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Robert Mueller’s office shoots down BuzzFeed’s Cohen perjury report

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller late Friday denied a BuzzFeed report alleging President Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

In this June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un late next month

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence, center, listens as President Donald Trump argues with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House slams Nancy Pelosi for ‘lie’ in accusing Trump of revealing her travel plans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pelosi: ‘Very irresponsible’ to leak trip details

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, leave the stage together at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Details of Trump, Putin powwow likely no secret to snooping U.S. intelligence agencies

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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Future graduates wait for the procession to begin for commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) ** FILE **

Yale announces ‘non-binary’ gender option in response to Trans Rights Coalition petition

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Civil rights leader Tamika Mallory (left) and Carmen Perez are accused of berating a Jewish organizer and using anti-Semitic canards at a 2017 meeting, according to a report. The Women's March organizers took on their critics in a Facebook live-stream. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Women’s March leader spars with PBS over Israel’s ‘right to exist’: ‘I’m done talking about this’

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In this Nov. 5, 2018, file photo, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, the 2018 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, speaks during a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas. Southern politics was a one-party affair for a long time. But now its a mixed bag with battlegrounds emerging in states with growing metro areas where white voters are more willing to back Democrats. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Beto O’Rourke’s ‘excellent adventure drips with white male privilege’: CNN

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Irami Osei-Frimpong, a University of Georgia teaching assistant and Ph.D. student, who routinely attacks the concept of "whiteness" on social media took it a step further Wednesday when he declared that "some white people may have to die" in order for black people to advance. (University of Georgia)

University of Georgia TA: ‘Some white people may have to die’ for blacks to advance

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President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump to make ‘major announcement’ Saturday on border crisis, shutdown

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un late next month

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Rudy Giuliani denies ‘false’ report that Trump asked Cohen to lie about Moscow project

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence with his wife Karen Pence, left, waves to anti-abortion supporters and participants of the annual March for Life event, during a reception in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump addresses March for Life via video; Pences attend pre-march rally in person

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to honor the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Stanley Cup-winning Capitals still waiting on White House visit

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3), is drives to the basket flanked by New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson (26), left, and his teammate guard Damyean Dotson (21), during an NBA basketball game between New York Knicks and Washington Wizards at the O2 Arena, in London, Thursday, Jan.17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Wizards win in London on Knicks’ last-second goaltending

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Former Washington Nationals pitcher Micah Bowie has been using oxygen since 2016 to help him breathe due to complications from back surgery. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

LOVERRO: Former Nationals pitcher needs help from players union to stay alive

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Washington Wizards forward Troy Brown Jr. (6) shoots against Philadelphia 76ers guard Furkan Korkmaz, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Washington. The Wizards won 123-106. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Brown developing, but still out of Wizards rotation

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Robert Mueller’s office shoots down BuzzFeed’s Cohen perjury report

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Armed Services Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Democrats slam Pentagon climate report as ‘inadequate’

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump administration grounds all federal flights for congressional delegations

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, following a meeting with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump campaign asks supporters to send ‘bricks’ for wall to Pelosi, Schumer

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Police: 4 boys charged with kidnapping, raping girl

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Supreme Court puts off first test on 2020 Census citizenship question

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Palm Beach County Supervisor Of Elections Susan Bucher points at a tally sheet as she speaks to members of the media at the Supervisor of Elections office after the deadline for a recount was reached, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Florida governor suspends Palm Beach County elections supervisor

By James Varney - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, file photo, activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. A federal court in Washington told the Trump administration Friday, March 30, 2018, that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Texas defeats Planned Parenthood in federal court battle over Medicaid

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