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Rebranding: Trump embraces some Biden policies amid economic crunch

President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Trump vowed to dismantle President Biden’s legacy, but as prices remain stubbornly high, he has embraced his predecessor’s policies on Medicare drug pricing, semiconductor funding, anti-collusion probes and tapping the oil reserves.

Why does the Pentagon want to funnel government loans through private investment funds?

The Pentagon is pictured in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Questions are mounting about a new Pentagon plan to funnel government loans, potentially worth billions of dollars, through private investment fund managers to companies promising to deliver the critical materials needed for missiles, aircraft and other advanced military technology.

The Pentagon is pictured in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Why does the Pentagon want to funnel government loans through private investment funds?

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A passport of an Ethiopian fighter pilot on display at a residence, in Tok Mok, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The European Union is tightening visa requirements for people from Ethiopia, it was reported on Monday, April 29, 2024. It says the government there is not cooperating on the deportation of citizens found to be living illegally in the bloc. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett, File)

Judge clears Trump administration to end deportation amnesty for roughly one million TPS migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Trump: U.S. not seeking talks with Iran as regional violence reemerges

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

A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Fauci’s former chief of staff pleads guilty to hiding records to thwart COVID origins inquiries

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries continue to deepen their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said Monday, June 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Pentagon reviewing plans for low-level nuclear war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Fauci’s former chief of staff pleads guilty to hiding records to thwart COVID origins inquiries

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries continue to deepen their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said Monday, June 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Pentagon reviewing plans for low-level nuclear war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, greets voters while campaigning for Florida's 20th congressional district in the Florida primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Tamarac, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Moskowitz fend off rivals in Florida Democratic primaries

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Conor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., placed on Russia’s wanted list for service to Ukraine

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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Trump’s economy threatens GOP Senate majority

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Young Democratic Socialists of America members: Unemployed, but maybe not so educated

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Growing hostility toward religion threatens humanity

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Left-wing vandalism of World War II Memorial dishonors America’s heroes

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New Head Start proposal would streamline, not ‘gut’, the program

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr departs an event in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

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By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Rosie O'Donnell arrives at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Rosie O’Donnell, comedian and liberal activist, guest hosts ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Hayden Panettiere arrives at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Jan. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Comedian Eric André, right, speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Atlanta on Oct. 11, 2022, as his attorneys Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, left, and Richard Deane watch. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

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The Pentagon is pictured in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Why does the Pentagon want to funnel government loans through private investment funds?

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

How do you glue together a missile shield as complex as Golden Dome? Booz Allen's Trey Obering and Michael Davenport explain at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.

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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 says U.S. won’t talk to Iran, will rely on economic pressure, blockade

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks with media after meeting with South Korea's Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back at the headquarters of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka District, south of Tokyo, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

‘Melongate’ fails to divert Pacific middle powers from forging defense ties, despite U.S. warning

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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A passport of an Ethiopian fighter pilot on display at a residence, in Tok Mok, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The European Union is tightening visa requirements for people from Ethiopia, it was reported on Monday, April 29, 2024. It says the government there is not cooperating on the deportation of citizens found to be living illegally in the bloc. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett, File)

Judge clears Trump administration to end deportation amnesty for roughly one million TPS migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, center, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with Canadian officials, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

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FILE - People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Marine One on the Ellipse, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s approval rating falls to 33%, lowest of second term

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, greets voters while campaigning for Florida's 20th congressional district in the Florida primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Tamarac, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Moskowitz fend off rivals in Florida Democratic primaries

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

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Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep U.S. military out of the midterm elections

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Darline Graham lands rich backing in South Carolina’s GOP runoff election

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Dan Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection, talks in front of a welcome sign near downtown Petersburg, Alaska, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, greets voters while campaigning for Florida's 20th congressional district in the Florida primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Tamarac, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Moskowitz fend off rivals in Florida Democratic primaries

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A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Fauci’s former chief of staff pleads guilty to hiding records to thwart COVID origins inquiries

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, speaks during a news conference as Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty looks on, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial

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A close-up view of "I Voted" stickers at Maples Elementary School on primary election day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Nic Antaya) CORRECTION: Corrects location to Dearborn NOT Detroit

Fake polling from mysterious company highlights danger of unvetted election surveys

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Millions of men are ditching the workforce — and experts are sounding the alarm

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court doesn’t act in time to stop execution of ‘vicious’ dog

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Generation Z embraces AI cost-cutting to lead surge in new business starts

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A data center built by the Markley Group looms over a ballpark and residential neighborhood in Lowell, Mass., on June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)

Data centers turn toxic for voters, become political cudgel in 2026 races

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Fauci’s former chief of staff pleads guilty to hiding records to thwart COVID origins inquiries

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Generation Z embraces AI cost-cutting to lead surge in new business starts

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This combo made with photos provided by NASA on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows before, left, and after images of a fresh crater on the moon created by a collision with a SpaceX rocket. (NASA via AP)

Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

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Left-wing activist charged with wiping phone during federal search

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries continue to deepen their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said Monday, June 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

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The Pentagon is pictured in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Why does the Pentagon want to funnel government loans through private investment funds?

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Turkey’s Erdogan signs law offering conditional pardon for thousands of PKK militants

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Young Mystics set lofty goals with WNBA playoffs on horizon

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Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks out to supplant defending champion Indiana Hoosiers in Big Ten

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