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Alonzo Cushing photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo Cushing. A Civil War soldier is to be honored with the nation's highest military decoration 151 years after his death.The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will give the Medal of Honor to Alonzo H. Cushing. His descendants and Civil War buffs have been pushing for the Union Army lieutenant killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to receive the award. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Historical Society)

Obama to award belated Medal of Honor to Union Civil War officer

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. counterterrorism officials say efforts to use social media to spy on the Islamic State have been thwarted by Twitter's crackdown on ISIL tweets. (Associated Press)

Terror alert rises for Islamic State plots against West

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A convoy of vehicles and militant fighters move through Iraq's Anbar Province. The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side-by-side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials. (Associated Press)

U.S. citizens joining Islamic State pose major threat to homeland

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, giving the first public comments by a senior Assad official on the threat posed by the Islamic State group, in Damascus, Syria on Monday, August 25, 2014. Al-Moallem warned the U.S. not to conduct airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State group without Damascus’ consent, saying any such attack would be considered an aggression. Al-Moallem also said that Syria is ready to work with regional states and the international community amid the onslaught of Islamic militants there and in Iraq, adding that the Syrian government is a crucial partner in the war on terror. (AP Photo)

AP sources: U.S. surveillance planes fly over Syria

By Lolita C. Baldor and Julie Pace - Associated Press

Mourners pack Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic church during a special Mass for slain journalist James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising. The Islamic State group posted a Web video on Tuesday, Aug. 19, showing his killing and said it was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Obama sent three representatives to Michael Brown funeral; none to James Foley Mass

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to go it alone vs. ISIL in Syria; won’t seek congressional approval

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The North Portico of the White House was decorated with a giant AIDS ribbon to commemorate World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2007, which is designed to raise global awareness about the pandemic.

Americans furious as Brits party on 200th anniversary of White House burning

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's war record is likely to give independents and even some Democrats pause at the thought of supporting her in 2016.

PRUDEN: No naps for the war-weary

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons in hopes of creating a new, publicly traded company with its headquarters in Canada. The move would help the company avoid America's 40 percent corporate tax rate. (Associated Press)

Burger King may move to Canada

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Mourners light candles at a memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer.
In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, Theo Murphy, left, of Florissant, Mo., and his brother Jordan Marshall, 11, light candles at a memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., where where unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. A small group of people, who preferred to remain anonymous,laid roses along the middle of the road that stretched about 60 yards. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT (Associated Press)

Obama White House reconsiders military-grade weapons for local law enforcement

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said the U.S. should stay out of Iraq, and previous military action has emboldened extremists. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Rand Paul: Immigration problem ‘lies in the White House,’ calls for Senate vote on bill

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Eugene R. Fidell shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl preparing to be interviewed by Army investigators in August, 2014. The U.S. Army has begun questioning Bergdahl about his disappearance in Afghanistan that led to five years in captivity by the Taliban, his attorney and an Army spokeswoman said Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene R. Fidell) MANDATORY CREDIT

EDITORIAL: Obama’s unlawful Bergdahl-for-terrorists swap

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Ukrainian border guards look at the first aid truck as it passes the border post at Izvaryne, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossed into eastern Ukraine on Friday, seemingly without Kiev's approval, after more than a week's delay amid suspicions the mission was being used as a cover for an invasion by Moscow. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russian vehicles in Ukraine ‘a flagrant violation’: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shares a laugh as he makes a surprise visit into the Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2104, to announce that White House press secretary Jay Carney, right, will be stepping down later next month. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Obama Inc.’ catapults ex-advisers into lucrative careers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Issa subpoenas White House Chief of Staff for documents linked to political office

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

'Get Ready': Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gives an ominous warning about a brutal, rapidly advancing militant group. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel delivers ominous warning on Islamic State terrorist threat to U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

COOK: Remembering Washington in flames

By Jane Hampton Cook

Abu Mosa, Islamic State Press officer. (Image: YouTube, Vice News)

Islamic State press officer who taunted White House with ‘flag of Allah’ killed in Syria

The Washington Times

President Barack Obama applauds Ann Compton of ABC News, who is retiring after more than 40 years, before he takes a question from her in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, President Barack Obama met with top advisers at the White House Monday to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama weighs broader move on legal immigration

By Laura Wides-Munoz and Josh Lederman - Associated Press