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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing. Yellen said Tuesday that if the economy keeps improving, the Fed will take "further measured steps" to reduce the support it's providing through monthly bond purchases. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

LAMBRO: Time for another Democratic shellacking

By Donald Lambro

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

TYRRELL: Welcoming Hillary back to the race

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

While former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has all but vanished, the press corps is working overtime to rebuild her tarnished reputation. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

CURL: The rehabilitation of Hillary Clinton

By Joseph Curl

President Barack Obama signs a memorandum directing the federal government not to discriminate against those long-term unemployed workers in its own hiring practices in the East Room of the White House, as Vice President Joe Biden stands right, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama raises minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for federal contractors

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A construction worker removes paving bricks near hotel buildings on the opening day of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

HUTCHINS: Russian hospitality — Sochi and beyond

By Lea Hutchins

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says his fellow Republicans are doing the party and the country a disservice if they aren't focused on the upcoming 2014 elections. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Scott Walker acts presidential

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This photo taken Feb. 12, 2014 shows Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, walking with Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has sent President Barack Obama legislation restoring full cost-of-living pension increases for younger military retirees, a capitulation to veterans groups that opposed a modest cut when it was enacted late last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress clears bill ending military pension cuts

By DAVID ESPO - Associated Press

White House offers help to industry on cyberattack

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

Monica Lewinsky smiles after she appeared at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 in Pasadena, Calif. to promote an HBO documentary scheduled to debut on March 3, titled 'Monica in Black and White.' The film largely consists of Lewinsky

answering questions from an audience of HBO staff and college students. (AP Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic)

FIELDS: First ladies and second gentlemen

By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times

EPA chief visiting Fort Collins climate hub

Associated Press

Unions pressing for judges friendly to labor; alliance sees more lack of diversity on bench

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a concession to President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers, Boehner said Tuesday the House will vote to increase the government's borrowing cap without trying to attach conditions sought by some Republicans. &quot;We'll let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants,&quot; Boehner said, hours before the expected evening vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans back away from debt fight

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Nov. 20, 2013, file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Hillary Clinton papers: Archive of ‘closest friend’ paints portrait of ruthless first lady

By Alana Goodman - Washington Free Beacon

President Barack Obama meets with French President Francois Hollande in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)

Obama, France’s Hollande tour Jefferson’s famed Monticello

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KEENE: The deja vu of the lame duck

By David Keene - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year. The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he’s an American citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it has not completed. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama officials weigh drone attack on US suspect

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2014, file photo, Missouri senior defensive lineman Michael Sam speaks to the media during an NCAA college football news conference in Irving, Texas. Sam says he is gay, and he could become the first openly homosexual player in the NFL. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade, File)

White House praises gay Mo. player’s announcement

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

A state visit equals PR opportunity. The White House ran an online lottery for social-media fans who wanted to be in the throng to greet French President Francois Hollande when he arrives this week. (White House)

Inside the Beltway: Ooh-la-la or maybe not

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Obama taps former aide to be Bahamas ambassador

Associated Press

** FILE ** Former President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Rand Paul demands Democrats return money raised by ‘sexual predator’ Bill Clinton

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times