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Biden to move U.S. troops to Eastern Europe

President Joe Biden speaks at Carnegie Mellon University at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Biden on Friday said he will deploy U.S. troops to Eastern Europe and NATO countries “in the near term,” as tensions escalate with Russia over Ukraine.

In this file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speak before President Joe Biden arrives for a meeting with members of his administration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House Republicans press DOJ on ‘racial discrimination’ in COVID-19 treatment policies

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden steps off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Biden is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Russian attack on Ukraine would be ‘horrific,’ Gen. Milley says

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A ball bounces above the rim during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Iowa State and TCU, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

College basketball announcer fired for comparing players to Antifa

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President Joe Biden speaks at Carnegie Mellon University at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)

Biden boasts of infrastructure program in Pittsburgh just hours after bridge collapse

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In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, Russian troops fire howitzers during drills in the Rostov region during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

U.S., Russia set to clash on Ukraine at U.N. Security Council meeting

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President Joe Biden steps off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Biden is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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Job Creators Network, a conservative advocacy group, erected this billboard in Times Square on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, to roast President Joe Biden for boasting about the economy. (Photo courtesy of Job Creators Network)

Times Square billboard has Biden face-palming over inflation

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In this file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speak before President Joe Biden arrives for a meeting with members of his administration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House Republicans press DOJ on ‘racial discrimination’ in COVID-19 treatment policies

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In this file photo, Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Jan. 6 cmte. subpoenas ‘alternate electors’ in scheme to cast fake Electoral College votes for Trump

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media at DPS headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

GOP states sue to stop Biden’s special program for Central American kids

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In this file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on a variety of matters including a border wall, razor wire, critical race theory, election laws, mail-in ballots, voter fraud, and more at the Midland Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly's Reagan Lunch at the Bush Convention Center Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP) ** FILE **

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U.S. Military Police walk past Afghan refugees at the Village at the Ft. McCoy U.S. Army base on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in Ft. McCoy, Wis. The fort is one of eight military installations across the country that are temporarily housing the tens of thousands of Afghans who were forced to flee their homeland in August after the U.S. withdrew its forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban took control. (Barbara Davidson/Pool Photo via AP)

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In this May 27, 2021, file photo, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks during a news conference honoring nine people killed by a coworker in San Jose, Calif. Gun owners would be required to carry liability insurance and pay a fee under a proposed ordinance in the city of San Jose that officials say would be the first of its kind in the United States. Mayor Liccardo says it would also encourage the 5,500 households with a legally registered gun to have gun safes, trigger locks, and to take gun safety classes. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)

Gun rights group sues San Jose over liability insurance requirement

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FILE - In this July 26, 2018 file photo visa applicants wait to enter the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. The U.S. Homeland Security Department says more than 700,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the country during a recent 12-month period overstayed their visas. The department said in annual report Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, that there were 701,900 overstays from October 2016 through September 2017 among visitors who arrived by plane or ship. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.S. mulls evacuating Beijing embassy over COVID rules

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The damaged facade of the First United Methodist Church is seen on Jan. 9, 2022, in Mayfield, Ky. The century-old church has long been an anchor in the Kentucky town of about 10,000 residents, holding countless worship services, weddings, funerals and baptisms. That was before a deadly tornado swept through Mayfield in December, tearing off the church's roof and leaving rubble strewn across the entrance. (AP Photo/Audrey Jackson)

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New book urges Hispanic immigrants to embrace conservative principles

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A front-end loader works in front of a pile of road salt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Chelsea, Mass. Residents and officials in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. are bracing for a powerful winter storm expected to produce blizzard conditions Friday and Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

US East Coast battens down the hatches ahead of blizzard

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers, at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, center with teammates during Warm up laps before a meet with Harvard on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

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Washington Football team players run into an empty stadium prior to the start of the Baltimore Ravens at Washington Football Team NFL football game on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Landover, Md. Washington’s NFL team said Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, it will unveil its new name on Feb. 2. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Washington Commanders? Internet sleuths create frenzy in trying to crack team’s rebrand

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Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder looks on before an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Two members of Congress are asking the NFL to provide evidence of Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder’s interference with an investigation into sexual harassment and other improper conduct at the club. Democrats Carolyn Maloney of New York and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois already have asked the NFL for transparency about the probe. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

Congress sets up roundtable for former Washington employees amid investigation into NFL

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