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Hidden Chinese tests bolster ‘nuclear warfighting’

The DF-5C liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missile takes part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China detonated a secret underground nuclear blast in 2020 that was detected by a seismic station in Kazakhstan and was aimed at improving Beijing’s nuclear warfighting, according to a senior State Department arms control official.

Trump team offers apprenticeship incentives for high-demand trades

Chyanne Henderson practices putting together a window during an Ironworkers Local 63 pre-apprenticeship class in Broadview, Ill., on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) **FILE**

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Trump administration has created new incentives for apprenticeships to woo the nation’s dwindling pool of high school graduates to high-demand trades.

Chyanne Henderson practices putting together a window during an Ironworkers Local 63 pre-apprenticeship class in Broadview, Ill., on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) **FILE**

Trump team offers apprenticeship incentives for high-demand trades

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this file photo, state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, speaks to supporters as he kicks off his campaign for U.S. Senate at Centennial Plaza in Round Rock, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas’ Talarico raises $2.5 million after canned late-night interview

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Pro-life group says abortion-pill reversal saved 8,000 pregnancies

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Visitors stand on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol in Denver on April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Colorado faces ballot initiative to join redistricting surge, draw Democrat-friendly map

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

From left, Javier Milei, President of Argentina, President Donald Trump, and Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, during a signing of the Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Board of Peace to discuss ways to ensure security in Gaza and get to ‘prosperity’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Visitors stand on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol in Denver on April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Colorado faces ballot initiative to join redistricting surge, draw Democrat-friendly map

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

From left, Javier Milei, President of Argentina, President Donald Trump, and Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, during a signing of the Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Board of Peace to discuss ways to ensure security in Gaza and get to ‘prosperity’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Environmental, health groups sue EPA over repealing endangerment finding

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Sarah Ferguson poses for photographers upon arrival at the U.K. premiere of the film "Marlowe" in London, March 16, 2023. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Six Sarah Ferguson companies close amid new Epstein files

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

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An American Airlines plane prepares to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as crosses are seen in a makeshift memorial for the victims of the plane crash in the Potomac River Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Deadly crash at Reagan Airport highlights need for FAA reform

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Weak mortgage credit standards threaten America’s housing dream

By Joel Griffith

FILE - Democratic presidential primary candidate Jesse Jackson speaks to a group of his supporters at a rally held at a Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio, April 14, 1984. (AP Photo/Rob Burns, File)

Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

By Cal Thomas

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Trump Accounts will build generational wealth

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Court ruling weakens constitutional limits on ICE

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Sarah Ferguson poses for photographers upon arrival at the U.K. premiere of the film "Marlowe" in London, March 16, 2023. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Six Sarah Ferguson companies close amid new Epstein files

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Pro-life group says abortion-pill reversal saved 8,000 pregnancies

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Stephen Colbert attends the 36th Annual PaleyFest "An Evening with Stephen Colbert" in Los Angeles on March 16, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

What to know about the ‘equal time’ rule Stephen Colbert says led CBS to pull his Talarico interview

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This image released by Neon shows, from left, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr as Hamid, Majid Panahi as Ali, Hadis Pakbaten as Goli, in a scene from "It Was Just an Accident." (Neon via AP)

Oscar-nominated co-writer of ‘It Was Just an Accident’ released from Iranian prison

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In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, soldiers are at a pickup before assignments on the frontline near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Envoys signal no breakthrough on bridging Russia and Ukraine’s political and military differences

By Jamey Keaten And Illia Novikov - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, soldiers are at a pickup before assignments on the frontline near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

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This image, released by the U.S. Navy, shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

U.S. backs Britain’s Chagos Islands deal, will talk with Mauritius over Diego Garcia base

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gestures as she announces her intention to run for president in the next elections during a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Sara Duterte, daughter of jailed pro-China leader, announces presidential run in the Philippines 39 minutes ago

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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Demonstrators gather to protest removal of explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President's House Site in Philadelphia, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president’s name

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are seen at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Awards Breakfast in Chicago on Jan. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Trump praises civil rights leader Jesse Jackson upon his death: ‘A good man’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says taxpayers won’t pay cost overruns for tunnel project between N.Y. and N.J.

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Visitors stand on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol in Denver on April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Colorado faces ballot initiative to join redistricting surge, draw Democrat-friendly map

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Air Force One lands at the airport in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Arnd Wiegmann)

Air Force One to lead the way with red-white-blue-gold pattern, replacing Kennedy-era colors

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President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

NIH chief to become CDC acting director

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An Illinois State Police officer stands outside an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**

Man dies in ICE custody in Chicago area

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A protester is pepper sprayed at close range while being detained near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)

ICE saw 353% increase in use of force after Trump took over

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This photo combination shows Stephen Colbert, left, in Los Angeles, Sept. 12, 2022 and Texas Rep. James Talarico, Aug. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague, Jae C. Hong, file)

Democratic Senate candidate caught in FCC clash after CBS pulls his interview on Colbert show

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Raw sewage flows into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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This file photo taken Oct. 12, 2016, shows Julie Thompson using her hands to mix up shredded cabbage and salt to make sauerkraut at her home in Provo, Utah. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP)

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Chyanne Henderson practices putting together a window during an Ironworkers Local 63 pre-apprenticeship class in Broadview, Ill., on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) **FILE**

Trump team offers apprenticeship incentives for high-demand trades

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial

By Kaitlyn Huamani and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

This image provided by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office shows members of a rescue team in Soda Springs, California on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (Nevada County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Rescuers push through winter storm to 6 survivors of a California avalanche; 9 others are missing

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura leave the United States District Court District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Judge blocks ICE from rearresting Kilmar Abrego Garcia for ‘foreseeable future’

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The DF-5C liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missile takes part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Hidden Chinese tests bolster ‘nuclear warfighting’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

From left, Javier Milei, President of Argentina, President Donald Trump, and Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, during a signing of the Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Board of Peace to discuss ways to ensure security in Gaza and get to ‘prosperity’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vatican won’t join Trump’s Board of Peace, says it undermines U.N.

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gestures as she announces her intention to run for president in the next elections during a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Sara Duterte, daughter of jailed pro-China leader, announces presidential run in the Philippines 39 minutes ago

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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In this image taken from video provided by Olympic Broadcasting Services, OBS, a dog runs onto the track near the finish during the heats of the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Olympic Broadcasting Services via AP)

Nazgul the dog steals the show at Olympic cross-country ski race

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, center, winner of an alpine ski, women's slalom race, is congratulated by second-placed Switzerland's Camille Rast, right, and third-placed Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom to break 8-year Olympic drought

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Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman warms up before a NWSL semifinal women's soccer match against Portland Thorns FC, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Rodman, Spirit aim for redemption as NWSL preseason training begins

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Ami Nakai of Japan competes during the women's short program figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Japanese pair upstage ‘Blade Angels,’ Germany sweeps 2-man bobsled

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Catholic Democrats say ICE is violating God’s will with deportation surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Pro-life group says abortion-pill reversal saved 8,000 pregnancies

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Firefighters battle a fire at the Abundant Life Fellowship Church, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in Boonville, N.Y. (Nichole Moore, Daily Sentinel/Boonville Herald via AP)

Church explosion in upstate New York injures 5 people, including firefighters

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Vatican won’t join Trump’s Board of Peace, says it undermines U.N.

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Democratic Senate candidate caught in FCC clash after CBS pulls his interview on Colbert show

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In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz for live-fire drills as Tehran, Washington talk nuclear deal

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee hearing to examine fraud in Minnesota on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed after a snowstorm Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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Democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson with his wife, Jacqueline, salutes the cheering crowd at Operation Push in Chicago, March 10, 1988. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)

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In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) ** FILE **

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