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Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker congratulates Ryan Zimmerman after the first baseman slugged a two-run home run in the fifth inning to give the team the cushion it needed in a 7-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Dusty Baker has right touch in energizing Nationals in win over Brewers

By Anthony Gulizia - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, Paul Simon participates in the Country Music Hall of Fame benefit concert in New York. Simon's latest album, &quot;Stranger to Stranger,&quot; will be released Friday, June 3. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Paul Simon doesn’t let on if he’s the retiring type

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Illustration on affirmative action in universities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Supreme court validates reverse discrimination with University of Texas case

By Robert Knight

People mourn around candles at the Place Trocadero in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, to honor victims of Sunday's mass shooting at an Orlando gay club, Monday, June 13, 2016. People brought banners, flags and candles to the Place Trocadero in front of the Paris landmark. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Paul Raushenbush, gay Baptist preacher: “F—k ‘love the sinner, hate the sin’”

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

In this June 7, 2016, file photo, a sign separates members of the media from invited guests at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. (Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Donald Trump’s contempt for media is calculated

By Nancy Benac and Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2016, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, stands with Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, left, R-Smithtown, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, before delivering his State of the State address and executive budget proposal at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. Another legislative session is drawing to a close and New York state lawmakers are no closer to addressing government ethics. Cuomo has proposed ideas including tighter campaign finance laws and limits on lawmaker's outside pay, but those have failed to get traction with lawmakers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

New York could end session without addressing corruption

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Actor Lou Gossett Jr. this Saturday will become the first black American to deliver a Shabbat morning sermon at the National Synagogue in Washington.

Louis Gossett Jr. reflects on career as he turns 80

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton took questions from the press traveling with her campaign once, in Minnesota in March, but hasn't held an organized press conference in six months. (Associated Press)

New York magazine says it ‘overstepped’ with ‘Stop Bugging Hillary’ headline: Report

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

A luxury 90-floor apartment skyscraper called &quot;One57,&quot; left, rises above all other buildings overlooking Central Park, while a crane sits atop ongoing construction for a new condominium skyscraper at 220 Central Park South, Thursday May 26, 2016, in New York. A penthouse in One57 went for $100.5 million in 2014, but an apartment in the new condominium is expected to sell for $250 million. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Sky high: NYC ‘trophy apartment’ could list for $250 million

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

Jimmy Fallon (l) and guest Adam Sandler (r) serenade the May 25, 2016 audience of "The Tonight Show" with a tribute to U.S. servicemen entitled "Friends On All Bases," a parody of Garth Brooks's "Friends In Low Places." Screen capture from a "Tonight Show" YouTube video. Accessed May 26, 2016.

Jimmy Fallon, Adam Sandler honor troops with Garth Brooks-inspired tribute

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Actors Julianne Moore, left, and Ethan Hawke pose for photographs for the film "Maggie's Plan" at the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Maggie’s Plan’ director Rebecca Miller on how Ireland, Daniel Day-Lewis, influenced New York film

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, speaks during a news conference at police headquarters, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New York City gangs shifting focus toward cybercrime: Police commissioner

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

New York Mets manager Terry Collins takes starting pitcher Matt Harvey out of the baseball game during the third inning against the Washington Nationals on Thursday in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Matt Harvey pummeled by Washington Nationals, Stephen Strasburg keeps rolling

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Joe Gould’s Teeth’

By Claire Hopley

House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, is joined by Rep. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina Republican, as he speaks during a panel on Capitol in Washington on May 7, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Vote-switching on gay-rights measure causes uproar in House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this April 9, 2015, file photo, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling lights the Empire State Building to mark the launch of her nonprofit children's organization Lumos, in New York. Rowling received a PEN award for her writing and for her humanitarian work. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

J.K. Rowling honored by PEN for literary and humanitarian work

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy said he looks forward to seeing friends in New York when the Nationals travel there for a three-game series. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Daniel Murphy, Nationals head to New York for intriguing series with Mets

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times

In this April 29, 2015, file photo, staff members hand out brochures to visitors at the Alibaba booth at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Head of anti-fakes group closely tied to Alibaba, owns stock

By Erika Kinetz and Desmond Butler - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) talks with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a fundraising event in the Bronx borough of New York on July 6, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump floats Rudy Giuliani as possible head of commission to study Muslim ban

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times