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President Barack Obama speaks at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offices at the Constitution Center in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, about his plan to improve confidence in technology by tackling identify theft and improving consumer and student privacy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to propose new cybersecurity bill, pushes cooperation between government, business

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama on Tuesday hosted members from Capitol Hill including (from left) House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat; House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican; and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. The leaders discussed a range of issues and sought areas of agreement in the White House meeting. (Associated Press)

Congress leaders, Obama seek cooperation in White House meeting

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offices at the Constitution Center in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, about his plan to improve confidence in technology by tackling identify theft and improving consumer and student privacy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama lays out new data-protection bills

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, talks with reporters after the Senate voted on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through the next fiscal year on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz: Move White House to Rio Grande Valley

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A pedestrian walks past the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington in the rain on Oct. 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Antonio Weiss withdraws from Treasury post consideration amid liberal backlash

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mitch McConnell, Obama are ‘cordial, but not much more than that’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Earnest said President Barack Obama would veto the Keystone pipeline legislation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House admits: We screwed up not sending higher-ranking officials to Paris

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A French army soldier patrols under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 13, 2015. France on Monday ordered 10,000 troops into the streets to protect sensitive sites after three days of bloodshed and terror, amid the hunt for accomplices to the attacks that left 17 people and the three gunmen dead. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Inside the Beltway: U.S. terrorism worries ‘little changed’ even after Paris attacks

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Associated Press Photo/Carolyn Kaster

EDITORIAL: Obama’s snub of Paris

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 photo, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking to a small group of reporters after meeting with his French counterpart on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 in Paris, Dempsey said it will take three or four months to begin the $500 million training program, which the House approved on Wednesday and sent to the Senate, where members of both parties predicted easy passage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gen. Martin Dempsey won’t deny White House is micromanaging Pentagon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands at the end of a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Britain’s Cameron to visit White House this week

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pressure from both sides of the Keystone debate is mounting at the White House. President Obama had cited the Nebraska case as the reason why he intends to veto legislation approving the pipeline. (Associated Press)

Keystone XL pipeline: Pressure mounts on Obama as Nebraska ruling eliminates obstacle

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Image: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Obama to unveil executive actions cybersecurity ahead of State of the Union address

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul share the stage on behalf of the Republican Party. Both will speak on conservative strengths at an upcoming summit. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, conservative stalwarts fight for Main Street

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this image made from amateur video recorded on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 by Jordi Mir, masked gunman get into a car moments after shooting a police officer outside the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Paris residents captured chilling video images of two masked gunmen shooting a police officer after an attack at a French satirical newspaper. In the video, the gunmen armed with assault rifles are seen running up to an injured police officer, who lies squirming on the ground. The police officer raises his hands up before one of the assailants shoots him in the head at a close range. (AP Photo/Jordi Mir) NO SALES

White House calls summit on extremism as Americans fear terror attacks are inevitable

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at Pellissippi State Community College, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn., about new initiatives to help more Americans go to college and get the skills they need to succeed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: ‘No free lunch’ in free-tuition plan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2014 file photo, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, and President Barack Obama pose for photographers at the North American Leaders Summit in Toluca, Mexico. Obama is hosting Nieto at the White House Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, looking to his southern neighbor for help implementing his changing policies on immigration and Cuba. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Obama amnesty at risk as House sets showdown vote for next week

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama greets supporters after arriving at Sky Harbor International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Phoenix. The President will overnight in Arizona before speaking at Central High School in Phoenix on Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Obama to tout housing initiative in hard-hit Arizona

By Julie Pace and Bob Christie - Associated Press

This March 22, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama arriving at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla. Oklahoma leaders are praising the renewed momentum in Congress to approve construction of the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the project will have very little economic impact on the Sooner State. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)FILE -

Obama Keystone approval may require concessions from Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Republicans in Congress are rushing their own end-of-February deadline to try to halt President Obama's amnesty program. But with Mr. Obama holding veto power, it's more likely his policy gets decided in the courts, and the Texas case is one of several where the president's amnesty is under scrutiny. (Associated Press)

More free stuff: Obama to propose community college cost nothing

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times