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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)

Joe Biden grasps for role in debt talks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President John F. Kennedy was the nation's only Catholic president. (Associated Press)

JFK’s well-worn rosary beads could bring $1M at auction

By Alex Hopkins - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, reported some progress Monday toward a deal to avoid a threatened default and end a two-week partial government shutdown. "Everyone just needs to be patient. Perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day. We're not there yet," he said. (Associated Press photographs)

Senate works to end shutdown, raise debt limit

By Seth McLaughlin and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A protester speaks to people gathered at a rally at the World War II Memorial in Washington Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, has leaders in the U.S. Senate have taken the helm in the search for a deal to end the partial government shutdown and avert a federal default. The rally was organized to protest the closure of the Memorial, subsequent to the shutdown, and lack of access to it by World War II veterans, who traveled there on Honor Flight visits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hundreds of protesters storm WWII Memorial, Lafayette Square

By Meredith Somers and Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, listens to a reporter's question about their meeting with Senate Republicans regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Reset: New round of talks begin after negotiations collapse

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Aug. 22, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during an event discussing the federal health care overhaul in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republicans demand HHS answer for Obamacare website glitches

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Barack Obama is presented a team jersey by former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka as he stands with the 1985 Super Bowl XX Champion Bears football team during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 7, 2011. (Associated Press)

Mike Ditka regrets dodging Obama in 2004: ‘Biggest mistake I’ve ever made’ says Bears legend

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Secretary John McHugh, right, watch an Army carry team move a transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Cody J. Patterson Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Patterson, 24, of Philomath, Ore., died Oct. 6, 2013, in Zhari district, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Congress clears bill to pay fallen troops’ families

By Dave Boyer and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

A Christmas tree frames President Barack Obama as he talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Dec. 12, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Christmas spirit dies at White House as ornament-hawking gift shop goes broke

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Richard M. Nixon, left, and President Obama.

Obama administration most secretive since Nixon: Report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, (R-Ohio) speaks at a press conference with Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama will consider signing GOP’s 6-week extension on debt ceiling

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while speaking about the ongoing budget battle, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP relents, offers to raise debt limit; White House mulling proposal

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Ronald Reagan (seated) and Chief of Staff James A. Baker III are pictured in the Oval Office of the White House. (University of Texas)

BAKER: Ending the shutdown and addressing the debt limit

By James A. Baker III

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stood his ground against Republicans during a budget battle in October 2013. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats say they will consider GOP’s six-week debt ceiling offer

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Minnesota governor, pro wrestler and author Jesse Ventura is done with political parties. "They're nothing but gangs," he says. (TRU TV)

Inside the Beltway: Ventura likens political parties to gangs

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sarah Hall Ingram, director of the Affordable Care Act Office at the Internal Revenue Service, told a House committee Wednesday that she was "not conscious of ever sharing 6103 data information at the White House." She said the agency is keeping Obamacare applicants' information private. She also said she had "no recollection" of hearing about IRS targeting of conservatives. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Republicans say Obamacare official leaked IRS data

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Secretary John McHugh, right, watch an Army carry team move a transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Cody J. Patterson Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Patterson, 24, of Philomath, Ore., died Oct. 6, 2013 in Zhari district, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Congress and White House scramble to restore death benefits to troops’ families

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

When Mr. Obama became president in January 2009, the total federal debt stood at $10.6 trillion. This week, it hit $16.7 trillion — an increase of 57 percent. In the same time frame under President George W. Bush, total federal debt rose 38 percent. Mr. Obama is shown here speaking about the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NAPOLITANO: The Obama administration has gone rogue

By Andrew P. Napolitano

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson, left, and Egyptian Central Military Zone Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Mohammed Zamaloo upon his arrival in Cairo, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

U.S. to scale back aid to Egypt: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., participate in a news conference after a House Republican conference meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama stiff-arms GOP over shutdown, default talks

By Seth McLaughlin and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times