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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. Obama held an afternoon news conference Wednesday to share his take on the midterm election results after his party lost control of the Senate, and lost more turf in the GOP-controlled House while putting a series of Democratic-leaning states under control of new Republican governors. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama wants to drink bourbon with Mitch McConnell

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

BRUCE FEIN: Ornamental midterm elections

By Bruce Fein

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby declined to comment on a review to be released by the Pentagon that cites serious problems of U.S. nuclear capabilities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Inside the Ring: Nuclear forces need fixing

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., celebrates with his supporters at an election night party in Louisville, Ky.,Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. McConnell won a sixth term in Washington, with his eyes on the larger prize of GOP control of the Senate. The Kentucky U.S. Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent, fighting off a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: Now, to lead

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama, who has vetoed only two minor bills since 2009, forecast some testier battles with congressional Republicans. "Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign," the president said. "I'll take some actions that some in Congress will not like." (Associated Press)

Obama sees no rebuke from midterms landslide, renews push on agenda

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. A report by Iran's official news agency quotes the country's nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, saying the Islamic Republic needs more nuclear power plants, just after it struck a deal regarding its contested nuclear program with world powers. Salehi said Iran is in serious talks with several countries including Russia to build four more nuclear power plants.(AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

GOP likely to fall short of votes to reject potential Iran nuclear deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A chastened White House announced late Tuesday evening that President Obama had invited congressional leaders to the White House on Friday to try to chart a path forward, hoping to find at least some issues where the two parties could cooperate. (Associated Press)

Obama to address Democrats’ election losses in press conference

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama points as he participates in the 70th French-American commemoration D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama to Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls: It’s your fault if you lose

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Stonewalled’

By Ken Allard - Special to The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Jerusalem, at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been edging toward a new conflagration, with politicians on both sides stoking religious fervor over an ancient Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews. After months of escalating violence, Netanyahu on Sunday made his clearest attempt yet to cool tempers, saying he won&#8217;t allow changes to a long-standing ban on Jewish worship at the Muslim-run site, despite such demands from ultra-nationalists in his coalition. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

MICHAEL TAUBE: Democrats’ insults of Netanyahu might send Jews to GOP

By Michael Taube

A chastened White House announced late Tuesday evening that President Obama had invited congressional leaders to the White House on Friday to try to chart a path forward, hoping to find at least some issues where the two parties could cooperate. (Associated Press)

Republicans close in on Senate majority; Obama to meet with GOP leaders

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office during the President's Daily Economic Briefing on July 30, 2009. (White House)

Obama raises white flag; already reaching out to Republican leaders

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama plays with his daughters in the Rose Garden during a 2010 snow storm. (White House photo)

Inside the Beltway: The ‘Obama effect’: Especially chilling in six states

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a rally in support of Nevada Democrats at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Joint UA Local 525 in Las Vegas Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, L.E. Baskow)

Joe Biden on GOP win: ‘I don’t think it would change anything, in terms of what we’re about’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest pauses as he answers a question during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Oct. 29, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House: Tuesday’s vote not a ‘true national election’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The biggest action looming is President Obama's plan to issue an executive order on immigration that effectively would grant amnesty to some of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. The president initially planned to act in September, but nervous Democratic Senate candidates in Republican-leaning states persuaded him to wait until after the elections. (Associated Press)

Obama likely to act on immigration, name attorney general after midterms

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent backtracking after she declared that businesses don't create jobs in America has forced Progressives to adopt a "wait and see" attitude toward the former first lady's possible presidential campaign. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s populist credibility questioned after Elizabeth Warren mimic

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Halloween decorations on the South Portico of the White House await trick-or-treaters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will welcome local children and children of military families to 'trick-or-treat' at the White House for Halloween. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obamas hand out candy, cookies at White House for Halloween

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, campaigns for Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, left, during a rally at the University of Maryland, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

LAMBRO: Signs of a coming Republican wave

By Donald Lambro

People watch smoke from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rising outside Kobani, Syria, from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Islamic State airstrikes in Syria spur White House infighting over Assad benefit

The Washington Times