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**FILE** President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius leave the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 10, 2012, after the president announced the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control. (Associated Press)

Obama does a heck of a job excusing flubs in his administration

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks from the Oval Office to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington to announce Jeh Johnson as his choice for the next Homeland Security Secretary, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Johnson was general counsel at the Defense Department during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Post-shutdown, White House to resume public tours

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapon, at U.N. Headquarters. Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Saudi Arabia, angry with West, slams door on U.N. Security Council seat

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

With shutdown over, Obama eyes New York fundraiser

Associated Press

** FILE ** Parkland Memorial Hospital financial counselor Kaneaka Guidry, back left, helps Cathleen and Jerry Brown sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act while Vyncent Bosh, front left, receives help from Tiffany Ruiz, Parkland Memorial Hospital financial counselor, front right, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Ron Baselice)

Obamacare fail: More enroll for Mars trip than for health exchange

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Sifting through the remains on the battlefield

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

MILLER: Obama’s victory lap - Republicans routed in shutdown, Obamacare fight

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney smiles as he arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, after senators reached a bipartisan deal to avoid default and reopen the government. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House ‘fine’ with Obamacare provision in budget deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

"Political leaders on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue need to stop undermining consumer confidence with partisan posturing," says National Retail Federation President Matthew Shay. "If it's bad for retail, it's bad for the economy." (National Retail Federation)

Inside the Beltway: So now what after votes on shutdown?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Something is rotten in first lady’s garden now

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., meet with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in Washington. The federal government remains partially shut down and faces a first-ever default between Oct. 17 and the end of the month. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House quickly rejects House GOP proposal to end shutdown

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A man, who asked to be identified only as "Frank", carries and "Impeach Obama" sign while protesting with others outside the White House in Washington Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, as the partial government shutdown enters its third week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House discounts racism as factor in budget standoff

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control on Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama backs Sebelius despite Obamacare website glitches

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

"Largely as a result of family breakdown, about 20-25 percent of American children live in poverty," writes Logan Delany, Jr. (Associated Press)

One in four kids in poverty, despite U.S. gains: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. William D. Swenson of Seattle, Wash., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Swenson was being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in a lengthy battle against the Taliban insurgents in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on Sept. 8, 2009, which claimed the lives of five Americans, 10 Afghan army troops and an interpreter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Capt. William D. Swenson awarded Medal of Honor at White House ceremony

Associated Press

Illustration by Donna Grethen

LAMBRO: Inconclusive deal on shutdown is in the air

By Donald Lambro

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks away from the microphone during a news conference after a House GOP meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. House GOP leaders Tuesday floated a plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. But the plan got mixed reviews from the rank and file, and it was not clear whether it could pass the chamber. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

House GOP unity breaks down over latest shutdown offer

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is surrounded by reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. Reid reported progress toward a deal to avoid a threatened default and end a two-week partial government shutdown as President Barack Obama called congressional leaders to the White House to press for an end to the impasse. "We're getting closer," Reid told reporters. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House meeting postponed; ‘optimistic’ senators given more time to cut shutdown deal

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A screen grab of the official White House website reveals that the federal government shutdown has taken its toll on transparency and blames Congress.

Inside the Beltway: White House website woes

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Speaker of the House Boehner, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right. (credit: White House photo/Pete Souza)

Biden remains on sidelines in shutdown talks

The Washington Times