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FILE - In this April 3, 2014, file photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. arrives to make a statement after a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters in Washington. The CIA does not give up its secrets easily. Under pressure from a Senate committee to declassify parts of a congressional report on harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists, the CIA is shadowed by its reluctance to open up about its operations and its past. The CIA officials who decide which secrets can be revealed have wrestled with Congress, archivists, journalists, former CIA employees and even a former CIA director. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Dianne Feinstein: White House sorry for ‘oversight’ in Bergdahl deal

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration on the illegality of the Obama administration's POW for Terrorist swap by Alexander Hunter/The Wahington Times

FOLEY: Selling out the Constitution for a bad prisoner swap

By Elizabeth Price Foley

The Supreme Court (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Supreme Court rules international treaty doesn’t apply to domestic assault

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on threats to free speech by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KEENE: When free speech is no longer protected

By David Keene - The Washington Times

In this March 9, 2006 file photo, a large dozer sit ready for work at Peabody Energy's Gateway Coal Mine near Coulterville, Ill. A 10 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions will mean a decline of 180 million tons, or 18 percent, in U.S. coal production, according to Bernstein Research. That would hurt miners such as Peabody Energy, Alpha Natural Resources and Arch Coal. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

MICHAELS: Obama’s cold political calculus on global warming

By Pat Michaels

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 2, 2014. Carney was asked about the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Afghanistan and a sweeping initiative by the Obama administration to curb pollutants blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House defends prisoner swap with Taliban

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. The Obama administration on Monday, June 2, 2014, will roll out a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

EPA eyeing 30 percent emissions cut for power plants

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, authored an amendment to a Justice Department spending bill that would prevent the federal government from interfering state medical marijuana laws. The language was approved 219-189, but still faces hurdles in the Senate. (Associated Press)

Medical marijuana scores big House win, but still faces hurdles

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The St. Louis VA Medical Center has come under scrutiny after the former chief of psychiatry said too many mental health patients must wait for treatment. President Obama and some of his supporters in Congress signaled their next goal may be a boost in funding for the troubled department's health care services.
(Associated Press)

Veterans want better management, say more money at VA is not the answer

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - This file image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of a man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl, left. Saturday, May 31, 2014, U.S. officials say Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say his release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: INTELCENTER; NO SALES; EDS NOTE: &quot;INTELCENTER&quot; AT LEFT TOP CORNER ADDED BY SOURCE

GOP lawmakers warn of Taliban incentives in freeing American POW

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006 file photo U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., is shown at an appearance in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Taylor, who spent 22 years representing south Mississippi in Congress wants his old seat back, but this time as a Republican. Steven Palazzo, who beat Taylor in 2010, aims to hold on to Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District seat, which covers all of 13 counties and parts of a 14th, including the Gulf Coast and Pine Belt regions. Their rematch, this time inside the Republican primary, headlines six Congressional primaries set for Tuesday, June 3 ,2014. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Taylor seeks to unseat Palazzo, return to House

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - This May 5, 2014 file photo shows a pickup truck driving down a road of the Homer City Generating Station in Homer City, Pa. The Obama administration is poised to unveil first-ever rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the power plants that dot the U.S. map. President Barack Obama says the rules are essential to curb climate change, but critics disagree. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Obama’s boldest move on carbon comes with perils

By DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press

How Obama’s power plant emission rules will work

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Maine candidates spar after Shinseki resigns

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

Ochsner CEO named to Medicare advisory commission

Associated Press

Sleeping Bear land dedicated as wilderness

Associated Press

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses as he speaks at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a &quot;serious conversation&quot; with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Shinseki resigns amid veterans’ health care uproar

By JULIE PACE and PAULINE JELINEK - Associated Press

Madison and Forfeiture of Power Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

TRACCI: Sacrificing constitutional duty to political party

By Robert N. Tracci

** FILE ** This May 27, 2014 ,file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama as she speaks to school leaders and experts surrounding school nutrition, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

School waivers see win, as panel moves in face of Michelle Obama pressure

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times