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A book by George W. Bush adviser Tevi Troy explores the kinship between pop culture and the presidency. (REGNERY BOOKS)

Inside the Beltway: Syria is GOP’s hot potato

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Obama reacts during an Oval Office meeting in this file photo. (White House photo/Pete Souza) ** FILE **

It’ll be a hard slog in Congress: Obama has ‘uphill battle’ on Syria resolution, Boehner says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama, flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

Obama lobbies Congress, defends plan for Syria strike

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, following a meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Mr. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and said his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (Associated Press)

White House wins over top lawmakers on Syria

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Actor Gary Sinise, 58, is named an honorary U.S. Marine by Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Dithering strategy on Syria

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A World AIDS Day ribbon is seen on the North Portico of the White House in Washington on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Appeals court rules White House visitor logs can stay private

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Republican Sens. John McCain (left) of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina confer on Feb. 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

McCain and Graham invited to White House to talk Syria

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama meets with his national security staff in the Situation Room of the White House on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, to discuss the situation in Syria. From left at the table are National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Vice President Joseph R. Biden. (White House Photo/Pete Souza)

In reversal, Obama to seek congressional OK for Syria strike

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement about Syria at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Kerry said the U.S. knows, based on intelligence, that the Syrian regime carefully prepared for days to launch a chemical weapons attack. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

John Kerry: Syrian regime killed 1,429 people in chemical attack

By Guy Taylor and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama (Associated Press)

Court: White House visitor logs for Obama and most of his staff are confidential

Associated Press

Weighing war, White House debuts peace-themed Christmas ornament

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka

AFL-CIO’s Trumka: Obamacare still needs fixing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** B. Todd Jones, President Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination. (Associated Press)

Obama issues new executive orders against guns

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama holds a National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama may go solo with Syria strike; U.S., British lawmakers voice opposition

By Dave Boyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Crushing school choice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Oprah Winfrey (left) and Forest Whitaker appear in "The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Anne Marie Fox)

Obama on ‘The Butler’: ‘My girl,’ Oprah, ‘she can act’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Scott Rigell.

Inside the Beltway: The political subplots of Syria

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

BREINING: A growth industry in the jobless economy: Despair

By Becky Breining - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BLANK: A more sober approach to the Russian ‘reset’

By Stephen Blank - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama makes a statement to the media from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama promises mayors unilateral action on guns

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times