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White House aide: Trump can’t single-handedly restore FISA spy power after Congress lets it expire

President Donald Trump is pictured during an event where he signs a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The White House may not move forward with an executive order to extend power to spy on foreign targets, a legal authority that Congress allowed to expire Friday.

A U.S.-Iran World Cup showdown? On Independence Day weekend? Yes, it could happen

Colombian singer J Balvin, center on stairs, performs before the start of the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

There is a distinct possibility that the U.S. soccer team will face Iran in the first knockout round of the World Cup on the day before Fourth of July celebrations.

Colombian singer J Balvin, center on stairs, performs before the start of the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

A U.S.-Iran World Cup showdown? On Independence Day weekend? Yes, it could happen

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

DNI rebukes faulty intelligence analyses of Havana Syndrome

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

According to the Department of Defense, this image is an artistic interpretation of a 2022 incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reported near Colorado Springs, Colorado. This image is derived from the first-hand narrative description contained in “FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022.” (Image from Department of Defense's website: https://www.war.gov/ufo/#FBI-UAP-D011-D-FBI-Correspondence-Referral-1949)

Pentagon releases third batch of formerly classified UFO documents

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate bill details sharing intelligence with Israel, other countries

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate bill details sharing intelligence with Israel, other countries

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery won’t harm competition, consumers, DOJ says

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A woman walks past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy, now a museum, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

What we know about a possible deal to end the Iran war

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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Graham Platner: A dark period or a lifetime of darkness?

By Tim Constantine

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More Minnesota fraud uncovered

By Scott Walker

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U.S. needs nuclear power to win the AI race

By Daniel N. Hoffman

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Rising sun: Japan signals stronger support for Taiwan’s security

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Vehicles set on fire by protesters burn on Lendrick Street in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of stabbing a man in the northern part of the city. (PA via AP)

Rioting is never justified

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Tyra Banks attends the &quot;America's Got Talent&quot; Season 13 Week 2 live show at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Tyra Banks sues Netflix over ‘America’s Next Top Model’ doc

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Protestors wave a U.S. and signs as workers prepare to remove President Donald Trump's name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Workers begin removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered deadline

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Ships participate in Operation Sail between the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial in New York on July 4, 1976. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)

How Americans celebrated the bicentennial — with fireworks, a Freedom Train and Farrah

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This combination of images shows Blake Lively at the London screening of the film "It 'Ends With Us" on Aug. 8, 2024, left, and Justin Baldoni at the world premiere of the film in New York on Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Judge awards Blake Lively legal fees but no more damages in dispute over ‘It Ends With Us’ film

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate bill details sharing intelligence with Israel, other countries

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The oils of war: Trump plans to seize Iran’s oil — Venezuela-style

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Use of nuclear power in the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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U.S. needs nuclear power to win the AI race

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, listens during a news conference in New York, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Trump taps U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead national intelligence

By Mary McCue Bell and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump, right, meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 24, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP, file)

Trump and Macron will meet over dinner at Versailles palace after G7 summit in France

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D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George speaks during the council hearing on the fiscal year 2027 budget at the Wilson Building, City Hall, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump: Feds will take over D.C. if Democratic socialist wins mayoral election

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, early Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Trump scolds Iran over state media claims around peace deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Tents are set up along a freeway in a homeless encampment Monday, May 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

‘Obvious fraud’: Trump administration suspends funding for Los Angeles homeless agency

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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A house lays in the mud after it was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Democratic lawmakers pledge to help speed up disaster recovery in Puerto Rico

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey speaks to reporters during the conference's spring meetings, May 30, 2023, in Destin, Fla. (AP Photo/Ralph Russo, File)

Outlining concerns, SEC’s Sankey worries Senate bill could produce more lawsuits, not fewer

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Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an address marking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani first 100 days in office at the Knockdown Center, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders pulls Democratic Party hard left as his primary picks rack up wins

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Mail-in ballots sit on shelves inside the Trumbull County Board of Elections in Warren, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Dermer) **FILE**

Ohio poised to add photo ID requirements for mail-in voting

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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Participants carry a large pride flag during the World Pride parade with the U.S. Capitol in the background, June 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

Happy Fidelity Month! Red states, feds promote June rebrandings in rebuff to Pride

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House is photographed Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Birthday punches: Trump to celebrate birthday, America’s 250th with White House UFC event

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

A worker walks past temporary fencing with FIFA World Cup 2026 signage outside SoFi Stadium, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘A wash’: World Cup host cities in U.S. unlikely to recoup nine-figure investments

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, arrives on Capitol Hill for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Bill Gates spills to House investigators that Epstein blackmailed him

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Alleged Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann is led into courtroom for a Frye hearing at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., April 3, 2025. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, File)

Gilgo Beach killer writes to other jailed murderer, reads crime novels behind bars, sheriff says

By Philip Marcelo and Julie Walker - Associated Press

FILE - Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk want prosecutors punished over bullet comments

By Hannah Schoenbaum and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Lone Star tick, which despite its Texas-sounding name, is found mainly in the Southeast. At least 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of a weird syndrome triggered by tick bites. That's according to a new government report. But health officials believe more have the problem and don’t know it, and the actual number is more than than four times higher. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, July 27, 2023 released two reports on the growing tick-borne allergy problem. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)

What to know about alpha-gal syndrome, the life-threatening meat allergy caused by tick bites

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

U.S. Secret Service Police are seen on a crime scene after responding to reports of shots fired near the White House, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Bystander wounded in shooting near White House still undergoing treatment, has retained a lawyer

By Gary Fields - Associated Press

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Mascots react ahead of the World Cup Group A soccer match between South Korea and Czechia in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Peru police disguised as World Cup mascots arrest a suspected drug dealer in Lima

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu gives a joint statement with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, file)

At least 17 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria

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Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Funeral for Iran’s supreme leader set for July, while a deal nears to end the war

By Munir Ahmed and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Flags of China and Myanmar are displayed at the entrance of Myanmar Pavilion prior to Myanmar's top junta leader Gen. Than Shwe to arrive at the Shanghai Expo site in Shanghai Friday, Sept.10, 2010. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)

U.S. scholar with history of activism in Myanmar arrested in China on suspicion of espionage

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

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The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House is photographed Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Thunderstorms threaten to upstage White House UFC event

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

A United States fan cheers prior to the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Paraguay in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

U.S. opens its home World Cup with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press

Milwaukee Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Brewers’ Misiorowski sets record with 104.5-mph fastball

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Colombian singer J Balvin, center on stairs, performs before the start of the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

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By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Pope Leo XIV meets migrants at the 'Las Raices' center, in San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope is delayed in the Canary Islands when his charter flight has a technical problem

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, addressed a gathering of the nation's Christian and Jewish colleges on Monday, June 8, 2026, at The Catholic University of America. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Religious schools push ‘respectful disagreement’ in Trump era

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Emily Blunt in a scene from "Disclosure Day." (Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment via AP)

As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion

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Protesters wave transgender pride flags outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Gallup: Record few Americans find transgenderism, death penalty, animal testing ‘morally acceptable’

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The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, is photographed on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS overpaying supervisors to do grunt work after Trump budget cuts: Inspector general

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Lone Star tick, which despite its Texas-sounding name, is found mainly in the Southeast. At least 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of a weird syndrome triggered by tick bites. That's according to a new government report. But health officials believe more have the problem and don’t know it, and the actual number is more than than four times higher. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, July 27, 2023 released two reports on the growing tick-borne allergy problem. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)

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Mail-in ballots sit on shelves inside the Trumbull County Board of Elections in Warren, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Dermer) **FILE**

Ohio poised to add photo ID requirements for mail-in voting

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Lemonade stand robbed at gunpoint: Boston’s most wanted are two boys in ski masks

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

According to the Department of Defense, this image is an artistic interpretation of a 2022 incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reported near Colorado Springs, Colorado. This image is derived from the first-hand narrative description contained in “FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022.” (Image from Department of Defense's website: https://www.war.gov/ufo/#FBI-UAP-D011-D-FBI-Correspondence-Referral-1949)

Pentagon releases third batch of formerly classified UFO documents

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fights is pictured on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Obama-appointed judge refuses to block UFC fight card at White House

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DNI rebukes faulty intelligence analyses of Havana Syndrome

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President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Push by Trump, Johnson for third filibuster-proof bill runs into Senate skepticism

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Law enforcement responds to an active shooting scene Friday, June 12, 2026, in Midland, Texas. (Luke Dias/Reporter-Telegram via AP)

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U.S.-funded foreign biolabs contain highly infectious diseases, DNI reveals

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Workers erect scaffolding in front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts sign in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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