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** FILE ** This March 26, 2014, file photo shows House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP: Obama withholding Benghazi email is ‘criminal’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House calls for more privacy laws

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

The White House said Thursday that there are no further complications in President Obama's relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel since she expressed deep resentment last year over revelations that the National Security Agency had spied on her personal and professional communications. The two will hold a joint press conference Friday after four hours of scheduled meetings (Associated Press)

Talk of Russia to dominate Obama, Merkel meeting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media after meeting with business owners in New York. With eight months left in office, Gov. Rick Perry isn’t kicking back at the governor’s mansion. Rebounding from his gaffe-marred presidential run in 2012, Perry is doubling down on the argument that his low-tax, low-regulation approach as governor since 2000 has been the driving force behind Texas’ tops-in-the-nation job growth. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Toyota move gives Perry win for possible ‘16 run

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Sept 13, 2012, file photo shows the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

White House denies memo connected to Benghazi

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Officials: Colleges set to meet sex assault rules

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 3, 2014, file photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. arrives to make a statement after a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters in Washington. The CIA does not give up its secrets easily. Under pressure from a Senate committee to declassify parts of a congressional report on harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists, the CIA is shadowed by its reluctance to open up about its operations and its past. The CIA officials who decide which secrets can be revealed have wrestled with Congress, archivists, journalists, former CIA employees and even a former CIA director. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

CIA has upper hand in deciding public disclosures

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Protester John Walters of Oklahoma City holds a sign urging Gov. Mary Fallin to issue a stay in the execution of two inmates, near the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's eventual death from a heart attack. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, KT King)

Governor calls for review after botched execution

By BAILEY ELISE McBRIDE and SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

White House: Oklahoma execution not done humanely

Associated Press

**FILE** Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman (right), accompanied by White House press secretary Jay Carney, speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Feb. 4, 2014. (Associated Press)

Obamacare kept economy afloat after rough winter: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Dec. 19, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Obama backs NBA’s ban and fine of Clippers owner Donald Sterling

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Clinton, who graduated from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service in 1968, gave the second in a series of lectures exploring the people, events, lessons and guiding principles that have shaped his career in public service. (AP Photo)

Clinton: Economic agenda was often misunderstood

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

President Barack Obama holds his hand over his heart as he participates in a wreath-laying ceremony with Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Superintendent Larry Adkison at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig city, outside of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. This is the last leg of Mr. Obama's four-nation tour through the Asia-Pacific region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Judicial Watch: Email ensuring ‘Obama looked good’ was post-Benghazi priority

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt-out buildings during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Emails on Benghazi show aides’ effort to make Obama look ‘statesmanlike’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Corker supports legislation that would remove the requirement for presidential approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. (Sen. Bob Corker)

Inside the Beltway: The Bible is America’s favorite read

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Conn. passes comprehensive college assault bill

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton says she is calling upon to president to require that the D.C. flag be flown at military functions where the flags of all 50 states are flown. She made this declaration at the D.C. World War I memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, where she met with a a Washington, D.C. mom whose son is now serving in the U.S. Navy and said that she was "saddened" by the fact that every other state had a flag present as part of the boot camp graduation, but there was none to recognize her son. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Plan would dedicate federal park in D.C. as WWI Memorial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang, Malaysia, Monday, April 28, 2014, before heading to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Philippines. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Obama vigorously defends foreign policy record

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, one of the social conservatives who sought the GOP nomination but eventually dropped out, says his role at the convention this week is to “amplify” Mr. Romney’s campaign, not to add to it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

‘Blue collar conservatives’ could be a GOP powerhouse in 2016

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

An Egyptian woman screams after a judge sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt, Monday, April 28, 2014. Under the law, Monday's verdicts in Minya have to be referred to Egypt's Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official, said one of the attorneys, Ahmed Hefni. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Mass death sentences in Egypt leave White House ‘deeply troubled’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times