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A tale of two July Fourths: No fireworks for Dems this year

President Joe Biden listens during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors on the issue of abortion rights, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, July 1, 2022, in Washington. Biden is marking his second Fourth of July since taking office with a far different political atmosphere than the first. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

What a difference a year makes. President Biden strutted into the Fourth of July a year ago on solid political footing, declaring the nation’s independence from the coronavirus.

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravsborg has asked a state ethics board to press for an investigation Monday, June 27, 2022, of Noem. Ravnsborg blames the governor for his impeachment and removal from office last week for his conduct surrounding a fatal crash in 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

S.D. Gov. Kristi Noem: Legislature must consider services for mothers amid abortion ban

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coloured smoke mark the launch ceremony for China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Latest Chinese carrier sign of stepped-up challenge to U.S., allies

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks as she offers an amendment as the House Rules Committee prepared the bipartisan Senate gun bill for the House floor, in response to the recent mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Marjorie Taylor Greene exhorts GOP to fight ‘two-tiered’ justice system, make it top campaign issue

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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

South Korea’s Yoon denies anti-China push in new NATO ties

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the recent mass shooting in Texas during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Newsom is facing largely unknown opposition in the June 7, 2022, primary election. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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In this file photo, a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is displayed during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 20, 2021. The drones, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, carried out unexpectedly successful attacks in the early stages of Ukraine's conflict with Russia. But that edge is rapidly evaporating, researchers and military observers say, as fresh Russian anti-drone systems arriving on the front lines of the bloody slog in the eastern Donbas region are making the unmanned craft far less effective. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. An overwhelming majority of Americans want new political leadership in 2024, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/File)

More than 70% of Americans don’t want Biden to run for reelection, poll shows

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This undated engraving shows the scene on July 4, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman, was approved by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The words &quot;all men are created equal” are invoked often but are difficult to define. (AP Photo)

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Rocket Lab's Electron rocket waits on the launch pad on the Mahia peninsula in New Zealand, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon which it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface. (Rocket Lab via AP)

NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

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In this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, a mobile phone displays a user's travels using Google Maps in New York. Google announced on July 1, 2022, that the company will soon scrub the location data of anyone who visits an abortion clinic — among other health-related facilities — shortly after their visit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Google will soon delete location data for abortion clinic visits in response to overturning of Roe

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

People march past the U.S. Capitol and toward the Supreme Court during a protest for abortion-rights, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pro-choice liberals boycott Independence Day

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President Joe Biden speaks during the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden scrambles to tackle climate change after Supreme Court limits EPA power

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. An overwhelming majority of Americans want new political leadership in 2024, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/File)

More than 70% of Americans don’t want Biden to run for reelection, poll shows

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In this file photo, WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) **FILE**

Pressure on Biden to free WNBA star triggers talk of prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer

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FILE - Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, stands during a news conference to announce the introduction of bipartisan legislation to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 8, 2019 in Washington. President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, at the White House next week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks as she offers an amendment as the House Rules Committee prepared the bipartisan Senate gun bill for the House floor, in response to the recent mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference Friday, June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

Trump eyeing early jump into 2024 race: Report

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FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks about actions the Biden administration plans to take in response to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, June 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Xavier Becerra says HHS exploring all options to expand abortion access

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the recent mass shooting in Texas during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Newsom is facing largely unknown opposition in the June 7, 2022, primary election. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

‘Join us in California’: Newsom targets GOP in Florida ad

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The Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court rules for states against EPA, Biden climate change agenda

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. That's according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The report from Mandiant does not identify the hacked agencies or offer a motive for the intrusions, which began last May and continued through the last month. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 8, 2022. Wisconsin liberals on Thursday, March 10, 2022, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Republican Sen. Johnson, U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany and Scott Fitzgerald are insurrectionists in violation of the U.S. Constitution for their words and actions in support of Donald Trump leading up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, July 20, 2020, in Washington. The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. The Senate Republican partnership with Trump to confirm conservative justices paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion rights. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a change of command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters, June 1, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Homeland Security chief defends border efforts after Texas migrant smuggling tragedy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Members of the El Monte Police Department exit their patrol cars outside of Toyota Arena as they gather for the memorial service for El Monte Officer Joseph Santana and Sgt. Michael Paredes on Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Ontario, Calif. Both were shot and killed in the line of duty on June 14. (Will Lester/The Orange County Register via AP)

Attacks against police skyrocketing across the country; 178 officers shot so far this year

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Protesters march along South High Street on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker after he was fatally shot by Akron Police earlier in the week, following a vehicle and foot pursuit. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)

Video shows Akron police kill Black man in hail of gunfire

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Missouri lawmaker resigns from House after fraud conviction

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coloured smoke mark the launch ceremony for China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Latest Chinese carrier sign of stepped-up challenge to U.S., allies

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian platoon commander Mariia talks to her soldiers in their position in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 2, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers returning from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic. Mariia, 41, said that front-line conditions may vary depending on where a unit is positioned and how well supplied they are. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

‘Hell on earth’: Ukrainian soldiers describe eastern front

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Weapons that the U.S. Navy described as coming from a hidden arms shipment aboard a stateless dhow are seen aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey, May 8, 2021. The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet will begin Tuesday, July 5, 2022, to offer rewards for information that could help sailors intercept weapons, drugs and other illicit shipments across the region. The program launches against the backdrop of tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and Tehran’s arming of Yemen’s Houthi rebels. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

U.S. Navy offers cash for tips to seize Mideast drugs, weapons

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People leave the Field's shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark Sunday, July 3, 2022. A gunman opened fire inside the busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing a few people and critically wounding a few others, police said. (Olafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

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Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez waves at a jersey retirement ceremony for former Washington Nationals baseball player Ryan Zimmerman before a baseball game between the Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Washington. Also seen are general manager Mike Rizzo, center, and mark Lerner, right, principal owner. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Halfway through rebuilding season, Nationals give Rizzo, Martinez a vote of confidence

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic touches the grass as he celebrates defeating Tim van Rijthoven of the Netherlands during a men's fourth round singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 3, 2022.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant))

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Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in Indianapolis. Kevin Durant has requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the seismic decision that undoubtedly will have teams scrambling to put together enormous offers for the perennial All-Star. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) **FILE**

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Stage winner Netherlands' Dylan Groenewegen, center, pushes his bicycle over the finish line ahead of second placed Belgium's Wout Van Aert, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, third placed Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, right, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan, far left, during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182 kilometers (113 miles) with start in Vejle and finish in Sonderborg, Denmark, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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In this file photo, a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is displayed during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 20, 2021. The drones, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, carried out unexpectedly successful attacks in the early stages of Ukraine's conflict with Russia. But that edge is rapidly evaporating, researchers and military observers say, as fresh Russian anti-drone systems arriving on the front lines of the bloody slog in the eastern Donbas region are making the unmanned craft far less effective. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. An overwhelming majority of Americans want new political leadership in 2024, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/File)

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From left, Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., right, step away as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol wraps up for the day, Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. ( Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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People leave the Field's shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark Sunday, July 3, 2022. A gunman opened fire inside the busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing a few people and critically wounding a few others, police said. (Olafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference Friday, June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

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FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravsborg has asked a state ethics board to press for an investigation Monday, June 27, 2022, of Noem. Ravnsborg blames the governor for his impeachment and removal from office last week for his conduct surrounding a fatal crash in 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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FILE - Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Rep. Adam Kinzinger defends Cassidy Hutchinson as a credible witness

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FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Coco Gauff of the US is dejected after losing a point to Amanda Anisimova of the US in a third round women's singles match on day six of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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