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President Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore on May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Obama enemies list

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SOLOMON: Chilling one reporter’s sources

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Mr. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

EDITORIAL: Mr. Obama and his scandals

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Bill Newell, special agent in charge of ATF Phoenix, speaks Jan. 25, 2011, behind a cache of seized weapons in Phoenix. The ATF is under fire over a Phoenix-based gun-trafficking investigation called "Fast and Furious," in which agents allowed hundreds of guns into the hands of straw purchasers in hopes of making a bigger case. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Fast and Furious: U.S. Attorney sought to discredit agent by leaking documents

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

Probes of journalists widen under Obama; reporter group calls it ‘overreaching dragnet’

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Kenneth Starr now heads Baylor University after a career in law that included a stint as special prosecutor in the Monica Lewinsky matter. Some Republicans, including Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, want a special prosecutor to investigate the current IRS scandal.

Inside the Beltway: The Culture Count

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seizure of AP phone records on Capitol Hill raises concerns about separation of powers

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department, on CBS' "Face the Nation" in Washington on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Mr. Pruitt said that the seizure of the records was "unconstitutional" and that the secret subpoena has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)

AP CEO calls Justice Department’s records seizure unconstitutional

By Philip Elliott - Associated Press

Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is seen here in 2007. (Associated Press) **FILE**

The Wrap: From conservatives vindicated by the IRS scandal to Benghazi unfolding, the week that was

The Washington Times

White House scandals turn enthusiastic supporters into critics

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody on March 30, 2012, as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif. (Associated Press)

Feds gave witness protection to terrorists

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House spokesman Jay Carney listens to a question during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

White House supports media shield law amid AP records scandal

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

White House spokesman Jay Carney takes questions during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on May, 14, 2013. Carney touched on various topics including the Justice Department's secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for the Associated Press and IRS. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Sgt. Schultz at the White House

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department subpoena of AP phone records unites left, right in opposition to ‘Big Brother’

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Holder has memory loss at hearing about AP investigation

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP flap: 52 media outlets band against Eric Holder

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's new book offers 400 rules for life, business, politics and other stuff, such as "America's economy was built on fortitude, not fear," and "Stay in your lane" is not my favorite phrase. (Image from donaldrumsfeld.com)

Inside the Beltway: Rules a la Rumsfeld

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers an address at the University of Massachusetts School of Law in Dartmouth, Mass., on March 1, 2013. (Associated Press)

Holder to answer on Wednesday for Justice Dept. snooping on Associated Press reporters

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress to grill Attorney General Holder over search of Associated Press phone records

By Jerry Seper and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times