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A group of Secret Service police gather on the North Lawn as a member of the Secret Service Counter Assault team surveys from the White House rooftop Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington, after a man jumped the White House fence earlier in the evening. The Secret Service apprehended the man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Secret Service agent on cellphone among problems with White House fence-jumper response

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, gestures to U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Obama is on a state visit after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool)

China’s Xi slammed as ‘coward for not answering U.S. press’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. gestures as she addresses supporters at her election night headquarters in New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Landrieu is predicted to be in a runoff with Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La. Behind Landrieu, left is her husband Frank Snellings, and, her grandson Maddox Snellings, right.(AP Photo/Bill Haber)

JOSEPH CURL: Post-election surprises: Obamacare flounders, Keystone revived

By Joseph Curl

President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. Obama is telling Americans who voted for change: "I hear you." The President said the Republican victories Tuesday in the midterm elections are a sign they want Washington "to get the job done." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

R. EMMETT TYRRELL JR.: The president of ‘no’

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Rihanna spent Monday posing for photos around the White House and channeling her inner Kerry Washington from the hit ABC series "Scandal." (Instagram/@badgalriri)

Rihanna channels ‘Scandal’s‘ Kerry Washington at the White House

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama, center, talk on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in Beijing. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service)

Obama, Putin talk Ukraine, Syria and Iran at Beijing summit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit family photo, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama welcomes China as economic superpower, slams its human rights abuses

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S., China visa deal a ‘game-changer,’ officials say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama is traveling to Asia after the Homeland Security department revealed that a destructive Trojan horse malware program has penetrated the software that runs much of the critical U.S. infrastructure and could cause an economic catastrophe. (Associated Press)

Obama to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping on trip to Asia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2014 file photo, Kenneth Bae speaks to the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea. The US announces Saturday the release of Americans Bae and and Matthew Todd Miller who were detained in North Korea, saying they're on way home. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Kenneth Bae, Matthew Todd Miller released by North Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 16, 2014, file photo Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks at a news conference in Ferguson, Mo., dealing with the aftermath of the police shooting of Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Obama calls Missouri Gov. Nixon ahead of grand jury report on Ferguson shooting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A group of selected Marines representing Camp Pendleton listen as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers their questions during his short visit to the base Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. Hagel announced the deployment of another 130 U.S. troops to Iraq in remarks to Marines at this Southern California base on the final stop of a weeklong, around-the-world trip that also took him to India, Germany and Australia. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Paul Rodriguez)

Obama deploys 1,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq

By Dave Boyer and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE- In this April 28, 2014 file photo, Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York speaks during a news conference in New York. President Obama chose Loretta Lynch as attorney general on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, which would make her the first black woman in the position. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Obama chooses Loretta Lynch as attorney general, White House confirms

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama makes nice with Republican leaders, pledges action

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Republican takeover of the Senate may pave the way for Sen. John McCain (left) and other GOP foreign policy hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham to try to play "back-seat driver" to the White House, but at the end of the day, "if the president doesn't want to do what they push for, that's entirely up to him," said one senior congressional aide. (Associated Press)

Republican Senate takeover gives war hawks, neocons bully pulpit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers a question about the release of Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held in North Korea, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House predicts GOP might ‘change their tune’ after landslide victory

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama raises his glass to toast during a luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 24, 2014, at the United Nations headquarters. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: ‘Good news’ Senate and House now controlled by Republicans

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on Republican's mandate from voters to stop Obama's agenda by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MONICA CROWLEY: After stopping Obama

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. Obama says it is &quot;an open question&quot; whether international negotiators and Iran can reach a deal over Tehran's nuclear program. He says that with a deadline looming, the next three to four weeks will be key. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

EDITORIAL: Obama, chastened but uncompromising

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Republican Mia Love celebrates with her father, Jean Maxime Bourdeau, after winning the race for Utah's 4th Congressional District during the Utah State GOP election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Love becomes first black female Republican elected to Congress. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

GOP’s new stars break mold, refresh Republican brand

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times