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Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on her nomination. If confirmed, Lynch would replace Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation in September after leading the Justice Department for six years. The 55-year-old federal prosecutor would be the nation’s first black female attorney general. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Attorney General nominee defends Obama immigration changes

By ERICA WERNER and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

"More than two decades after the presumptive end of the Cold War, Russian spies continue to seek to operate in our midst under cover of secrecy," said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. (Associated Press)

FBI nabs member of Russian spy ring in New York City

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, a foam cup, center, is discarded in a trash bin in New York. New York City will move to the forefront of a growing environmental trend by banning food establishments from using plastic foam containers starting this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration announced Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

New York City bans plastic foam containers to ‘make us more resilient’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Protesters chant as they rally outside Gracie Mansion in New York City on Dec. 15.

DAVID KEENE: Police shooting blame in New York points in wrong direction

By David Keene - The Washington Times

President Obama has tried to find a middle ground between speaking up for the African-American community and its troubled history with law enforcement while not being overly critical of cops. (Associated Press)

Obama mum on New York police officer murders as de Blasio, Sharpton seize spotlight

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Some Republicans are blaming New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (left) for creating an anti-cop atmosphere that may have indirectly led to the slaying of two police officers over the weekend. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Critics say ‘anti-cop rhetoric’ of Eric Holder, Bill de Blasio may have led to N.Y. police deaths

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama smiles at the wheel of a golf cart during golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, on Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

JOSEPH CURL: Obama needs to wake up and smell the progress

By Joseph Curl

Bill de Blasio skipped Herman Badillo’s funeral for gym workout

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Russian Anna Chapman, who was deported from the U.S. in July 2010 on charges of espionage, poses on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow on June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.) **FILE**

Anna Chapman, Russian spy, tried seducing Edward Snowden: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Eric Garner's widow, Esaw, said Sunday that she believes her husband was "murdered unjustly" by New York police, but she doesn't think race was a contributing factor in his death. (NBC News)

Eric Garner’s widow says husband targeted for illegally selling cigarettes, not race

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Taylor Swift performs on ABC's &quot;Good Morning America&quot; in Times Square on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

Taylor Swift gets a Bronx cheer as NYC Ambassador

By Beth J. Harpaz - Associated Press

Taylor Swift attends the world premiere of "The Giver" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York in this Aug. 11, 2014, file photo. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift takes on ambassador role for New York City

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks at a news conference, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 in New York. At left is Dr. Howard Zucker, acting commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is at right. The governors announced a mandatory quarantine for people returning to the United States through airports in New York and New Jersey who are deemed &quot;high risk.&quot; In the first application of the new set of standards, the states are quarantining a female healthcare worker returning from Africa who took care of Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Cuomo revises New York policy for Ebola quarantine

By Frank Eltman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo, Bellevue Hospital nurse Belkys Fortune, left, and Teressa Celia, Associate Director of Infection Prevention and Control, pose in protective suits in an isolation room, in the Emergency Room of the hospital, during a demonstration of procedures for possible Ebola patients in New York. A doctor who recently returned to New York City from West Africa is being tested for the Ebola virus. The doctor had a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms and was taken Thursday to Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

N.Y. and N.J. say they will require Ebola quarantines

By Marilynn Marchione and Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

Police officers stand outside the home of Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, in New York. Spencer tested positive for the virus, according to preliminary test results, city officials said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Air Force transports doctor’s Ebola-infected blood sample from N.Y. to CDC in Atlanta

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

This Dec. 31, 2013, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol in early morning light in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

House lawmakers grapple with Ebola both at home and abroad

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times