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AOC renews DSA membership after 7-year lapse

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at the NYCLU's May Day rally for workers' and immigrants' rights at Foley Square, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, recognized by many as the most prominent figure in the Democrats’ socialist movement, has renewed her Democratic Socialists of America affiliation after it ran out seven years ago.

East Palestine train derailment cleanup response prompts probe request

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)

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Trump administration officials are calling for a federal watchdog investigation into the response to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, citing newly disclosed documents showing internal models predicted thousands of severe casualties from an unnecessary procedure.

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)

East Palestine train derailment cleanup response prompts probe request

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A data center built by the Markley Group looms over a ballpark and residential neighborhood in Lowell, Mass., on June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)

X finds Chinese bot farm pushing anti-data-center messages on Americans

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The G.L.O.V.E., developed by Compliant Technologies LLC, sits on a table after a demonstration at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City, March 22, 2023. (Brett Dickerson/Oklahoma City Free Press via AP)

ICE signs contract to buy electric shock gloves

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Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a news conference in New York, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Milo Yiannopoulos deported to U.K., a day after being detained by ICE at Louisiana airport

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Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

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Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a news conference in New York, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Milo Yiannopoulos deported to U.K., a day after being detained by ICE at Louisiana airport

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Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

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A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

What we know about Trump’s deal giving U.S. access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a sign for Lake Ontario at Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ontario premier answers Trump’s ‘Lake America’ with giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign

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Taylor Swift performs at the Paris Le Defense Arena during her Eras Tour concert in Paris on May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) **FILE**

The real problem with Taylor Swift’s massive popularity

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Illustration on the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Trump must pursue his promised North Korea meeting

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany talks to supporters during a campaign event, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Kenosha, WI. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Look to Wisconsin governor race for 2028 general election forecast

By Scott Walker

Battleground Dems won't banish radical podcaster who's become party's voice. Illustration by Alex Hunter of The Washington Times.

Battleground Dems won’t banish radical podcaster who’s become party’s voice

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The indefatigable Dolly Parton. Illustration by Alex Hunter of The Washington Times.

The indefatigable Dolly Parton

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Lights flash on top of a police car in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Thieves break into Spanish museum, steal 3,000-year-old gold artifacts

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Once the hottest ticket near the White House, Ned’s Club now feels overcrowded

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Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher motions to the audience at the start of the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Bill Maher, Sunday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Bill Maher: Left ‘can’t stand to talk’ amid Kushner-Jeffries flap

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The World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are seen from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington

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Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks during the keynote address at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 11. (U.S. Army photo by Allen Meeks)

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The G.L.O.V.E., developed by Compliant Technologies LLC, sits on a table after a demonstration at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City, March 22, 2023. (Brett Dickerson/Oklahoma City Free Press via AP)

ICE signs contract to buy electric shock gloves

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Threat Status National Security Editor Guy Taylor talks with Lockheed Martin Missile Defense Vice President Jamin Brown about what makes the region indispensable to the mission.

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Crews unload containerized nuclear power reactor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 15, 2026. The system is part of an interagency demonstration evaluating the feasibility of rapidly deploying nuclear power using strategic airlift. (Courtesy photo by Tech. Sgt. William McCalmant) ** FILE **

Army picks 5 companies to build, operate nuclear microreactors at military bases

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President Donald Trump listens as names are read as he attends a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Trump reportedly skipping ground zero for Pentagon 9/11 ceremony

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew members, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Judge blocks Trump’s bid to move hush money case to federal court

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Students walk through the Stanford University campus, March 14, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules

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Protestors march through Manhattan up to Central Park during the "Make Billionaires Pay" climate protest, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Climate isn’t a hot topic for Democrats in this year’s campaigns

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco on April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

‘No thanks’: Democrats in tough races shun Kamala Harris as questions mount about 2028

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mike Johnson touts border, energy record while campaigning in Texas battleground district

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks to reporters outside the closed hearing room where Bill Gates is answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett: No plans to campaign for James Talarico

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at the NYCLU's May Day rally for workers' and immigrants' rights at Foley Square, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

AOC renews DSA membership after 7-year lapse

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York on May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Champagne socialism: Far-left movement brimming with affluent leaders

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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, responds to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Susan Collins calls for tariff truce as trade war emerges as hot issue in Senate races

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Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

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Shannon Heacock holds a photo of son Elijah Heacock, who died at age 16, during a protest against social media platforms outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Will TikTok and YouTube match Meta’s new safety rules? Billions for states are riding on it

By Susan Ferrechio and Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, talks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before the start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Will Congress finally set national NIL rules for college athletes?

By Mary McCue Bell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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A lioness roams with her cub inside Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nina Schwendemann)

Sheriff warns Indianans to be alert after report of escaped lioness, cub

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Nominee Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia listen during his nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 10, 1991. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

Snubbed by Big Law, Clarence Thomas found his path to the Supreme Court

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Woman pleads guilty to paternity fraud vs. former ‘Bachelor’ star, another man

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Lindsay Clancy listens to a witness on video during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

As jurors deliberate in the Lindsay Clancy trial, here are key moments they may be considering

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a sign for Lake Ontario at Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ontario premier answers Trump’s ‘Lake America’ with giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign

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Women from Srebrenica watch a live broadcast from the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague to learn the verdict for Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, on the screen, at the memorial cemetery in Potocari near Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, Tuesday, June 8, 2021.(AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Serbia’s president criticizes U.N. court for not releasing war criminal Mladic to die at home

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Residents carry their belongings salvaged from their damaged homes filled with mud and debris in Devighat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire in a warehouse following a Russian drone attack near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian strike near Kyiv kills 37, in one of the year’s deadliest attacks

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Henderson, Nev.'s Owen Guzman delivers during the first inning of the United States Championship baseball game against Hamilton, Ohio, at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Meyer’s RBI single sparks Nevada’s rout of Ohio into LLWS championship game

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Curacao's Jaymiell Martina (16) tips his cap after reaching his pitch count limit during the sixth inning of the International Championship baseball game Japan at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Martina’s 12 Ks lift Curacao over Japan and into Little League World Series championship

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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks before presenting the winner's trophy to the U.S. Team after the final round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Trump says he’ll be at Presidents Cup at Medinah as honorary chairman

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Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Nationals’ Cavalli exits game vs. Miami in 4th inning after getting hit in leg by a grounder

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A lifelike Sadhguru chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is displayed Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

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In Dolly Parton’s theology, God and acceptance shared the same stage

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