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FILE - This Aug. 14, 2012, file photo shows President Barack Obama paying for his coffee and muffins at the Coffee Connection, Tuesday, in Knoxville, Iowa. There’s no free lunch, or breakfast or dinner, for the president on Thanksgiving day. Or any other day for that matter. He has to dig into his pocket to pay for the holiday feast of turkey, ham, two kinds of stuffing, sweet and regular potatoes, and six different kinds of pie. It’s a longstanding practice that presidents pay for meals for themselves, their families and personal guests. Obama also pays for other basics, everything from toothpaste to dry-cleaning. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama gets the bill for White House Thanksgiving

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

For President Obama, the new smog rules — dubbed "the most expensive regulation" in American history by manufacturing leaders — allow him to once again bask in the praise of the environmental community, which views this White House as perhaps the most consequential in U.S. history when it comes to its issues. (Associated Press)

Obama administration formally proposes new smog, ozone standards

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama addresses the crowd on issues surrounding the protests in Ferguson, Mo., after meeting with community leaders about the executive actions he is taking to fix the immigration system Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

White House veto threat shelves possible tax plan

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (center) with President Obama (left) and Vice President Joseph R. Biden in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday. Mr. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Joe Biden ‘ticked off’ at Obama’s handling of Chuck Hagel resignation

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Terrence Patrick Bean, 66, a prominent gay-rights activist and Democratic donor, talks with President Obama with Air Force One in July 2010. (PQ Monthly)

Terry Bean, gay-rights activist charged with sex abuse, was Obama bundler, White House visitor

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Protestors carry signs and gather in front of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, after the Ferguson grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. (Associated Press)

Ferguson protesters gather at White House after Darren Wilson cleared

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A 40-pound tom turkey looks out at Raymond's Turkey Farm in Methuen, Mass., Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The farm raises approximately 20,000 Broad Breasted White Holland turkeys per year. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Despite PETA protests, the White House turkey pardoning to go on

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sharon Otis, left, and her son Jonathan Johnson, 16, both of Ferguson, Mo., help clean up a strip mall after it was damaged in last night's riots, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama ‘deeply worried and disappointed’ by violence in Ferguson

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Recent polls show that a majority of Democrats are ready for a Hillary Rodham Clinton 2016 presidential bid, but is Mrs. Clinton ready for the White House? (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Is Hillary Clinton ready for the White House

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The agency has been under fire for what critics say are politically motivated attacks against conservative organizations. (Associated Press)

IRS inspector general to release files on privacy probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Monica Lewinsky (Associated Press) **FILE**

Monica Lewinsky says she’ll never change last name: ‘I’m not ashamed’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Earnest was asked several questions about the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hagel’s departure spurs White House hints at other changes

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Do Americans still agree with "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses," as engraved on the Statue of Liberty? (National park Service)

Inside the Beltway: Chuck Schumer to ‘Diagnose what went wrong’ for Democrats

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Musician Stevie Wonder celebrates as President Barack Obama awards him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Obama is presenting the nation's highest civilian honor to 19 artists, activists, public servants and others. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama bestows Medal of Freedom on 19, including Stevie Wonder, Meryl Streep

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 file photo, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker gives a thumbs up as he speaks at his campaign party, in West Allis, Wis. Less than two years ago, party leaders solemnly declared after an exhaustive study that the GOP "must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform." It was critical for the party's survival, they said, to address an issue that was paramount to the nation's surging Hispanic population. But as President Obama issued a sweeping immigration order last week, some of the Republican Party's most prominent governors &#8212; likely presidential candidates among them &#8212; described immigration reform as little more than an afterthought. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

GOP wisdom shifts on immigration

By Steve Peoples and Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 4, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John McCain: Chuck Hagel ‘very, very frustrated’ in Obama Cabinet

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy, left, talks with Marines Lt. Gen. John Paxton, director for operations, the Joint Staff, talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, prior to their testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Michele Flournoy is front-runner to replace Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, listens as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, talks about his resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Hagel hands Obama his resignation amid reported clashes

By David Sherfinski and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, reaches over to touch Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, following an announcement of Hagel's resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

KEN ALLARD: What Hagel’s exit means

By Ken Allard

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens as President Barack Obama, right, talks about Hagel's resignation in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel: George W. Bush was the worst commander-in-chief

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times