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FILE - This 1914 file photo shows a scene from D.W. Griffith's &quot;Birth of a Nation&quot; movie depicting Ku Klux Klan members riding horses against soldiers, filmed in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Based on Thomas Dixon's novel, &quot;The Clansman,&quot; it was set in the American Civil War. Earlier films often lasted less than an hour and were completed within days. &quot;Birth of a Nation&quot; took six months to produce, had a running time of 195 minutes and employed hundreds of actors. In 1992, the Library of Congress added Griffith's work to the National Film Registry, calling it a &quot;controversial, explicitly racist, but landmark American film masterpiece.&quot; (AP Photo)

‘Birth of a Nation’ — 100 years on, debate on film endures

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

"Congress has already given the president the authority to order these military actions," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. (Associated Press)

Military force authorization for Obama has little effect on Islamic State war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama will travel to Palo Alto, California, to deliver remarks at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University on Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Obama to sign executive order on cybersecurity

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ashton Carter, President Barack Obama's choice to be defense secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to replace Chuck Hagel as Pentagon chief. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Senate confirms Ashton Carter as next Defense Department secretary

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Millions of federal workers—even soldiers—are asked to help sell Obamacare

By Ernest Istook

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio shakes hands with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., the Senate sponsor of the Keystone XL pipeline bill, after signing the bill authorizing expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama has promised to veto the long-stalled legislation. From left are, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Hoeven, Boehner, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Keystone pipeline clears Congress, sets up Obama veto

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testifying to the House oversight committee, said the White House never asked him or anyone else at the IRS about the potential tax effects of President Obama's amnesty policy. (Associated Press)

IRS to pay back-refunds to illegal immigrants who didn’t pay taxes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obamacare enrollment advertising asked of federal workers, military

By Ernest Istook

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

EDITORIAL: Obama uses FCC to get net neutrality

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, this week announced the creation of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, a "czar" bureaucracy. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Cyber center will add to intelligence bureaucracy

By Bill Gertz

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 13, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Ted Cruz knocks Obama, ‘photo op foreign policy’ in blistering speech

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama said the U.S. and its allies have made significant progress in halting the advance of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, through Iraq and Syria. Now, he wants the blessing of Congress to finish the job. (Associated Press)

Obama defends request for military force authorization

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Air Force One at Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Obama is traveling to promote his budget proposal to make two years of community college free. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Inside the Beltway: President Obama plans a California fundraiser - and a Palm Springs weekend

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2014, file photo, members of the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team participate in a rally celebrating the team's U.S. Little League Championship in Chicago. Little League International has stripped Chicago's Jackie Robinson West team of its national title after finding the team falsified its boundary map. The league made the announcement Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, 2015, saying the Chicago team violated regulations by placing players on the team who didn’t qualify because they lived outside the team’s boundaries. Little League International also suspended Jackie Robinson West manager Darold Butler from league activity. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Obama blasts ‘dirty dealing’ by adults in Little League scandal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. A statement that appeared on a militant website commonly used by the Islamic State group claimed that Mueller was killed in a Jordanian airstrike on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the militant group's main stronghold. The IS statement could not be independently verified. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw) MANDATORY CREDIT

Kayla Mueller, U.S. ISIS hostage, is dead, family says

By Deb Riechmann and Julie Pace - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, Seema Kassab, in front, of The Muslim Liberty Project (MLP) holds a candlelight vigil in honor of victims of the Islamic State group at the Hayden Lawn, Arizona State University Tempe, Ariz., Campus. The vigil recognized IS hostage Kayla Mueller, an aid worker from Prescott, Ariz., who was taken in Aleppo on Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Nick Oza) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

White House: At least one more U.S. hostage in Middle East

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. The parents of an American woman held by Islamic State militants say they have been notified of her death. Carl and Marsha Mueller, the parents of Kayla Jean Mueller, released a statement on Tuesday saying they have been told that she has died. The White House also issued a statement confirming her death.The Islamic State group said Friday that the 26-year-old Mueller from Prescott, Arizona, died in a Jordanian airstrike. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw)

Obama vows retribution against Islamic State for Kayla Mueller death

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

File - In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

FCC commissioner blasts Obama’s ‘net neutrality’ plan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This screen grab made Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, show the front page of the U.S. Central Command Twitter account after is was hacked. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Newsweek Twitter account hacked by ‘cyber caliphate’ Islamic State supporters

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

David Brown chair of Israel and Overseas operation of the Jewish Federations of North America, right, speaks to members of the Federation as they visit the site of the kosher grocery store in Paris, Sunday Feb. 8, 2015, where four people where killed in a terror attack. Member of the Jewish Federation of North America traveled to Paris to show support with victims of the terror attack a month ago. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Obama remark on Paris terror victims puts White House in damage control

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times