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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) received a warm welcome from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Mr. Duterte's visit is part of a charm offensive aimed at seeking trade and support from the Asian giant by setting aside a territorial dispute. (Associated Press)

Rodrigo Duterte ‘separation’ talk perplexes U.S. as Philippines court China, Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, left, poses with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, prior to a meeting at the Great Hall of the Peopleat the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. China and the Philippines have agreed to resume a dialogue on their dispute over the South China Sea, a senior Chinese diplomat said Thursday following talks between the countries' leaders. (Wu Hong/Pool Photo via AP)

White House says Philippine realignment with China is good news

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, glass, debris and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Democrats on the House Benghazi panel said in a report Monday, June 27, 2016, that security at the Libya facility the night of Sept. 11, 2012 was “woefully inadequate,” but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional protection. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

White House ridicules House GOP effort to question Obama on Benghazi

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama answers questions from members of the audience during a community forum at the East End Family Resource Center in Charleston, W.Va., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House blasts GOP opponents of ‘Clean Power Plan’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, before the House Benghazi Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House assails Benghazi probe as Clinton testifies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection in Stanford, Calif., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

White House endorses CISA cyber bill amid Senate stalemate

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry speaks to President Obama prior to reaching a nuclear deal with Iran. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

White House wants Kerry to ‘get to the bottom’ of Clinton’s email questions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Opponents and supporters of Planned Parenthood demonstrated Tuesday July 28, 2015, in Philadelphia. Pro-life activist, who are horrified by recent undercover videos from Center for Medical Progress about fetal organ harvesting and distribution, are calling for an end to government funding for Planned Parenthood. (Associated Press/Matt Rourke/File)

White House backs Planned Parenthood over ‘edited’ videos, federal funding

The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, Koskinen announced Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama won’t fire IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, file photo, a Black Hawk helicopter of the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift & "Dust Off," Charlie Company 1-71 Aviation Regiment, returns from a mission at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File) ** FILE **

White House says reports of Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death are credible

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama heads for weekend of golf in drought-stricken California

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, walks back to the talks venue after a lunch break during the Iran nuclear program talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, March 30, 2015. Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program entered a critical phase on Monday with differences still remaining less than two days before a deadline for the outline of an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

White House denies reports of Iran balking on nuclear shipments

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama waves from Air Force One before departing Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Los Angeles on March 12, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama, first lady flew on separate planes to L.A. on same day

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Mueller family is seen during the memorial service for Kayla Mueller in the Yavapai College Performance Hall Saturday, March 7, 2015 in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Les Stukenberg)

Obama meets parents of Kayla Mueller

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand with new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz they arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Michelle Obama’s attire in Saudi Arabia acceptable, White House says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, a former Taliban fighter places a range of bullets before surrendering it to Afghan authorities, as part of a peace-reconciliation program in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State group controls a third of both Syria and Iraq, where it declared a caliphate governed by an extremely harsh interpretation of Shariah law and demanded the allegiance of the world&#8217;s Muslims. The Taliban, by contrast, are narrowly focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and some leaders have even responded to past peace overtures. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi, File)

Taliban not a terrorist group: White House

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Jan. 28, 2015. (Associated Press)

White House: ‘529’ tax plan good policy, but we’re abandoning it anyway

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sharon Otis, left, and her son Jonathan Johnson, 16, both of Ferguson, Mo., help clean up a strip mall after it was damaged in last night's riots, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama ‘deeply worried and disappointed’ by violence in Ferguson

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama votes early in Chicago as Democratic candidates keep distance

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. Ahead of the start of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, an official in the Islamic Republic has called limiting uranium enrichment and diluting its stockpile the country’s “most important commitments.” (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

White House refutes report on bypassing Congress on Iran sanctions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times