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First lady Michelle Obama speaks to school leaders and experts surrounding school nutrition, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The meeting provided an opportunity for the Michelle Obama to hear directly from them about the work they are doing to improve school nutrition in their local districts. She stressed the importance of students, parents, school officials, community leaders, and health advocates coming together to protect and advance the tremendous progress that has been made in schools across our country. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

First lady responds to school meal critics

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Congressman Ralph Hall, (R-TX), right, holds up his Founding Spirit Award as U.S. Army Sergeant Mary Herrera looks on during the Honoring Our Veterans and Veterans in Congress program at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, May 21. Khalid Naji-Allah/ Special for The Washington Times

FEDEWA: Times hosts military veterans in Congress

By Lawrence Fedewa

Facebook issued a statement explaining steps it is taking to protect user accounts from attacks sponsored by foreign governments. (AP Photo/File)

EDITORIAL: Saving the Internet from killer taxes

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this May 19, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama greets players as he makes an unannounced stop to surprise members of the Northwest little league baseball teams at Friendship Park in Washington. Obama seems to have caught a bad case of cabin fever. Since taking office, Obama has periodically grumbled about the claustrophobia that sets in when his every move is surrounded by intense security, rendering it nearly impossible to enjoy the simple pleasures that private citizens take for granted. But in recent days, the president has made more of a point to get out. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Obama seen as uninspiring, even among liberal voter base

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Pentagon using change in diagnoses to hide sexual assault cases, critics charge

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

"The death of Nathaniel Dennis raised great concern over those who might need medical care as a result of an illness or accident unrelated to Ebola," Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote in a letter last week raising the issue with fellow Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican and chairman of a subcommittee looking into the U.S. response to the expanding Ebola crisis. (Associated Press)

House leaders nix bill that would give Obama power to kill Benghazi terrorists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama scored a rare win in his 5-year-old campaign to close the federal prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a Senate panel approved giving him the authority to transfer terror suspects to the United States if Congress signs off on a comprehensive plan to shutter the facility. Levin hailed the defense bill provision as a significant change in the long standoff between the Obama administration and bipartisan congressional opponents over the post-Sept. 11 prison for terror suspects. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Obama win on Guantanamo prison may be short-lived

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - This March 14, 2014 file photo shows House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., joined at left by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, listening to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House defied the Pentagon on Thursday, overwhelmingly backing a $601 billion defense authorization bill that saves the Cold War-era U-2 spy plane, military bases and Navy cruisers despites warnings that it will undercut military readiness. McKeon rejected the suggestion that the measure was a &quot;sop to parochial interests,&quot; arguing that the bill makes &quot;the tough decisions that put the troops first.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U-2 plane, Warthog, ships: defense bill highlights

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., addresses supporters during the Michigan Democratic election night party in Detroit. The Detroit Democrat has been disqualified from the August primary ballot because of problems with his nominating petitions. But Michigan election officials are expected to make a decision Friday, May 23, 2014, on Conyers' appeal. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Rep. John Conyers’ appeal denied, kept off Detroit ballot

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Congress OKs $846 million for flood diversion

By HENRY C. JACKSON - Associated Press

Congress raises Savannah harbor price tag to $706M

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Casino lobby drops pro-Internet gambling advocacy

By MICHELLE RINDELS - Associated Press

Homeland Security Police Officers keep watch along Pennsylvania Ave. during the Washington, D.C. Emancipation Day parade, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. President Abraham Lincoln freed approximately 3,100 slaves in the District of Colombia on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Many federal guards may not be able to read X-ray machines, shoot guns, study finds

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. Barra is preparing for a return trip to Capitol Hill as an internal investigation into the company’s safety problems nears a close. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

GM tells Wall Street recalls may last into summer

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Vermont, Leahy: US constitutional amendment needed

By DAVE GRAM - Associated Press

President Obama has not made any overtures or even laid out details about how the 2001 use of force authorization should change, say members of Congress who are confounded about the reason. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers find little guidance from Obama on war resolutions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican candidate for Senate Jack Kingston speaks to supporters during a election-night watch party Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Atlanta. Seven Republicans and four Democrats are running for the Georgia seat, which opened when Sen. Saxby Chambliss announced plans to retire. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Ga. Senate: 3 candidates, 3 strategies

By BILL BARROW and KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

Pentagon Money Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

COBURN: Audit Pentagon overspending on the nation’s defense

By Tom Coburn

Advocates want more frequent federal water bills

By JENNIFER KAY - Associated Press

House Speaker John A. Boehner said the president's unilateral move is exactly the type of action the GOP has been warning against, saying it shows the president isn't serious about enforcing border security. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, John Davenport, Pool)

Boehner says Obama move of New Mexico monument could thwart immigration reform

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times