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United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to troops at Fort Irwin National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif, during his visit on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Vacaville Reporter, David Pardo)

Chuck Hagel is stepping down as Defense Secretary under pressure

By David Sherfinski and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Jonathan Gruber, the MIT economist currently under fire for suggesting the Obama administration tried to deceive the public about the Affordable Care Act, was hired by former Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle in 2010 to conduct an analysis on how the federal health-care reform would impact the state. Mr. Gruber's study predicted about 90 percent of individuals without employer-sponsored or public insurance would see their premiums spike by an average of 41 percent. (Associated Press)

Jonathan Gruber warned of Obamacare premium spike as president promised savings

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

No hard feelings: President Obama shakes hands with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after announcing Mr. Hagel's resignation Monday. Mr. Hagel is the third defense secretary to resign during Mr. Obama's six years in the White House. (associated press)

Chuck Hagel latest Obama national security team member to jump ship

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama drew a number of lines in his executive order, slicing and dicing the illegal immigrant community. To qualify for the new deferred action program, someone has to have been in the U.S. for at least five years and have either a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident child. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty leaves most illegal immigrants still in fear of deportation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Joe Abbey, Arxan Technologies' director of software engineering, displays on his computer how he hacked into a phone app during a demonstration at the Black Hat USA 2014 cyber security conference Aug. 6 in Las Vegas. Federal systems grow more susceptible to attack as the government's online offerings expand to user-friendly websites and apps, experts say. (Associated Press)

Cybersecurity lapses leave U.S. government agencies vulnerable to hackers, reports show

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Despite the GOP takeover earlier this month, the honeymoon for Republican leaders may be over, according to polls. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inside the Beltway: Congress gets a warning on aliens - of the extraterrestrial kind

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks during a nationally televised address from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on &quot;felons, not families.&quot; (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

White House: Immigration steps would boost wages

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept. 30, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama to visit India in January

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama signs two presidential memoranda associated with his actions on immigration in his office, on Air Force One as he arrives at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The president will travel to Del Sol High School to speaks about the steps he will be taking on immigration. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama formally signs immigration executive action

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks the White House Colonnade, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, in Washington, before his departure aboard Marine One to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama is traveling to Las Vegas to promote an executive order that would offer temporary legal status to millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and set off a new fight with Republicans in Congress.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

For Obama, a long road to immigration order

By Julie Pace and Josh Lederman - Associated Press

In a prime-time address from the White House, President Obama said his action on immigration is "lawful," and he dared Republican critics in Congress to counter him by passing a comprehensive legislation, which he said would be a permanent fix. (Associated Press)

Obama offers amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants, defies GOP

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jim Webb has formed a presidential exploratory committee and brings a most interesting resume to the table. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Why Hillary Clinton should worry about Jim Webb

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, during a ceremony to award the National Medals of Science, and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation. The awards are the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama outlines sweeping immigration plan, dares critics to respond

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. Years before Edward Snowden sparked a public outcry with the disclosure that the NSA had been secretly collecting American telephone records, some NSA executives voiced strong objections to the program, intelligence officials say, complaining that it exceeded the agency’s mandate to focus on foreign spying and would do little to stop terror plots.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

AP Exclusive: Some in NSA warned of a backlash

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

To the rescue: Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered the northern Syrian town of Kobani to join the Kurdish resistance. The forces have coordinated attacks against Islamic State militants, who have been besieging the strategic city for weeks. (Associated Press)

House GOP leader pushes for U.S. arms to go directly to Iraqi Kurds fighting ISIS

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush listens to a speaker before giving his keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jeb Bush ready for fight on Common Core

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Supreme Court, October 2010 - Back row (left to right): Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, and Elena Kagan. Front row (left to right): Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Obama immigration action headed for the courts

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Democratic strategist Donna Brazile (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats turn on Obama: Get ‘in the mix’ and fix our party

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Secret Service. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Secret Service chief Joseph Clancy: Morale suffering at agency

By Erica Werner - Associated Press

President Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 18, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama to detail immigrant amnesty order in prime-time address

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times