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10 percent of Air Force’s $339 million F-22 fighter jets damaged in Hurricane Michael

An F-22 departs Langley Air Force Base, Va., Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2018, as Hurricane Florence approaches the Eastern Seaboard. Officials from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton said the base's F-22 Raptors and T-38 Talon training jets, as a precaution, were headed for Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in central Ohio. (Jonathon Gruenke/The Daily Press via AP)

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Trump’s tour Monday of devastation wrought by Hurricane Michael took him close to Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base, where more than a dozen F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets were damaged after being left in the path of the powerful storm.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia in Washington, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, to announce on efforts to reduce transnational crime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions rips federal judges over anti-Trump bias

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Turkish police officers enter the Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Turkey and Saudi Arabia are conducting a joint "inspection" on Monday of the consulate, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing nearly two weeks ago, Turkish authorities said.v(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Jamal Khashoggi crisis threatens U.S. access to Saudi oil at critical time

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Christopher Dolan to become The Washington Times’ next president

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FILE - In this June 13, 2018, file photo, James Wolfe former director of security with the Senate Intelligence Committee leaves the federal courthouse, in Washington. James Wolfe appeared in federal court in Washington on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, and pleaded guilty to a single charge in the three-count indictment against him. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

James Wolfe, former Senate staffer charged in leak probe, pleads guilty

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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In this June 1, 2018, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention in Worcester, Mass. Warren has released results of a DNA test showing Native American ancestry in an effort to diffuse the issue ahead of any presidential run. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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In a Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., greets womens' rights activists in the Hart Senate Office Building as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears from Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, his accuser, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warren, along with Ayanna Pressley, fresh off her primary victory over 10-term U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in Massachusetts, were in Jonesboro on Tuesday, Oct. 9. 2018 with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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President Donald Trump stops to answer questions from members of the media before walking across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, to board Marine One helicopter for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Florida to tour areas the devastation left behind from Hurricane Michael last week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Visitors leave the Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Saudi journalist writer Jamal Khashoggi, is thought to have vanished after he walked into the consulate on Oct. 2, leading to worldwide speculation over his disappearance. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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An F-22 departs Langley Air Force Base, Va., Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2018, as Hurricane Florence approaches the Eastern Seaboard. Officials from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton said the base's F-22 Raptors and T-38 Talon training jets, as a precaution, were headed for Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in central Ohio. (Jonathon Gruenke/The Daily Press via AP)

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