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Justices revive White House gate crasher’s lawsuit

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**FILE** In this July 16, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama sips his beer as he watches Team USA and Brazil during the first half of an Olympic men's exhibition basketball game, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Obama declares ‘happy hour’ with Democrats after dire warning on Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GORDON: Tyrants in Ukraine, Syria, Iran are emboldened by Obama’s weakness

By J.D. Gordon

**FILE** President Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on June 9, 2010, in the Oval Office at the White House. (Associated Press)

Mahmoud Abbas to meet with Obama next month

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, about a $300 billion transportation infrastructure plan. Obama spoke at Union Depot rail and bus station with a proposal asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways, and about a competition to encourage investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President’s Year of Action. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama outlines creation of rare black-focused program

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Documents from Clinton White House to be released

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

President Barack Obama stresses a point while speaking at the Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, where he announced a new competition encouraging investments for job creation and infrastructure as part of his &quot;Year of Action.&quot; (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Obama to speak at LBJ civil rights summit

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An protester jumps from an army armored vehicle maneuvering in the street outside Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, with Ukrainian flag at right, as protests continue against fugitive Ukrainian President Yanukovych. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia men stormed and seized local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea region early Thursday and raised a Russian flag over a barricade. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

White House to Putin: ‘Avoid provocative actions’ in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Premier Dmitry Medvedev watch the men's 4x10 km cross-country relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Inside the Ring: All eyes on Moscow’s military moves in Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A Libyan man explains that the bloodstains on the column are from one the American staff members who grabbed the edge of the column while he was evacuated, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The American ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob of protesters and gunmen overwhelmed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it in outrage over a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Ambassador Chris Stevens, 52, died as he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as a crowd of hundreds attacked the consulate Tuesday evening, many of them firing machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Arabic writing reads, " Villa of Jamal al Beshary". which was written by the owner to protect the property from another attack. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

TYRRELL: More yet to be heard about Benghazi

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Oklahoma employee to be honored by White House

Associated Press

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, en route to St. Paul, Minn. In Minnesota he is expected to speak at Union Depot rail and bus station with a proposal asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways, and about a competition to encourage investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President’s Year of Action. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama seeking $300B for roads, railways

By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press

Budweiser and Major League Baseball have launched a White House petition to have the league's opening day declared a national holiday. (Budweiser/Associated Press)

White House petition to make MLB opening day a national holiday: 47,000 signatures in 48 hours

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Climate change activists rallied outside the Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 prior to the visit of President Barack Obama. They urged Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast and say oil trains from North Dakota are disrupting Amtrak traffic. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Obama visits St. Paul’s Union Depot

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Budweiser and Major League Baseball have launched a White House petition to have the league's opening day declared a national holiday. (Budweiser/Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Baseball lobs one to the White House

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Black pastors group calls for Eric Holder impeachment over gay marriage

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the Afghan National Agriculture Science and Technology University accompanied by Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. A total 4.5 million U.S. dollars has been spent by the government of India in building the university. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Obama plans complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by year’s end

By Ben Wolfgang and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama kickstarts the ‘minimum wage economy’

By Donald Lambro

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama listening as Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan government refuse to sign a security agreement with the US the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

IRS employee Lois G. Lerner testified in May for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, where she asserted her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination and proclaimed her innocence. (Associated Press)

House Republicans recall Lois Lerner to explain IRS targeting: panel will compel testimony

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times