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President Obama wipes his forehead April 22, 2015, while meeting with the crowd after touring Everglades National Park in Florida on Earth Day. Obama used the visit to warn of the damage that climate change is already inflicting on the nation's environmental treasures. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama recruits top companies in climate change fight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama welcomed over 130 college-bound high school students to the daylong White House event as part of her Reach Higher initiative. (Associated Press)

Michelle Obama Reach Higher initiative: Making school cool an ingredient to success

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Jim Steinle, second from left, father of Kathryn Steinle, in photograph, testifies next to Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department. Chief J. Thomas Manger, right, before a Senate Judiciary hearing to examine the Administration's immigration enforcement policies, in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Kathryn Steinle was killed on a San Francisco pier, allegedly by a man previously deported several times. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

House passes bill to punish sanctuary cities in wake of Steinle killing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kelly Riddell Daily Briefing July 24, 2015

Exclusive Washington Times Daily Briefing (July 24, 2015)

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican and presidential hopeful, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2015. (Associated Press)

White House blasts ‘pro-war’ Ted Cruz, mocks Lafayette Park rally

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Jim Steinle, father of Kathryn Steinle, killed on a San Francisco pier, allegedly by a man previously deported several times, listens to opening statements before testifying before a Senate Judiciary hearing to examine the Administration's immigration enforcement policies, in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

House passes bill to crack down on ‘sanctuary cities’

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

President Obama's first trip to his father's homeland later this month will confront many of the challenges of his presidency back home, from Islamist terrorism to economic competition from China to his fight for gay rights. (Associated Press)

Schedule leak won’t affect Obama’s Africa trip, White House says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, June 27, 2006. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

White House ‘in final stages’ of crafting plan to close Gitmo

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama (center), with Paul Sullivan (left), vice president of international business development at Acrow Bridge, and Susan Jaime, CEO Ferra Coffee International, gestures during his meeting with small-business owners to discuss the importance of the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 22, 2015. (Associated Press)

Obama pushes for Ex-Im Bank renewal, chides lagging Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Obama administration knew of Rolling Stone rape story before publication

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice said the additional documents signed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran "are not public" but that the administration would share the information with lawmakers behind closed doors. She indicated that the U.S. government doesn't have the documents. (Associated Press)

Obama aides deny secret U.N.-Iran side deals

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ohio Gov. John Kasich announces he is running for the 2016 Republican party&#8217;s nomination for president during a campaign rally at Ohio State University, Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. Kasich, 63, launched his campaign before a crowd of 2,000 at an event marking the entry of a strong-willed and sometimes abrasive governor in a nomination race now with 16 notable Republicans. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Kasich enters fray for GOP presidential bid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2015. The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and adopted a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt the Iranian economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. endorses Iran nuclear deal with 6 world powers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

White House defends John McCain following Donald Trump’s ‘not a war hero’ comment

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Mutual Dislike for Common Core Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ALEC O’CLEARY CASO: Tracking bipartisan opposition to Common Core

By Alec O'Cleary Caso

Students participating in rush pass by the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., on Jan. 15. (Associated Press)

Rolling Stone says University of Virginia rape accuser introduced by White House adviser

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Mourners visited a makeshift memorial near the Armed Forces Career Center on Saturday for victims of the shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday. President Obama's time in office has been peppered with terrorist-related attacks, raising complex questions about his handling of the fight against Islamist terror. (Associated Press)

Obama’s resolve to fight Islamist terror questioned after latest attack on U.S. soil

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2015, file photo, President Obama speaks the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington about the breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House: Congressional vote against Iran nuclear deal would be ‘devastating’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times