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The Islamic State, which controls large portions of Iraq and Syria, "seems to be absolutely certain they will be trying to kill as many Americans as possible in the United States as well as elsewhere," said Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch. (Raqqa Media Center Via Associated Press)

Islamic State targets Americans at home and abroad

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton (AP Photo)

HUMPHRIES: Politics as character

By Rusty Humphries

CORRECTS DATE - President Barack Obama, right, smiles as he and former NBA basketball player Alonzo Mourning, left, prepare to ride in a golf cart while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Obama is taking a two-week summer vacation on the island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

EDITORIAL: The Obama tee party

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** David Plouffe, who led President Barack Obama's winning campaign, stands in the 2008 presidential race, in Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, May 10, 2007. (Associated Press)

Former Obama adviser David Plouffe hired by Uber

Associated Press

President Obama walks with his daughter Malia on the South Lawn as he returns to Martha's Vineyard to continue his vacation. (Associated Press)

Obama’s brief break from vacation on Martha’s Vineyard baffles some

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and daughter Malia Obama exit the Marine One helicopter to board Air Force One at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014,, en route to Washington. The president is taking a short hiatus from his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard to attend meetings in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama in Washington for meetings on Iraq, Missouri

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2014, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama, left, bikes rides with President Barack Obama and daughter Malia Obama on the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest bike path outside of West Tisbury, Mass., during the Obama family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Obama arrived on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard with one daughter, and the other daughter may be at his side when his two-week getaway ends later this month. In a first for Obama family summer vacations, neither teenager is spending the entire time with her father. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama on family vacation with just part of family

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

**FILE** President Barack Obama points to a member of the media as he speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Lawsuit accuses Obama White House of thwarting release of public data under FOIA

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, left, meet with members of the National Security Council, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Also at the meeting, from left are, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, Biden, Obama, Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken, and Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco. Obama took a break in the middle of his Martha's Vineyard vacation to return to Washington for meetings with advisers on the U.S. military campaign in Iraq and tensions between police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Back from vacation, Obama meets with advisers on Iraq

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio defends the work of the GOP during a brief news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014, as Congress prepares to leave for a five-week summer recess. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner slams Obama as ‘not prepared for job’ of being president

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over Syria, a U.S. official told CNN Monday. (Associated Press)

Obama faces growing pressure for more U.S. military force against Islamic State

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds her memoir &quot;Hard Choices&quot; at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, during a book signing event for her memoir &quot;Hard Choices.&quot; Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's looking forward to hugging out her differences with President Barack Obama. Obama's former secretary of state told reporters Wednesday that she's proud to have served with him despite some differences of opinion. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

No grapes of wrath at Martha’s Vineyard as Obama, Hillary Clinton meet

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about developments in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, from Chilmark, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Obama welcomed new leadership in Iraq as "a promising step forward" Monday amid a political and security crisis in Baghdad, saying the only lasting solution is the formation of an inclusive government. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama briefed on violence in St. Louis suburb

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama stands with then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as he announces that she will travel to Myanmar, on the sidelines of the ASEAN and East Asia summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton alienates liberals with harsh critique of Obama foreign policy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hillary Testifies about Benghazi Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Hillary’s distinction without a difference

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak together sitting at a picnic table April 9, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

EDITORIAL: Hillary embraces Obama — at arm’s length

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod appears on CBS' "Face the Nation" in Washington on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)

Obama soldier David Axelrod blasts Hillary Clinton on Twitter

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during a press conference with Australia's Defense Minister David Johnston in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Hagel is in Australia along with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for talks with government officials as part of the annual Australia-United States Ministerial talks.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)

Obama puts 130 ground troops in Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obamacare Money Wrecker Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHOUGULE: Obamacare’s backdoor premium hikes

By Akash Chougule