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White House touts energy record ahead of new coal regs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Cynthia Diaz, 18, from Arizona, is senn outside the White House on Tuesday April 8,2014. She was there with a group of immigrant activists to protest deportations. Cynthia's mother was deported in 2011 and crossed back into the US from Mexico this March, and is now being detained in Arizona. Cynthia, a US citizen, says she'll go on hunger strike to pressure Obama to lay off the deportations. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Alex Leary)

Obama’s immigration decision delay angers both sides

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama plays with a football as he walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 21, 2009. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama to tackle youth sports concussion issue

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Dr. Ben S. Carson, professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, seen here at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, told a gathering Wednesday at the National Press Club that when he retired, he expected to play golf and learn new languages, but "God has different plans for me." (Associated Press)

Dr. Ben Carson chatty but coy on 2016 political ambitions

By Kristen East - The Washington Times

Southeast Michigan in Obama manufacturing program

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**FILE** U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown, New Hampshire Republican, speaks after getting the endorsement from former New Hampshire Govs. Steve Merrill (far left) and Craig Benson (far right) and U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (not seen) in Nashua, N.H., on May 27, 2014. Brown is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. (Associated Press)

Scott Brown hits N.H. Democrat Jeanne Shaheen over Obamacare employer mandate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. Obama, who returned just hours earlier from a surprise visit with U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, paid tribute to those lost in battle there and elsewhere over history as he commemorated Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to highlight tech aid at science fair

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APNewsBreak: Obama delays DHS deportation review

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama talks with Elana Simon, 18, of New York City, about her cancer research project that is part of the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibit on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Simon, at age 12, was diagnosed with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a little-known form of cancer that affects the liver. After surviving the disease, she now helps scientists research the genetics behind it. Obama was celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Self-effacing Obama hails science fair achievers

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Troop drawdown: Obama says US finishing Afghan job

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

First Lady Michelle Obama attends a meeting with Communities In Schools board members at the Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

Michelle Obama digs in for GOP ‘assault’ on lunch mandates

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presents the 2015 city budget at City Hall in New York, Thursday, May 8, 2014. De Blasio devoted much of his financial resources to create a budget, which now will be subject to negotiations with the City Council and must be approved by July 1, that backs up the campaign promises that ushered him into office in January, when he became the city’s first Democratic mayor in a generation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

De Blasio’s blackouts: NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko gestures, during a press conference, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. The leader of the Ukrainian presidential race, Pyotr Poroshenko, does not intend to stop the use of force in the southeast of the country. He made this statement at a news conference on Monday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Obama congratulates new Ukrainian president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, said on Tuesday that he's considering subpoenas to force the White House to hand over more details about its new political office. He has set a new deadline for June 3. Mr. Issa said the American people have a right to know if their tax dollars are being spent to support congressional campaigns. (Associated Press)

Issa may subpoena White House for political office details

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 19, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama greets players as he makes an unannounced stop to surprise members of the Northwest little league baseball teams at Friendship Park in Washington. Obama seems to have caught a bad case of cabin fever. Since taking office, Obama has periodically grumbled about the claustrophobia that sets in when his every move is surrounded by intense security, rendering it nearly impossible to enjoy the simple pleasures that private citizens take for granted. But in recent days, the president has made more of a point to get out. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Obama seen as uninspiring, even among liberal voter base

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama meets with issue experts about international girls' education, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The first lady spoke about the importance of education girls and about the kidnapped girls in Nigeria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House charts ‘sustained level of engagement’ for Michelle Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 2, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama addressing troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. President Obama has made a surprise trip to Afghanistan for a Memorial Day weekend visit with U.S. troops serving in America’s longest war.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama makes secret visit to Afghanistan ahead of Memorial Day

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President Barack Obama shakes hands during a troop rally at Bagram Air Field during an unannounced visit, on Sunday, May 25, 2014, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Amid VA scandal, Obama makes secret visit to troops in Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama is greeted by US Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham, second from left, and Marine General Joseph Dunford, commander of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), left, as he steps off Air Force One after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, on Sunday, May 25, 2014, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama signals US to keep limited Afghanistan role

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press