Washington, the American public sees an economic crisis looming if Congress is unable to raise the country&#8217;s debt ceiling. But the people seem just as conflicted on the issue as their elected representatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Fed up: 90 percent of Americans now give Congress a negative review

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2014. (Associated Press)

IRS’s Lerner sought tax audit of Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley over his wife’s free meal

The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, watches President Barack Obama speak, as golfer Zach Johnson watches at left, during a ceremony honoring the 2013 Presidents Cup U.S. team during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Washington. The U.S. team beat an international squad during the Presidents Cup matches in October 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Boehner to sue Obama for executive orders; Pelosi says speaker needs to be an ‘adult’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy told testified on Capitol Hill that she has never tried to obstruct oversight of her agency. (Associated Press)

McCarthy denies trying to obstruct oversight at EPA

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government: Anti-fraud measures claw back millions in Medicare payments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This photo released on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 by the Massachusetts State Police shows some of the 1,250 packets of heroin labeled &quot;Obamacare&quot; and &quot;Kurt Cobain&quot; which state police troopers confiscated during a traffic stop in Hatfield, Mass. Four people were charged with heroin trafficking. (AP Photo/Massachusetts State Police)

Obamacare mired by lawsuits challenging fundamentals

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on remaining strengths of the Obama presidency by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BUCKLEY: Obama is no lame duck

By F.H. Buckley

Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the "IRS Obstruction: Lois Lerner&#8217;s missing e-mails. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Top archivist says IRS ‘did not follow the law’ on missing emails

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Protesters scream for the freedom of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, outside the Chinese Embassy in Oslo, Norway. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

House committee votes to rename street in front of Chinese Embassy after dissident

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is facing reform legislation. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

DALE: Only way to save U.S. international broadcasting is complete reform

By Helle Dale – Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on the lame-duck Republic by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

SOWELL: Enduring a lame-duck democracy

By Thomas Sowell

Joe Biden: I’m the ‘poorest man in Congress’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Some of the Republican Party's most ambitious leaders are courting religious conservatives as evangelical Christians claim new momentum in their fight for the GOP's soul. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Ted Cruz files bill prohibiting Gitmo transfers until Obama explains Bergdahl swap

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday, President Obama said ISIL could directly threaten U.S. national security — a potential justification for airstrikes or other involvement. (Associated Press)

Syria precedent may complicate broad moves on Iraq

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

IRS Flying eMail Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

SEKULOW & CLARK: ‘Lost’ IRS emails show missing government credibility

By Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark