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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2014 file photo, hazardous material cleaners disinfectant their personal protective equipment after working in the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, stayed last week, in Dallas. The Homeland Security Department has ordered agents at airports and other ports of entry to observe everyone coming into the United States for potential signs of Ebola infection, officials said Wednesday. Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Customs and Border Protection agents are also handing out factsheets to travelers with details of what symptoms to look for and directions to call a doctor if they become sick within 21 days. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Federal official: Fever screening at 5 U.S. airports

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

"Let Israel win!" Rep. Mike Coffman, Colorado Republican, said that being a supporter of Israel "means that I will stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel in the recognition that Hamas is a terrorist state and that Israel should never negotiate with terrorists." (Associated Press)

VA’s loyalty to reverse auction firm FedBid raises red flags

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with financial regulators in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. From left, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Mel Watt, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Treasury SecretaryJacob Lew, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Tim Massad, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg, Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin, White House Council Neil Eggleston, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman, Obama, Budget Director Shaun Donovan, Deputy Budget Director Brian Deese, and Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Seth Wheeler. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Feds run $486B deficit in 2014 — smallest of Obama administration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Departed: Obama Cabinet members, including Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (left), former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (center) and former Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right) have publicly aired their grievances with the president. Mr. Panetta's new book, "Worthy Fights," criticizes Mr. Obama's policies. (Associated Press)

Leon Panetta is the latest former adviser to take shots at Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This undated file image posted on a militant website Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching through Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

White House dickers on terminology: War vs. conflict vs. hostilities

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Volunteers push cart with a man suspected of having Ebola virus, to a health centre in central area Monrovia, Liberia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

New concern worldwide as nurse in Spain gets Ebola

By CONNIE CASS and LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

The Newseum is seen in Washington, Monday, March 30,, 20009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Newseum to host memorial for James Brady

Associated Press

President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Joe Biden, right, before signing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan job-training legislation which aims to help job seekers gain valuable employment skills, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the dangers of president Obama's ideological filter distorting world events by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BOLTON: Viewing the world through the wrong end of the telescope

By John R. Bolton

In September, President Obama said the risk was low that Ebola would make its way to the U.S. A few weeks later, the first patient was diagnosed in Texas. (Associated Press)

CURL: Dishonest or discombobulated? With Obama, take your pick

By Joseph Curl

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to students faculty and staff at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Biden takes shot at Clinton, calls ‘Hard Choices’ ‘inappropriate’ to write while Obama in office

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A hazardous material cleaner arrives at the apartment complex in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas stayed last week. The crew is expected to remove items including towels and bed sheets used by Duncan, who is being treated at an isolation unit at a Dallas hospital. The family living there has been confined under armed guard while being monitored by health officials. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Obama administration attempts to quell fears about Ebola

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Jenna Scheidt of Fairfax, Va., left, and Abby Loss of Eau Claire, Wis., lean against a temporary barrier along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. For sightseers looking for a glimpse of the White House, an iron security fence is now part of their photographs. In the past two weeks, “temporary” barriers have been installed to push the public back from the gate after an intruder jumped the fence and ran inside the executive mansion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barrier still at White House 2 weeks after jumper

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq has made the chances for another 9/11-like attack on American soil "inevitable." (CBS News)

Lindsey Graham on Marco Rubio: He’s ‘not quite ready’ for presidency

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Hong Kong becomes a fresh foreign policy puzzle for Obama

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secret Service police officers walk outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Earlier, President Barack Obama said the Secret Service does "a great job." He says he is grateful for the "sacrifices" the service performs on his behalf and on behalf of his family. Obama made his comments Monday in the aftermath of Friday's security breach, when an intruder managed to jump the north fence of the White House and escape capture until he was inside the North Portico entrance of the presidential mansion. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cartoonist says sorry for watermelon reference in Obama drawing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Obama is looking to frame the closing economic arguments of the midterm campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama promises massive economic, wage growth over next decade — if his agenda is enacted

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Mark Herron

Liberal Bully of the Week: Former Secret Service chief Julia Pierson

By Rusty Humphries

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House Oct. 1, 2014. The two leaders have long had a prickly relationship. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Netanyahu presses Obama on nuclear Iran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee as it examines details surrounding a security breach at the White House when a man climbed over a fence, sprinted across the north lawn and dash deep into the executive mansion before finally being subdued. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Julia Pierson resigns as Secret Service director

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times