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Russian President Vladimir Putin is already adjusting the subsidized gas prices sold to Ukraine to market levels, one analyst said. (Associated Press)

Economic Cold War?: Weapons in Russia standoff more likely to shed treasure than blood

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

This Jan. 14, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama, accompanied by then-Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaking to the media before his Cabinet meeting, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House strikes upbeat tone amid worries about Obamacare’s future

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and the Senate GOP leadership answer questions following a Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Barrasso: White House ‘cooking the books’ on Obamacare

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

SIMES and SAUNDERS: Obama’s Crimea blunder

By Dimitri Simes and Paul Saunders

Sure, I've gotten beaten up defending Obamacare ... (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)

CHOUGULE: Obamacare’s four years of failure

By Akash Chougule

FILE - This Nov. 21, 2011 file artist rendering shows Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, center, before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay, left, in Washington. From left are, U.S. Assistant Attorney George P. Varghese, a public defender David Bos, Ortega-Hernandez, and Judge Kay. Ortega-Hernandez, an Idaho man who pleaded guilty to shooting at and hitting the White House is set to be sentenced. Prosecutors say Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez should spend 27 years in prison for the 2011 shooting. His sentencing is scheduled for Monday afternoon. No one was injured, but prosecutors say Ortega-Hernandez hit the executive mansion about eight times and did nearly $100,000 in damage. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)

Man who shot at White House sentenced to 25 years

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

An officer with the Uniform Division of the U.S. Secret Service walks in a closed Lafayette Square in front of the White House after a man jumped the White House fence, Sunday, March 30, 2014, in Washington. A guard dog brought the man down and he was arrested. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Secret Service arrest man for scaling White House fence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 15, 2013 file photo, dairy cows stand near a barn on a farm in Billings, Mo. Farmers expressed relief this week that a long fight over federal dairy subsidies had ended with an overhaul that most thought would be fair and effective in keeping farms from going under during hard times. The House approved compromise legislation Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, and a Senate vote is expected soon. (AP Photo/The Springfield News-Leader, Nathan Papes, File)

PRUDEN: Flatulent cows and the global warming scare

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

A South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through a smoke screen during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House calls North Korea’s artillery fire with South ‘dangerous,’ ‘provocative’

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 16, 2011 file photo shows law enforcement officers photographing a window at the White House in Washington, as seen from the South Lawn. A bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass, the Secret Service said. An additional round of ammunition was found on the White House exterior. The bullets were found Tuesday morning. An Idaho man who pleaded guilty to shooting at and hitting the White House is set to be sentenced. Prosecutors say Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez should spend 27 years in prison for the 2011 shooting. His sentencing is scheduled for Monday afternoon. No one was injured, but prosecutors say Ortega-Hernandez hit the executive mansion about eight times and did nearly $100,000 in damage. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

Idaho man who opened fire on White House sentenced to 25 years in prison

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Sens. Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Lindsey Graham say breathing new life into the Bush-era missile defense system — particularly by pursuing a "third site" in the Czech Republic — would be an effective way to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his use of military force to effect a swift annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. (Associated Press)

GOP senators back restoration of Bush-era missile defense to punish Putin over actions in Crimea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, pauses during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, May 3, 2013, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

On cusp of deadline, parties offer competing visions of Obamacare’s success

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pinpointing governor’s influence a tough task

By TOM LoBIANCO - Associated Press

Former President George H.W. Bush is a very active 89 years of age. With wife Barbara, he recently hosted an advance screening of "Turn," a new AMC drama that recounts the exploits of a group of Colonial era spies. (George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)

Inside the Beltway: The governors strut their strategy

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Analysis: Ark. races early battle in Clinton wars

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Man arrested after scaling White House fence

Associated Press

Former president Bill Clinton speaks at a student conference for the Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University, in this March 21, 2014, file photo taken in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Clinton aides pursued legacy in his 2nd term

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Thursday, March 27, 2014, at Villa Madama in Rome. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Putin calls Obama; U.S. president makes plea to pull troops from border

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama meets with Saudi king, weighs new Syria aid

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Julie Pace - Associated Press