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Devin Nunes warns intel chiefs against targeting Americans, ‘particularly Republicans’

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Republicans are putting the Biden intelligence chiefs on notice that their agencies are moving dangerously close to spying on Americans in the U.S.

In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., center, joins other freshman Republican House members for a group photo at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP lawmaker blasts ‘baseless and partisan’ Capitol riot ethics complaint, seeks dismissal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Washington. Others are Secretary of State Antony Blinken, from left, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Kurt Campbell, coordinator for the Indo-Pacific on the National Security Council. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S.-Japan cooperation ‘vital,’ Biden says at first in-person meeting with foreign leader

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 4, 2021, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting with participants of the We Are Together nationwide volunteer campaign in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia responds to latest sanctions by kicking out 10 U.S. diplomats

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In this photo released by Portland Police Bureau, officers line up outside of the Penumbra Kelly Building in downtown Portland, Ore., Monday, April 12, 2021. Police say a demonstration protesting the police killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minnesota turned into a riot, with some in the crowd throwing rocks and other projectiles at officers. (Portland Police Bureau via AP)

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