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President Barack Obama winks as he is welcomed before speaking to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Md., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Opening a weekend trip to California, the president Barack Obama will offer millions in federal aid for the drought-stricken state, then hold an unusual West Coast meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, a key U.S. partner in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trust me: Obama promises new overtime rules will be ‘easier for everyone’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this March 11, 2014, photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George W. Bush. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama refuses to ‘wade into’ CIA-Senate fight between Sen. Feinstein, Brennan

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, to outline President Barack Obama’s FY2015 budget requests to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama’s promise to review deportations has risks

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, wearing a green tie and with shamrock in the breast pocket of his suit, makes a statement to reporters during his meeting with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s undiplomatic envoy picks draw surprising critics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Pope John Paul II gestures to the crowd as he is greeted by President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary during their arrival at Newark International Airport in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 4, 1995. (Associated Press)

Clinton White House thought Hillary had secret to reaching Catholic voters

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 8, 2011 file photo, a welcome sign for Fargo, N.D., sits in the rising floodwaters of the Red River as a flood engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at left, inspects the levee protecting the downtown area. The Red River Diversion Authority is meeting Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Fargo for the first time since President Obama left the project out of his budget plans. The $2 billion channel would move water around Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., which has prepared for major floods in four of the last five years. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Obama to sign relief from flood insurance hikes

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

The Washington Times

ALLARD: Obama Apache copter policy flies off the handle

By Ken Allard

Former President Bill Clinton speaks to group of supporters during a fundraiser for Democratic Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Bill Clinton struggled to address Islamic extremism: documents

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., with House GOP leaders, speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. At left is Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP: Obama administration abandoning ‘individual mandate,’ should surrender to repeal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Deal: Ga. harbor project in ‘regulatory purgatory’

Associated Press

Upset with President Barack Obama's immigration policy, about 250 people march to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office with a goal of stopping future deportations on Monday Oct. 14, 2013, in Phoenix. The protesters chanted "no more deportations" and "shut down ICE." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Obama calls for ‘more humane’ deportation policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama pitches to middle class with overtime pay action

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Congress clears bill to ease flood insurance hikes

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

National Archives to release more Clinton records

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

People hold banners that read: "Crimea — Ukraine" during a rally against the breakup of the country in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

U.S., allies threaten ‘further action’ against Russia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends President Barack Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act, as she answers questions from Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee during its review of President Obama's budget requests, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sebelius sticks to Obamacare sign-up deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters giving his reaction with regards to a question about the CIA, during a meeting with women members of Congress to discuss the administration&#8217;s economic agenda and minimum wage efforts at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama threatens to veto Medicare-reform bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Some political strategists say Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is seriously being groomed as a White House contender in 2016. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EDITORIAL: Rahm Emanuel as Obama’s third term?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lance Bass at the White House (Twitter screengrab)

Critics point to Obama’s attempts to sell health care as no laughing matter

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 24, 2014 photo University of Iowa junior Patrick Took gathers with friends during a rape and violence awareness rally on the Big Ten school's campus in Iowa City, Iowa. A statement Iowa President Sally Mason made earlier _ that ending sexual assault was probably unrealistic “just given human nature and that’s unfortunate” _ ignited a firestorm with a students calling the remark a hurtful example of the university's insensitivity. Mason quickly apologized and held a student forum on the issue, but her predicament illustrates the tremendous pressure facing administrators to curb campus sexual assaults. (AP Photo/Iowa City Press-Citizen, David Scrivner)

Campus protest shows pressure for action on rape

By RYAN J. FOLEY and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER - Associated Press