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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 about the completion of the Hostage Policy Review. The president is clearing the way for families of U.S. hostages to pay ransom to terror groups without fear of prosecution, as the White House seeks to address criticism from those whose loved ones have been killed in captivity. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Obama administration denies $400M cash payment to Iran was ransom for hostages

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama answers a question a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. The prime minister of the Southeast Asian city state joins Obama in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal is high on their agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama: Trump ‘woefully unprepared’ for presidency

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Lackawanna College, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Scranton, Pa. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times & Tribune via AP)

Donald Trump should receive real intelligence briefings: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Bill O’Reilly: Slaves who built the White House ‘well-fed and had decent lodgings’

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

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Bill O’Reilly: Slaves that built White House were ‘well-fed’

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Michigan delegates didn't have to utter a word Monday to express their feelings about the Democratic presidential contest. Despite calls for party unity, Hillary Clinton backers engaged in a war of words with supporters of rival Bernard Sanders. (Associated Press photographs)

Democratic convention: Party unity hopes fade at opening gavel

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama holds up a personalized Kansas City Royals baseball jersey presented to him by team manager Ned Yost, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2016, where the president honored the 2015 World Series Champion baseball team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Obama honors Kansas City Royals at White House after 3 decade gap

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Global Development at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House, refuting Donald Trump, says U.S. commitment to NATO is ‘ironclad’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 13, 2016. Carolyn Lerner, head of the Office of the Special Counsel, said in a report sent July 18 to President Barack Obama that Castro “impermissibly mixed his personal views with official government agency business” when he promoted Hillary Clinton's presidential bid during a media interview, in violation of the Hatch Act. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama won’t punish Julian Castro for violating Hatch Act

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House calls for cooler rhetoric after Baton Rouge shootings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the 1924 Republican convention by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The first Republican convention in Cleveland

By Thomas V. DiBacco

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prays, during the funeral of his campaign manager Erol Olcak, killed Friday along with his 16-year old son Abdullah while protesting the attempted coup against Turkey's government, in Istanbul, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Olcaks were killed when renegade soldiers opened fire on protesters at the Bosporus bridge in Istanbul on Friday night.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

White House won’t criticize Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish president, for crackdown

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Baton Rouge Police Department Officer Markell Morris holds a bouquet of flowers and a Superman action figure that a citizen left at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, where wounded police officers were brought after Sunday morning's shootings. (The Times via Associated Press)

Democrat-funded protests backfire as officer killings boost support for police

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

No military forces were coming to rescue Americans besieged by terrorists on the night of Sept. 11, 2012, at the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, according to a critical congressional report. (Associated Press)

Benghazi: U.S. military unprepared to aid Americans during Islamist attack

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2015 file photo, Boris Johnson takes part in a Street Rugby tournament in a Tokyo street. Britains new top diplomat is shaggy-haired, Latin-spouting Boris Johnson, who in recent months has made insulting and vulgar comments about the presidents of the United States and Turkey. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Obama calls May; White House downplays Boris Johnson’s new role

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama greets people in the audience after participating in a town hall with ABC news anchor David Muir, officers, parents, students, community leaders and families on trust and safety in communities, Thursday, July 14, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dan Patrick presses Obama to show more support for police

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Dallas Police Chief David Brown (Dallas Morning News via Associated Press) ** FILE **

David Brown, Dallas police chief, puts Obama to shame on race relations

By Mercedes Schlapp

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk outside the presidents limousine before taking off from Love Field Airport, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Dallas. Obama and Biden attended the memorial service for the five fallen Dallas police officers. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Obama hosts meeting with police, civil-rights leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An American flag hangs at the front entrance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The White House may be occupied by President Barack Obama and his family for another few months, but other residents are already enjoying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, a new 77-unit apartment building that's four miles from its more famous neighbor and on the same street. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

DC’s other 1600 Pennsylvania is source of humor, headaches

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington in this Dec. 6, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

White House laughs off Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s comments on Donald Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times