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U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone in the high-risk Strait of Hormuz after it approached a Navy ship, President Trump said Thursday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., flanked by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., condemns remarks by President Donald Trump as he speaks to reporters following a Democratic policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer calls on GOP to help end Trump’s rhetoric: ‘There’s no John McCain anymore’ 29 minutes ago

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Pastor Aaron Mendes hands out documents to migrants before they enter the immigration office on the Mexican side of the border, before they are escorted across to apply for asylum on the United States side, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Asylum-seekers grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy that all but eliminates refugee claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid a chaos of rumors, confusion and fear. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Senators suggest bipartisan border solution to speed deportations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a photo opportunity with members of the 2019 U.S. Special Olympics athletes and staff, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump disavows ‘send her back’ chant by supporters

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Monday, July 15, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, second from left, speaks, as U.S. Reps., from left, Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.,Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listen, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

America as ‘garbage’: Trump lets Squad’s ‘horrible’ words speak for themselves

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined at right by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., responds to base remarks by President Donald Trump after he called for four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their &quot;broken&quot; countries, as he exploited the nation's glaring racial divisions once again for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All four congresswomen are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. Omar is the first Somali-American in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jake Tapper: Dem sources admit Trump’s ‘brilliant’ move to make stars of AOC, Omar

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This image taken from video provided by WSET-TV shows a sign "America: Love it or Leave It." posted outside the Friendship Baptist Church in Appomattox, Va., on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Amid a national furor over President Donald Trumps tweet urging four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their home countries, Pastor E. W. Lucas is gaining attention with the sign at his church (WSET-TV via AP) . MANDATORY CREDIT LYNCHBURG AND ROANOKE OUT

Church backs Trump with ‘America: Love or Leave It’ sign

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Joy Behar of ABC's "The View" on May 21, 2019. (Image: ABC, "The View" screenshot)

Joy Behar on Trump: ‘Why can’t he be brought up on charges of hate speech?’

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In this Nov. 22, 2017 file photo, pedestrians pass the storefront of Gibson's Food Mart &amp; Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio. A jury has awarded $11 million to a father and son who claimed Ohio's Oberlin College and an administrator hurt their business and libeled them during a dispute that triggered protests and allegations of racism following a shoplifting incident. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File) **FILE**

Judge hits Oberlin with $6.5M in attorney’s fees after college loses libel case

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Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci poses for a photograph after an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

GOP fundraiser drops Scaramucci after former Trump aide says president ‘turning into’ racist

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems seek extra security as Omar slams Trump for ‘fascist ideology’

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this March 29, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump points to outgoing White House Communications Director Hope Hicks on her last day before he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Trump, Hicks present for Stormy Daniels hush-money payment conversations, Cohen documents show

By Bailey Vogt and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Demonstrators march against governor Ricardo Rosello, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Protesters are demanding Rossello step down for his involvement in a private chat in which he used profanities to describe an ex-New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the island's finance. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Trump takes shots at Puerto Rico government amid massive protests against governor

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Bernie Sanders embraces Ilhan Omar in anti-Trump pitch for campaign cash

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Jennifer Aniston arrives at the fourth annual InStyle Awards at The Getty Center on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Hollywood stars fuel Pete Buttigieg’s field-leading fundraising haul

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the 25th Essence Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Elizabeth Warren, 2020 presidential hopeful, pitches new private equity constraints

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Democratic candidate Tom Steyer, who announced Tuesday that he was entering the presidential race, said he was watching the campaign and felt as if he "couldn't sleep." (Associated Press/File)

Tom Steyer offers up ‘5 Rights’ contract with America

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a target of racist rhetoric from President Donald Trump, responds to reporters as she arrives for votes in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats call it quits on intraparty fighting: ‘Onward and upward’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is shown here leaving the House chamber after casting a vote on Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Omar’s pro-BDS resolution brushed off by Jewish Democratic colleagues

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Fearful that America could lose its national identity

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a target of racist rhetoric from President Donald Trump, responds to reporters as she arrives for votes in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Trump rhetoric puts ‘millions of Americans in danger’

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Seeing Wes Pruden come into work without his hat would have been like Scout seeing Atticus Finch remove his suit coat during the trial of Boo Radley.

Remembering Wes Pruden: The mystique and the hat

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Jaelene Hinkle, a professional women's soccer player shown here in a 2018 CBN interview, famously refused to wear rainbox-colored jerseys in honor of LGBT Pride Month in a 2017 friendly match. Many observers believe Ms. Hinkle's faith-informed decision, considered by detractors to have been homophobic, was a factor in her not making the roster for the 2019 U.S. Women's National Team. (CBN.com screen capture)

U.S. women’s team snub of Christian player roils soccer

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with American manufacturers in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Hurt book: Trump talks Mexican rapists, Obama spying, Russia, Dem collusion with Facebook, Google

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Screenshot of video shot by Matt Mauro, an anchor and reporter at @KDVR FOX31 and @channel2kwgn during the protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Aurora, Colorado, on July 13, 2019. (Image: Courtesy of Matt Mauro. https://twitter.com/mattmauronews/status/1149872804625432576)

Congressman thanks ‘patriotic Americans’ for donating U.S. flags after protesters fly Mexican flag

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan attends an event at Georgetown Law, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justice Elena Kagan encourages gerrymandering protesters: ‘Carry on the efforts’

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In a Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 photo, Jerry R. Foxhoven, executive director, Drake Legal Clinic, speaks at a meeting of the governor's task force at the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo, Iowa. Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven routinely sent messages to employees lauding Shakur's music and lyrics even after at least one complained to lawmakers. Then in June 2019 he sent another such email to all 4,300 agency employees. He was abruptly ousted from his job the next work day. (Charlie Litchfield/Des Moines Register via AP)

Iowa official wasn’t ousted over Tupac fixation, governor’s office now says

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This booking photo released by the Polk County, Iowa, Jail, shows Marvin Oswaldo Escobar-Orellana. Authorities say the Guatemalan man, charged with killing shooting 29-year-old Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez, her 11-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, had been deported twice from the U.S. and is believed to be in the country illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday night, July 17, 2019, that the 31-year-old Escobar-Orellana gave Des Moines police a false name, Marvin Esquivel-Lopez. (Polk County Jail via AP)

Twice-deported illegal immigrant admits shooting mother, denies killing kids

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In this April 30, 2014, photo, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens prepares to testify on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Stevens to lie in repose next week; funeral at Arlington National Cemetery

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Haynesworth thanks fans for support after kidney diagnosis

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United States' Cori "Coco" Gauff celebrates after beating Slovakia's Magdalena Rybaikova in a Women's singles match during day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ** FILE **

15-year-old Wimbledon star Coco Gauff could play in Citi Open

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, shoots the puck during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Alex Ovechkin to visit China as NHL ambassador

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer walks through the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Miami. The Nationals defeated the Marlins 6-1. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Scherzer’s status still in flux ahead of pivotal Braves series

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