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Polls suggest American voters are increasingly wary of the Obama administration's response to the wars in Syria, Iraq and Libya, which have killed more than a quarter-million people and spawned a vast refugee crisis stretching into Europe during recent years. (Associated Press)

Obama pushes military frustration to highest level in decades

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama finalizing plan to close Guantanamo Bay

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ben Carson has overtaken Donald Trump on the Republican favorability scale this week, the polls say. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Beltway: Ben Carson’s secret weapon

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Obama arrives at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla. on March 22, 2012. (Associated Press)

Keystone XL pipeline project in doubt after builder asks U.S. to suspend permit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 28, 2015, after a special GOP leadership election. (Associated Press)

White House spars with Paul Ryan over immigration claims

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, accompanied by President Obama, used his announcement that he will not make a bid for the White House to say that four years of college should be offered to all Americans just as 12 years of high school is today. (AP Photo)

Democrats’ debt-free college idea gets Joe Biden’s support but waits for Obama

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama took office when the total national debt stood at $10.6 trillion. That number will nearly double by the time he leaves. (Associated Press)

Obama presidency to end with $20 trillion national debt

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FBI Director James Comey listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) ** FILE **

White House says Obama still supports FBI Director James Comey

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Then-outgoing House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio hugs his successor, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, in the House Chamber on Thursday, Oct. 29. Mr. Ryan's promotion may nix his White House dreams, as it's been nearly two centuries since a House speaker has campaigned for and won the presidency. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan’s ascension to speaker makes presidency unlikely

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

American Lung Association officials admit their broader strategy has morphed during President Obama's time in the White House, saying they recognize significant "policy opportunities" that come with a president who has vowed to make climate change a centerpiece of his final years in office. (Association Press)

ANTHONY SADAR: The White House business climate

By Anthony J. Sadar

Ne-Yo performs during a tribute to Smokey Robinson at the BET Awards in Los Angeles, in this June 28, 2015, file photo. Whether belting out lyrics to Al Green’s &quot;Let’s Stay Together,&quot; leading a mournful congregation through &quot;Amazing Grace,&quot; or tweeting his Spotify music playlist that includes Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone, President Barack Obama is showing that he’s a pretty soulful guy. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Obama puts White House light on diversity in American music

By Stacy A. Anderson - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a meeting of the Alabama Democratic Conference in Hoover, Ala., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Clinton tells black Alabama Democrats that she'd champion voting rights in the White House. She says Republicans are dismantling the progress of the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/Mark Almond)

Clinton donors include half of living ‘Fat Cats’ who bought stays in Lincoln Bedroom

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's (CHCI) 38th Anniversary awards gala in Washington on Oct. 8, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

When IRS scandal broke, Obama was ‘angry’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe Biden as Biden waves at the end Biden's announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, that he will not run for the presidential nomination. Jill Biden is at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama is glad Joe Biden not running for president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Last of the President’s Men’

By John R. Coyne Jr.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a White House Champions of Change Law Enforcement and Youth meeting, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, in this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Joe Biden now claims he supported bin Laden raid; White House won’t confirm

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden has hemmed and hawed for months about whether to join the race, saying he didn't know if his heart is in it after the death of his son, Beau Biden, in May. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden 2016 buzz intensifies as Rep. Brendan Boyle tweets that source confirmed bid

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the "Summit on Climate and the Road through Paris: Business & Science Coming Together," Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: Rich and powerful are ‘not a problem’ in America

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Martha Stewart. (Associated Press)

WESLEY PRUDEN: Hillary Clinton as first prisoner-in-chief

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks to members of the media on Sept. 1, 2015, while on a hike to the Exit Glacier in Seward, Alaska, which, according to National Park Service research, has retreated approximately 1.25 miles over the past 200 years. Obama is on a historic three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington, while using its glorious but changing landscape as an urgent call to action on climate change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: Climate action not just for ‘tree-huggers’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times