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Russian firebrand calls for strikes on German factories as hybrid war on NATO intensifies

Firefighters put out a fire at warehouse stores after a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

By Mike Glenn and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A suggestion that Russia should bomb Berlin — a new verbal sucker-punch from the Kremlin’s designated provocateur-at-large, Dmitry Medvedev — is the latest volley in Russia’s ever-growing hybrid war on Europe.

Democrats reject constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to nine justices

Ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) **FILE**

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Democrats on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment to set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.

Ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) **FILE**

Democrats reject constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to nine justices

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Pedestrians cross a dark street during a power outage in New York on Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Owens) **FILE**

‘Blackout warfare’: China, Russia weapons could instantly darken 80% of U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

An aerial view shows the apparent point of impact on the roof of a building that Iranian media said was hit by a U.S. strike while a wedding celebration was taking place there, in Kuhestak, southern Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Trump touts weakness of Iranian regime, hints at more pressure as war escalates

By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats plot crackdown on Supreme Court

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, regarding the implosion of a Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. tank containing hazardous liquid in Longview, Wash. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

Two Democrats broke ranks to save a GOP rule. Now their own party wants payback

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

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The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats plot crackdown on Supreme Court

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, regarding the implosion of a Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. tank containing hazardous liquid in Longview, Wash. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

Two Democrats broke ranks to save a GOP rule. Now their own party wants payback

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ** FILE **

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says data center protesters are falling for ‘propaganda’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Activists endure high temperatures to protest against corruption and President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Public’s perception of government corruption hits 20-year high, poll shows

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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A 21-year-old with a laptop just exposed how dumb we are about polls

By Joseph Curl

In the photo of a computer screen, a Google map showing Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America is seen Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Trump’s Lake America stunt exposes politics of pointless renaming

By Cal Thomas

World War illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Is NATO and U.S. military prepared for Russia’s next escalation?

By Jed Babbin

Trump and Venezuela illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump still the art-of-the-deal master

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Campaign finance and spending laws and reforms illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

New York seeks to raise the price of political speech

By Joe Burns

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Workers remove the sculpture "Blue" by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy Center disassembles ‘Blue’ sculpture from its grounds

By Jesse Bedayn - Associated Press

FILE - A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building in New York, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times’ copyright case over training of chatbots

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Friends and family members of rapper Tupac Shakur, including his sister Sekyiwa Shakur, second left, line up to hug Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal, right, after a jury found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

The trial over Tupac Shakur’s murder ended with a guilty verdict. But did it bring closure?

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. - Associated Press

A memorial wall for Dolly Parton stands outside the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Camden Hall)

Dollywood theme park will add new features, including a waterfall, to honor Dolly Parton

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters arrive to put out a fire in a residential building after a Russian drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

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A government supporter holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei during a street celebration marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday, with St. Sarkis Armenian Cathedral in the background, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran retaliates for U.S. strikes, claims American service members killed

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Hung Cao speaks during the Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Trump nominates Hung Cao to be Navy secretary

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with lifeguard Ryder Williams in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Trump’s new birthright citizenship order blocked by federal judge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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)

U.S. Mint is selling $1 coins featuring President Trump for America’s 250th

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump smiles during an event about drug prices, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump Strait? President proposes renaming Hormuz, citing U.S. control

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A customer pumps gas at a Chevron station Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Chevron to boost Venezuela operations as Trump touts ‘historic’ deals for oil

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks in Palmer, Alaska, on Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) **FILE**

Trump vows to campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan to beat ‘phony’ namesake on ballot

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, greets voters at Salina Intermediate School on election day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., reacts with his wife Susan Blumenthal after winning the Democratic nomination during a primary election night event Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Democrats’ generational-change candidates fall flat in Massachusetts: Markey, Neal and Lynch all win

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ed Markey speaks during a Get Out the Vote event supporting Markey, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026 in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Ed Markey beats Seth Moulton, to win Democratic nomination in Massachusetts’ Senate primary

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump vows to campaign in 35 House, Senate races in final 30 days before midterms

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) **FILE**

Democrats reject constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to nine justices

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats plot crackdown on Supreme Court

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, greets voters at Salina Intermediate School on election day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., on Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

A dead teen’s Social Security number stayed active for 24 years and $284,000 in fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Ohio State University sign on the Columbus, Ohio, campus. File photo credit: University of College via Shutterstock.

Ohio State to pay $2.1 million settlement for unreported research funding from China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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

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A Dominican man, left on the ground, and an activist are detained by plain clothes officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an immigration hearing at the immigration court inside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

ICE claims new record in August for arresting illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Police respond to a shooting Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in downtown Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Gunman kills two people, himself in Minneapolis shootout that wounded three police officers

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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

States must report known illegal immigrants to feds as condition of getting welfare, DOJ rules

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - A certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seattle, on Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Top U.S. doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives at the port in Laem Chabang, Chonburi, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after more than 9 months at sea

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FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace, March 12, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Maduro, wife filed papers seeking to end drug charges case based on immunity grounds

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Cracked dry mud is seen in a community reservoir that ran nearly empty after its retaining wall started to leak and hot weather and drought conditions accelerated the loss of water Longquan village in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China working on weather modification weapons

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., looks on during a press conference with the American delegation, consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Lawmakers want Army to explain why it told European unit to stop specializing in drone warfare

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Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, serves to Polina Iatcenko, of Russia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Sabalenka powers her way into the third round of the U.S. Open in just 53 minutes

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) pauses during a joint NFL football practice with the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Eagles are repeat NFC East champs, but Super Bowl wins are the standard now

By Schuyler Dixon - Associated Press

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. celebrates his three-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Nationals blanked by Braves as Acuna reaches milestone

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Customers make sports bets at the Ocean Casino Resort on Sept. 6, 2022, inAtlantic City, N.J. Sports betting revenue at New Jersey's casinos and horse tracks declined by nearly 24% in June 2024 to just over $27 million, according to figures released by state gambling regulators on July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey wants Supreme Court to weigh in on sports betting regulation

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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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**

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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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Dolly Parton performs at Glastonbury music festival, June 29, 2014. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File)

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

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An aerial view shows the apparent point of impact on the roof of a building that Iranian media said was hit by a U.S. strike while a wedding celebration was taking place there, in Kuhestak, southern Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

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