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Going Solo: President Obama carries low job approval ratings that have Democrats steering clear of him on the campaign trail and at fundraising events. (White House)

Fellow Democrats keep their distance from Obama - lonely fundraiser in chief

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** CIA Director John O. Brennan speaks in Washington on March 11, 2014. (Associated Press)

CIA Director John Brennan downplayed Islamic State threat as ‘absurd’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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

Obama’s doctrine: Inaction on Syria led to Iraq crisis

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about developments in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, from his vacation residence in Chilmark, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Obama is giving his approval to the appointment of a prime minister to replace Nouri al-Maliki and urging the formation of a new government in Iraq as soon as possible. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama adjusts Iraq narrative, now blames George W. Bush for troop withdrawal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the press conference at the lake garden hotel, outside the venue of the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

CURL: John Kerry fail: Secretary blows Mideast peace talks, rides girl’s bike

By Joseph Curl

Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev announces sanctions at the Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014.The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service)

Putin retaliates: Russia bans food from West, extends Snowden asylum

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks in Washington, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, during the Civil Society Forum of the US Africa Summit. President Barack Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for an unprecedented summit aimed in part at building his legacy on a continent where his commitment has been questioned. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden, Nigerian president discuss efforts to defeat Boko Haram

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This Aug. 1, 2014, photo shows President Barack Obama as he smiles near the conclusion of a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. President Barack Obama is starting his birthday weekend with a round of golf before escaping to the Maryland mountains. Obama turns 53 on Monday. In what's become an annual birthday tradition, he's joining friends on the green for an early morning round at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland. He'll board Marine One later Saturday for the short helicopter flight to Camp David, the presidential retreat in the Catoctin Mountains. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CURL: Obama making fools of the media

By Joseph Curl

In this Saturday, July 19, 2014 photo, the church of Mary is seen abandoned after Islamic militants closed it and brought the cross down from the rooftop in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday condemned the Islamic State extremist group's actions targeting Christians in territory it controls, saying they reveal the threat the jihadists pose to the minority community's "centuries-old heritage." (AP Photo)

Iraq Christians get meeting with top Obama aide

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: ‘Operation Choke Point’: A noose for business

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (Associated Press) **FILE**

Gov. Mike Pence irked as Obama sends illegals to Indiana on sly

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

It's election time, which means President Obama's speech material includes references to God and jobs. (Associated press)

CURL: Come election time, Obama suddenly talks jobs — and God

By Joseph Curl

Inside the Beltway: Everybody’s hot on the Cold War

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Clinton Impeachment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

TYRRELL: Why exposes of the Clintons fail

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Palestinians help carry an injured man to an ambulance following an Israeli Strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

U.S. condemns Israeli shelling of shelter in Gaza

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House votes to sue President Obama over claims of presidential power

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, arrives for a meeting of the Republican Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner rules out impeachment: ‘Scam started by Democrats’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said "not that I'm aware of," when asked Tuesday whether the administration had coordinated with Democratic fundraising groups to gin up impeachment scares. (associated press photographs)

Boehner says impeachment talk is Democratic fundraising ploy

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin is "using Soviet tactics to confuse the U.S.," Fox News reported. (Associated press)

Inside the Beltway: Immigration rage festers on all sides

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times