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Liz Cheney’s anti-Trump crusade heads into uncharted territory, perilous political terrain

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

She was kicked to the curb by Wyoming Republican voters and Rep. Liz Cheney’s next chapter — to rid the GOP of former President Donald Trump and his acolytes — promises to be an even rougher ride.

In this file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Former Trump adviser says Biden concessions to Iran would border on treason

By Joseph Clark and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tesla cars are parked at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Biden’s electric car tax credit tough to collect: ‘Pulls the rug out from consumers’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

An iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. Facebook failed to detect election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil's 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found, continuing a pattern of not catching material that violates its policies the group says is “alarming.” (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Facebook keeping Trump ban in place for midterm elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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An immigrant considered a threat to public safety and national security waits to be processed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid, Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022, from a Texas judge. Many otherwise law-abiding immigrants living here illegally will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they'll be detained. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Marshals Service drafts sanctuary policy, limiting cooperation with ICE

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In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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Trans rights lawsuits in lower courts pressure Supreme Court to weigh in

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Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., participates in a roundtable discussion about Congress passing the inflation bill and the high cost of prescription drugs, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at the Borinquen Medical Center in Miami. Demings is running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Demings leads Rubio among registered Fla. voters in new poll

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Bible, illustrated Anne Frank’s Diary pulled from suburban Dallas school libraries

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Anne Heche arrives at the premiere of "The Tender Bar" at the TCL Chinese Theatre, on Dec. 12, 2021, in Los Angeles. The coroner's office says actor Heche died from burns and inhalation injury after her fiery car crash and the death has been ruled an accident. The cause of her death was released on the Los Angeles County coroner's website Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, although a formal autopsy report is still being completed. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Anne Heche’s death ruled accidental after fiery car crash

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Hadi Matar, 24, center, arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Matar, the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York on Friday, Aug. 12 said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Salman Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ the author survived

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Bible, illustrated Anne Frank’s Diary pulled from suburban Dallas school libraries

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Julie Jaman, 80, spoke at a #LetJulieSwim press conference in Port Townsend, Washington, on Aug. 15, 2022. She was banned from the YMCA Mountain View pool after objecting to a transgender employee in the women's locker room. (Image courtesy Reduxx media)

Gender flap erupts after 80-year-old swimmer objects to trans staffer in YMCA female locker room 0 minutes ago

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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President Joe Biden signs the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden’s approval rating ticks up after a series of wins

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Biden climate official temporarily barred from prestigious science body

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Tesla cars are parked at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Biden’s electric car tax credit tough to collect: ‘Pulls the rug out from consumers’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Fire trucks outside of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Bethesda early Sunday morning. A vandalism/arson attack at the congregation is believed to have caused $50,000 in damage. (CREDIT: Montgomery Country Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)

Ad campaign blasts Biden for ‘notable silence’ on Catholic church attacks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Liz Cheney’s anti-Trump crusade heads into uncharted territory, perilous political terrain

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Guardians of churches sought in midst of attacks

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

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Social media as valuable as classified info in fighting cyber threats, intel official says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro speaks to the media as he leaves federal court in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Peter Navarro accuses Justice Department of ‘selective prosecution’

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

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The U.S. Border Patrol says a drug-sniffing dog helped capture a suspect accused of smuggling 250 pounds of fentanyl worth more than $3 million early Monday, July 18, 2022. (Image: Courtesy of the U.S. Border Patrol)

July border stunner: Enough fentanyl to kill every American

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Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy, front, walks off the field with his lawyer, right, Oct. 16, 2015, after praying at the 50-yard line following a football game in Bremerton, Wash. After losing his coaching job for refusing to stop kneeling in prayer with players and spectators on the field immediately after football games, Kennedy will take his arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, April 25, 2022, saying the Bremerton School District violated his First Amendment rights by refusing to let him continue praying at midfield after games. (Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

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Praying coach hasn’t returned to high school job since the Supreme Court upheld his religious rights

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

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Iran signals objection to ‘final’ nuclear deal text; state media predicts attacks on Trump, Pompeo

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An immigrant considered a threat to public safety and national security waits to be processed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid, Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022, from a Texas judge. Many otherwise law-abiding immigrants living here illegally will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they'll be detained. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Marshals Service drafts sanctuary policy, limiting cooperation with ICE

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Law enforcement personnel escort the Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, as he departs court, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York. Former President Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday, Aug. 18 in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump Organization CFO to plead guilty, testify against company

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Barbed wire is seen inside the east block of death row at San Quentin State Prison Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, in San Quentin, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the nation's largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons with in two years. The goal is to turn the section of San Quentin State Prison into &quot;a positive, healing environment.&quot; (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Woman charged with second-degree murder in drug-smuggling ‘kiss of death’

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This June 7, 2021, file photo shows the headquarters of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails in Albuquerque, N.M. The Girl Scouts say their youth membership fell by nearly 30%, from about 1.4 million in 2019-2020 to just over 1 million in 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Girl Scouts unveil new raspberry-flavored ‘sister cookie’ to the iconic Thin Mints

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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In this Friday, July 30, 2004, file photo, the U.S.S. Virginia returns to the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton Conn., after its first sea trials. A Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged with trying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarines to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, the Justice Department said Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer, File)

Trial set for couple accused of spying on Navy after judge rejects plea deal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Former Trump adviser says Biden concessions to Iran would border on treason

By Joseph Clark and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The federal espionage charges against two former Twitter employees were made public Wednesday in San Francisco. They were accused of divulging personal user information to Saudi intelligence agents. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting critics of the kingdom

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, ships carrying Chinese military personnel departs a port in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. (Wu Dengfeng/Xinhua News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Chinese navy intel ship spied on RIMPAC

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio walks to the practice field before an NFL football practice at Inova Sports Performance Center in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Jack Del Rio focusing on football, not politics, months after Jan. 6 comments

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' CJ Abrams in action during a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

New prospect list has four Nationals players in MLB’s top 60

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals relief pitcher Steve Cishek pitches in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Washington. The Cubs won 3-2. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gomes’ RBI single in seventh lifts Cubs past his former Nationals squad

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) controls the ball during an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in Los Angeles, Friday, April 1, 2022. The NBA schedule comes out Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2022, and it'll provide the first look at, among other things, when LeBron James might pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA's all-time scoring leader. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

LeBron James agrees to 2-year, $97.1 million extension with Lakers

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Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., participates in a roundtable discussion about Congress passing the inflation bill and the high cost of prescription drugs, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at the Borinquen Medical Center in Miami. Demings is running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Demings leads Rubio among registered Fla. voters in new poll

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Bible, illustrated Anne Frank’s Diary pulled from suburban Dallas school libraries

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Julie Jaman, 80, spoke at a #LetJulieSwim press conference in Port Townsend, Washington, on Aug. 15, 2022. She was banned from the YMCA Mountain View pool after objecting to a transgender employee in the women's locker room. (Image courtesy Reduxx media)

Gender flap erupts after 80-year-old swimmer objects to trans staffer in YMCA female locker room 0 minutes ago

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This combination of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 photos shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren during separate news conferences in Tampa, Fla. On Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, Warren vowed to fight his suspension from office by DeSantis over his promise not to enforce the state's 15-week abortion ban and support for gender transition treatments for minors. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Florida state prosecutor suspended by Ron DeSantis sues him over free-speech rights

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The lights of Times Square in New York are reflected in standing water Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, as Hurricane Ida left behind not just water on city streets but wind damage and severe flooding along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

New York City cites 1907 legal precedent to shoot down 4,703 Hurricane Ida damages claims

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, ships carrying Chinese military personnel departs a port in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province. (Wu Dengfeng/Xinhua News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Chinese navy intel ship spied on RIMPAC

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Hadi Matar, 24, center, arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Matar, the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York on Friday, Aug. 12 said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Salman Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ the author survived

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Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio walks to the practice field before an NFL football practice at Inova Sports Performance Center in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Jack Del Rio focusing on football, not politics, months after Jan. 6 comments

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this Friday, July 30, 2004, file photo, the U.S.S. Virginia returns to the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton Conn., after its first sea trials. A Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged with trying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarines to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, the Justice Department said Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer, File)

Trial set for couple accused of spying on Navy after judge rejects plea deal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden signs the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden’s approval rating ticks up after a series of wins

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times