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Trump mobilizes terrorist court to try to deport Afghan mother tied to Election Day plot

This Friday, March 22, 2019, fie photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

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The Trump administration has brought the first case in the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court, seeking to oust an Afghan woman who prosecutors say supported her son’s ISIS-inspired plot to kill people on Election Day in 2024.

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Amazon says a glitch prevented some customers this week from selecting free shipping on eligible orders over $35 unless they first signed up for a trial Prime membership with recurring monthly fees.

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Amazon says glitch removed free shipping option for some customers unless they signed up for Prime

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Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., gestures during the funeral of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

No shoo-in: Trump-endorsed Darline Graham launches Senate bid but trails in new South Carolina poll

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks to the crowd as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Seen, Heard & Whispered: Tuberville dumps GOP script, Presler’s voter hunt, KBJ’s love story 32 minutes ago

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to address the Trump administration’s budget request for the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump floats pulling Blanche’s nomination as Cornyn, Tillis hold out

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a news conference at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Canadian citizen in Florida charged with illegally voting in 7 U.S. elections

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to address the Trump administration’s budget request for the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump floats pulling Blanche’s nomination as Cornyn, Tillis hold out

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a news conference at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Canadian citizen in Florida charged with illegally voting in 7 U.S. elections

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A speed camera is positioned underneath Washington Circle Park for east bound traffic on K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., Monday, December 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

D.C. lawyer’s courtroom victory over speed camera ticket prompts revision of policy

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President Donald Trump speaks alongside a semi truck during an event to announce the Freedom Haulers initiative at the White House, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump moves to replace foreign truck drivers with military veterans, calls them ‘Freedom Haulers’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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Trump’s tit-for-tat strikes will not defeat Iran’s regime

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Fauci’s dirty diary reveals the fraud behind the mask

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Strike Iran until it can no longer function

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Dr. Anthony Fauci is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Foldergate: Fauci’s lasting legacy of dodging truth and deceiving America

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From left, Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute, Mike Gonzalez, E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, Matthew Spalding, Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government at Hillsdale College, and David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University, testify during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing about the Smithsonian, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Time to ‘clean house’ at the America-subverting Smithsonian

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In this courtroom sketch, Hadi Matar, center, sits in federal court during his terrorism trial for his alleged attack on Salman Rushdie, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Buffalo, N.Y. (Alexandra Newbould via AP)

Jury convicts Hadi Matar on terrorism charges in Salman Rushdie stabbing attack

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Journalist Kaitlan Collins poses for photographers as she arrives at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, on April 29, 2023. Collins will host a new show at the center of its prime-time lineup, the 9 p.m. Eastern hour regularly next month. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins describes what it’s like reporting on Trump’s presidency

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Jared Leto appears at the premiere of "Tron: Ares" in Los Angeles on Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) **FILE**

Actor Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual misconduct by multiple women in BBC documentary

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A U.S. Navy sailor employs the Hammer of the Gods emitter during Project Convergence Capstone 6 experimentation in July in southern California. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Space Force)

Ocean-born testing of ‘Hammer of the Gods’ weapon part of U.S. Army’s technology experiment exercise

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Army vehicles on the ridge, as soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare to attack the enemy in the town nearby, during an early morning training exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Lolita C. Baldor) **FILE**

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Damaged structures at the site of an airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)

Iran condemns U.S.-Saudi attacks on Iraq as war expands further

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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First lady Melania Trump speaks during an event for military mothers in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ** FILE **

Melania Trump announces fifth return of Ukrainian, Russian children amid war

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun listens as he meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Wisconsin brewery offers free beer when Trump dies, gets in trouble with state regulators

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks to supporters after being declared the winner in his Republican primary race, Aug. 1, 2024, in Franklin, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Trump tries to shield Tennessee conservative firebrand from primary challenge

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House about Dulles International Airport modernization, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., gestures during the funeral of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump speaks alongside a semi truck during an event to announce the Freedom Haulers initiative at the White House, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump moves to replace foreign truck drivers with military veterans, calls them ‘Freedom Haulers’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks to the crowd as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

Federal infectious disease surveillance is hampered by split oversight: Report

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The U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington is shown here on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

GAO finds empty Transportation Department buildings cost taxpayers $370 million a year

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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Generation Z chooses ‘bed rot’ over real life: Experts see worsening loneliness crisis

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, file)

‘Victim-driven’: Florida ramps up executions of its longest-serving death-row prisoners

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A staff prepares flower bud of marijuana for a customer at a cannabis shop after Thailand started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Working under the influence: 1 in 5 workers test positive for drugs after increased marijuana use

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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Amazon says glitch removed free shipping option for some customers unless they signed up for Prime

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Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, arrives at the courtroom at the Barrow County courthouse, Dec. 18, 2025, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Father who gave his son the gun used in a Georgia high school shooting to be sentenced

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A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Education Department probes race-conscious admissions policies at five medical schools

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A California unemployment benefits form is shown Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose to 197K last week, but layoffs remain historically low

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Migrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)

Military called out after thousands breach Moroccan border to enter Spanish city

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Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna speaks with media as thousands of teddy bears representing children deported from Ukraine by Russia since the start of its invasion in 2022 are displayed on the National Mall in Washington on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Ukraine envoy’s SOS: Need missiles

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U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs on the third day of the Aero India 2025 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

CENTCOM rejects IRGC claims of destroyed jets in Jordan strikes

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A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, File)

U.S. and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield throws a pass during an NFL football training camp practice Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Bucs’ Mayfield joins growing list of disgruntled stars at NFL training camps

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) talks to reporters following practice at the team's NFL football training camp, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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Army vehicles on the ridge, as soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare to attack the enemy in the town nearby, during an early morning training exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Lolita C. Baldor) **FILE**

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