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‘This makes me nervous’: GOP sounds alarm on flood of uncounted mail-in ballots in California

Kimberly Henak, right, embraces Randy Henak during a moment of prayer at an election night event for California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Republicans Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt on Tuesday won enough support in early election returns to appear on the November ballot in the California governor’s race and Los Angeles mayor’s race. But election officials could still be counting mail-in ballots for weeks.

Iranian attack on Kuwait airport puts deadly dent into ceasefire

People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP) **FILE**

By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Iran escalated tensions in the Middle East on Wednesday by bombing a Kuwaiti airport and targeting a U.S. fleet in Bahrain in the biggest flare-up since the start of a ceasefire in April.

People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP) **FILE**

Iranian attack on Kuwait airport puts deadly dent into ceasefire

By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Volunteers load groceries into carts for families arriving to pick up online orders at The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Food insecurity reaches highest level in a decade

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Vice President J.D. Vance and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shake hands as they sign copies of a Charter on Strategic Partnership between the U.S. and Azerbaijan, at the Zagulba Presidential Residence in Baku, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Geopolitical genie: Azerbaijan’s value increases with Hormuz blockade, Russia-Ukraine war

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

House passes war powers resolution to end hostilities in Iran, weakens Trump’s negotiating leverage

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arrives for the G7 trade meeting in Paris, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)

Trump revives tariff plan citing forced labor in foreign countries

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

House passes war powers resolution to end hostilities in Iran, weakens Trump’s negotiating leverage

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arrives for the G7 trade meeting in Paris, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)

Trump revives tariff plan citing forced labor in foreign countries

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks to reporters at the Capitol, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Senate begins debate on $70 billion immigration enforcement package

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Tiananmen Square is filled with thousands during a pro-democracy rally in Beijing, China, on May 17, 1989. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami) **FILE**

China shifts narrative in praising PLA for Tiananmen massacre

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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America reaches 250 with unity and patriotism in retreat

By Cal Thomas

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Vladimir Putin’s immortality plan

By Jed Babbin

LGBTQ's “Pride” month in the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘Pride’ overload: Veterans and parents each get one day; LGBTQ gets 30

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FILE - Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington attends a press conference at the North American College in Rome, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia,File)

Washington archbishop removes priest as exorcist after comments on UFOs and demons

By David Crary - Associated Press

Scott Pelley, anchor of "CBS Evening News," at the CBS Upfront in New York, May 15, 2013. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Scott Pelley fired from ‘60 Minutes,’ deepening turmoil at CBS News

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

A section of a mural, known as the "Whaling Wall 82," created by artist Wyland, is visible as part of it on the right side of the building was painted over, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Artist Wyland suing FIFA, others after his Dallas whale mural is painted over

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Jury president Wim Wenders speaks at the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, on Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Wim Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene with then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

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This Friday, March 22, 2019, fie photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

California tech CEO arrested after feds say he supplied sanctioned computer equipment to Iran

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP) **FILE**

Iranian attack on Kuwait airport puts deadly dent into ceasefire

By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Ceasefire in the Middle East means ‘moderate’ shooting

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Friday, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo)

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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arrives for the G7 trade meeting in Paris, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)

Trump revives tariff plan citing forced labor in foreign countries

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump refuses to commit to dropping $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Democratic-run cities following in the footsteps of communist countries

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to a reporter outside the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Acting attorney general says $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is permanently dead

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks to reporters at the Capitol, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Senate begins debate on $70 billion immigration enforcement package

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

FILE - Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks during an event in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s sagging approval rate in Ohio puts Sen. Jon Husted in danger, poll shows

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

House passes war powers resolution to end hostilities in Iran, weakens Trump’s negotiating leverage

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House GOP leaders hold a news conference after primary elections that affirmed President Donald Trump's dominance of the Republican Party, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Johnson says GOP has another filibuster-proof package coming after immigration funding advances

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Monica Crowley, White House chief of protocol, watches as Rwanda's President Paul Kagame drives away from the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

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Monica Crowley, ambassador and chief of protocol, makes case for Trump ballroom

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Christopher Au, 19, dishes out ice cream at a J.P. Licks in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on Thrusday, May 25, 2023. Au, who has worked at the shop for the past few months, said that having a job helps him be more independent and not to have to rely on his parents too much for spending money. Teens willing to work hold even more sway these days, thanks to one of the tightest job markets in decades. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Number of teens working summer jobs to hit 8-decade low

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

An Election worker sorts mail-in ballots at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Postal service reveals plan to enforce Trump’s citizenship voting order

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to a reporter outside the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Acting attorney general says $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is permanently dead

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Volunteers load groceries into carts for families arriving to pick up online orders at The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Food insecurity reaches highest level in a decade

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Linda Sarsour signals for quiet as activists opposed to President Donald Trump's embattled Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, demonstrate before being arrested, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. Trump is staunchly defending Kavanaugh against a new allegation of sexual misconduct, calling the accusations &quot;totally political.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Leftist bid to ‘reframe’ 250th birthday narrative reunites Women’s March squad

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Man convicted in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol has a job at the Pentagon

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Uber capping internal use of AI coding software after blowing through budget

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Ceasefire in the Middle East means ‘moderate’ shooting

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP) **FILE**

Iranian attack on Kuwait airport puts deadly dent into ceasefire

By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A tiger shark swims underwater in a blue ocean. File photo credit: Wonderful Nature via Shutterstock.

Brazilian teen loses leg in shark attack a day after 11-year-old boy suffered same 6 miles away

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This Friday, March 22, 2019, fie photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

California tech CEO arrested after feds say he supplied sanctioned computer equipment to Iran

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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Scottie Scheffler watches his shot on the 14th hole during the first round of the Byron Nelson golf tournament in McKinney, Texas, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler see Muirfield Village same way, but their results are different

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Miami Marlins pitcher Max Meyer throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Meyer, Mack help Marlins finish off sweep of Nationals

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Washington Spirit fans react to a saved shot on goal by goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury (yellow jersey) during an NWSL soccer match against the San Diego Wave at Audi Field on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) **FILE**

NWSL to host 2026 league championship at Audi Field in the District

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts after losing the quarterfinal tennis match against Russia's Diana Shnaider at the French Open in Paris, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Top-ranked Sabalenka: ‘Just want to quit tennis’ after French Open quarterfinal defeat

By Jerome Pugmire

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In this Sunday April 10, 2016, file photo, a parishioner reads the bible before a service at the Christian Fellowship Church in Benton, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

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By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Billy Hallowell sits down with Dr. Hormoz Shariat, founder of Iran Alive Ministries, to discuss the explosive growth of Iran's underground church, the brutal persecution Christians face, and why many Iranians are turning to Jesus despite enormous risks.

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Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

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President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he stands outside St. John's Church, across Lafayette Park from the White House, on June 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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