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White House Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough hugs outgoing White House press secretary Jay Carney at the end of his last briefing as secretary, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in the press briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jay Carney joins private speaking circuit at $100K a pop

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Two sides: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has called publicly for President Obama not to send immigrant children back to their home countries but privately urged a White House official not to house them at a site in Maryland. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: ‘NIMBY’ O’Malley: Pro-illegal alien, just not in Maryland

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. (Associated Press)

Team Obama wants ‘economic patriotism’ — a ban on business HQ heading overseas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., bowls at Pleasant Valley Recreation Center in Altoona, Pa., Saturday, March 29, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House votes to block White House bowling alley spending

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, Wednesday played a 2012 recording of then-Labor Secretary Hilda Solis asking someone to attend political fundraiser. Some say the call is a violation of the Hatch Act, which restricts the political activities of some federal government executive branch employees. (Associated Press)

Darrell Issa raises Hatch Act concerns over Obama officials

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's separation from global reality by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Global ‘tranquility,’ Obama-style

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Va., Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The first major donations to President Barack Obama's presidential library are rolling in from New York and Chicago, two cities that are competing vigorously to host the future library. Since launching in February, the Barack Obama Foundation has raised at least $850,000 from four major donors, the group said Tuesday. The foundation is voluntarily disclosing donations of more than $200, but only in broad dollar ranges. The nonprofit declined to say how much it has raised in total. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama executive actions seen as threat to Constitution

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., bowls at Pleasant Valley Recreation Center in Altoona, Pa., Saturday, March 29, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP lawmaker: No taxpayer funds for Obama bowling alley upgrade

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Tappan Zee Bridge is seen May 14, 2014, from a helicopter traveling with President Obama in Tarrytown, N.Y., where he will discuss the need for a 21st century transportation infrastructure. (Associated Press)

Obama to take executive actions on infrastructure this week

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 18, 2014, file photo shows young detainees being escorted to an area to make phone calls as hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)

White House sticks by ‘plan A’ to handle illegal immigrant children

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Obama to bypass Congress on infrastructure repair

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Arab-American group to boycott Obama’s Ramadan dinner

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, Sunday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Kye R. Lee, Pool)

Obama’s ‘blank check’ rejected as border solution

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama enjoys a shave ice at Island Snow in Kailua, Hawaii, where the Obamas spent the 2010 winter holidays. (Associated Press)

CURL: The hypocrisy of Obama’s 15-day Vineyard vacation

By Joseph Curl

Sandra Fluke, the former Georgetown University law student who testified on birth control and was subjected to denigrating comments by radio host Rush Limbaugh, is running for the California state Senate to represent the coastal communities of Los Angeles. She finished second in the primary behind another Democrat, Ben Allen. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Inside the Beltway: White House grade slips to ‘F’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, Thursday, July 10, 2014, about the economy. Austin is the final leg in his three city trip before returning to Washington. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

AP ANALYSIS: Obama stays in campaign mode, then complains of gridlock

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Photo illustration showing former president George W. Bush and president Barack Obama bowling.(AP Photo)

Bush fixed bowling lanes that Obama wants to renovate

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, right, has dismissed what he says is President Barack Obama's flippant attitude. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP to sue Obama first over health care employer mandate

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times