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Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden "would love" to return to the U.S. "if the conditions were right," his top legal adviser Jesselyn Radack said on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS photographs)

Obama faces ‘day of action’ to protest NSA reforms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Nov. 23, 2103, file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the State Dining Room at the White House about the nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama tells Senate Democrats: Don’t slap new sanctions on Iran

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama will announce changes to U.S. spying, surveillance and data-collection efforts in a speech at the Justice Department on Friday. Privacy advocates have low expectations from the president on whose watch U.S. surveillance has expanded. The speech is in response to a White House panel's recommendations. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Little change expected in U.S. surveillance policy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION President Barack Obama leans over to kiss first lady Michelle Obama after she introduced him after speaking about college education at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The event which is to promote opportunities for students to attend and finish college and university, was attended by college and university presidents and leaders from nonprofits, foundations, governments and businesses. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama collects college commitments on tuition costs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama gestures while speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, where she hosted a screening of &quot;The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete,&quot; a coming of age story about two inner-city youth who are left to fend for themselves in the Bronx. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

First lady uses film to make pitch for education

Associated Press

CURL: For liars like Obama and Clinton, ends justify means on Benghazi

By Joseph Curl

Biden to attend working dinner with Detroit mayor

Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2014 photo, former Nevada First Ladies Dawn Gibbons, from left, Kathryn List, Sandy Miller, Dema Guinn and Bonnie Bryan participate in a panel at the Augustus Ballroom inside Caesars Palace casino-hotel in Las Vegas. The two-hour event was part of Nevada's yearlong 150th anniversary celebration ahead of Nevada's Oct. 31 birthday. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Erik Verduzco)

NV ex-first ladies share Governor’s Mansion tales

By LAURA MYERS - Associated Press

People in the audience take photos and video as President Barack Obama arrives to honor the 2013 NBA Champion basketball team Miami Heat on their second-straight title during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Washington. Coach Erik Spoelstra is next to the president, Lebron James is at left. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama honors Miami Heat for 2nd straight NBA title

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

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President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and GOP leaders face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, following a weekly House Republican Conference meeting. Behind Boehner are, from left, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D. The Republicans tied the recent stagnant employment reports to the policies of President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama vows more executive orders to advance agenda

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Sunday that the nuclear deal with world powers already has boosted the country's economy. "They're ready to buy; they have the money now," said E.J. Miller, founder of the Iran America Chamber of Commerce. (Office of the president of Iran via Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Stiffening Obama’s backbone

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Journalists flock to jobs in Obama administration

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

"I'm hoping the living Constitution will die." - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Supreme Court Justices skeptical of Obama’s end run around Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faces a federal probe over whether he violated the law by spending $25 million in Hurricane Sandy emergency money on tourism ads featuring his family. Mr. Christie's office denied any wrongdoing. (Associated Press)

Republican opinions of Chris Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’ range from small potatoes to condemnation

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 at the Statehouse in Trenton. N.J. Christie has fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor, saying she lied. Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly is the latest casualty in a widening scandal that threatens to upend Christie's second term and likely run for president in 2016. Documents show she arranged traffic jams to punish the mayor, who didn't endorse Christie for re-election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

EDITORIAL: Politics ain’t beanbag

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, a view of the Supreme Court can be seen from the view from near the top of the Capitol Dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a clash between President Obama and Senate Republicans over the power granted the president in the Constitution to make temporary appointments to fill high-level positions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Court could limit president’s recess appointments

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2007 file photo, Michelle Obama, left, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. and Oprah Winfrey sit together during a rally in Manchester, N.H. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. The nation’s first lady turns 50 on Friday and, by her own account, feels more relaxed now that President Barack Obama’s days as a candidate for elected office are over. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

First lady hits the half-century mark on Friday

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press