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Risky business: Insurers quit homeowner policies or jack up rates to escape natural disaster payouts

Carla Bayerri, 45, inspects her restaurant after flooding in the seaside town of Alcanar, in northeastern Spain, Sept. 2, 2021. Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer have helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters. Reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 that overall economic losses from natural disasters worldwide last year reached $280 billion. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra, file)

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Wildfires, unrelenting storms and the ballooning costs of rebuilding weather-damaged property are straining the nation’s property insurers, forcing customers to confront dwindling options and higher premiums.

White House says recent China’s military provocations are ‘unprofessional’

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, right, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Monday that China is becoming more aggressive against the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region and if the temperature isn’t lowered, “it won’t be long before somebody gets hurt.”

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, right, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House says recent China’s military provocations are ‘unprofessional’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

James B. Comey, then-FBI Director, is shown in this July 2016 file photo testifying before Congress. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ex-FBI Director Comey says Biden is only 2024 candidate ‘committed to the rule of law’

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A Glock handgun is holstered on the side of Kristopher Kranz of Bloomington, Minn., as he listens during public testimony on Aug. 20, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Gun control groups target law students, have them pledge not to represent gun industry

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Authorities secure the entrance to Mine Bank Trail, an access point to the rescue operation along the Blue Ridge Parkway where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Randall K. Wolf via AP)

Family of GOP donors, NRA official among victims on plane chased by U.S. jets before deadly crash

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Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison on Monday.

Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison

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Authorities secure the entrance to Mine Bank Trail, an access point to the rescue operation along the Blue Ridge Parkway where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Randall K. Wolf via AP)

Family of GOP donors, NRA official among victims on plane chased by U.S. jets before deadly crash

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison on Monday.

Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison

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Harvard professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Public intellectual Cornel West announces bid for presidency

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The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, on Nov. 5, 2020. The Supreme Court says it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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The Pride Flag flies at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) ** FILE **

‘The Chosen’ producer Dallas Jenkins won’t surrender over on-set gay pride flag flap

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Honoree Piers Morgan is interviewed at The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 2013 Los Angeles Benefit Event at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex is scheduled to testify in the High Court after his lawyer presents opening statements Monday, June 5, 2023 in his case alleging phone hacking. It’s the first of Harry’s several legal cases against the media to go to trial and one of three alleging tabloid publishers unlawfully snooped on him. ( (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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A gay pride rainbow flag flies with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on Friday, April 19, 2019. The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings in November 2022, that included the election of its second openly gay bishop. Conservatives say the developments will only accelerate their exit from one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Baltimore-Washington Methodists approve exit of 23 congregations, each with a price tag

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Interruption of children’s choir singing national anthem at U.S. Capitol stokes furor

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National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, right, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House says recent China’s military provocations are ‘unprofessional’

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Carla Bayerri, 45, inspects her restaurant after flooding in the seaside town of Alcanar, in northeastern Spain, Sept. 2, 2021. Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer have helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters. Reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 that overall economic losses from natural disasters worldwide last year reached $280 billion. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra, file)

Risky business: Insurers quit homeowner policies or jack up rates to escape natural disaster payouts

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James B. Comey, then-FBI Director, is shown in this July 2016 file photo testifying before Congress. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ex-FBI Director Comey says Biden is only 2024 candidate ‘committed to the rule of law’

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Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with local residents during a meet and greet on May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa on June 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Mike Pence files paperwork for White House run

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A gay pride rainbow flag flies with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on Friday, April 19, 2019. The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings in November 2022, that included the election of its second openly gay bishop. Conservatives say the developments will only accelerate their exit from one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Baltimore-Washington Methodists approve exit of 23 congregations, each with a price tag

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, June 2, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Customers make their way through the parking lot of a Target store Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement on Saturday that the Chinese destroyer “executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinity of Chung-Hoon,” a U.S. destroyer. The incident was filmed and posted online. (U.S. Navy)

Chinese destroyer tests U.S. nerves in Taiwan Strait with intimidation tactics

President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

Debt limit deal doesn’t address big programs; bill gives blank check for spending

From Jan. 22, 2020, through Feb. 4, 2020, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C., took part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

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A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-16 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

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Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman leaves the stand after testifying, June 23, 2022, at the Dane County Courthouse in Madison, Wis. A Wisconsin judge on Monday, June 5, 2023, declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump's loss in 2020. The lawsuit was one of several filed by liberal watchdog group American Oversight against Gableman and the office of special counsel he led. (Kayla Wolf/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Don’t delete records from probe into 2020 Trump loss, Wisconsin judge says

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Average wedding now costs $30,000, survey reports

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A Glock handgun is holstered on the side of Kristopher Kranz of Bloomington, Minn., as he listens during public testimony on Aug. 20, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Gun control groups target law students, have them pledge not to represent gun industry

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A mail carrier for the United States Postal Service drives away after delivering mail to an apartment complex on Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Aventura, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

California tops list of where postal workers suffer most dog bites

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International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi listens to a question during a joint press conference with the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. The International Atomic Energy Agency will “never politicize” its work in Iran, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday, insisting after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

U.N. nuclear chief, facing Israeli criticism on Iran, says his agency ‘very fair but firm’

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People hold a giant Ukrainian flag during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. A traditional Slavic ally, Serbia has maintained friendly relations with Russia despite the invasion and has refused to join Western sanctions designed to punish Moscow for the aggression. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ** FILE **

Russia muzzles public displays of blue and yellow, arrests those showing support for Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves upon arrival for the South American Summit at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 30, 2023. Maduro arrived late Sunday, June 4, 2023, in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was greeted by Saudi officials, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Saudi Arabia welcomes Venezuelan leader Maduro, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe

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The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement on Saturday that the Chinese destroyer “executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinity of Chung-Hoon,” a U.S. destroyer. The incident was filmed and posted online. (U.S. Navy)

Chinese destroyer tests U.S. nerves in Taiwan Strait with intimidation tactics

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, on June 9, 2022, in Miami. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says Strasburg’s status for 2023 is up in the air after a series of injuries limited the pitcher to one start this season. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File) **FILE**

Stephen Strasburg stops rehab, remains shut down

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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra speaks to reporters after Game 2 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets, Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Denver. The Heat won 111-108. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Miami Heat are on a comeback run like few others in this year’s NBA playoffs

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Rose Zhang reacts after the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open golf tournament, Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

NCAA champ Rose Zhang arrives on LPGA Tour with big hopes and leaves with a trophy

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Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber watches his three-run home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Schwarber, Phillies beat up on Nationals bullpen in one-sided affair

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Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill Washington, Dec. 17, 2018. The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service has asked the Treasury Department’s inspector general to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and ex-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Khan is now the youngest person ever to lead the Federal Trade Commission, an agency now poised to aggressively enforce antitrust law against the tech industry. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner via AP, Pool) **FILE**

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Editorial members of the Austin American-Statesman's Austin NewsGuild picket along the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, Texas, Monday, June 5, 2023. The mostly one-day strike aims to protest the company's leadership and cost-cutting measures imposed since its 2019 merger with GateHouse Media. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with local residents during a meet and greet on May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa on June 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, Rounds said he stands by his statement that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election after Trump called his fellow Republican a “jerk” for saying so. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) ** FILE **

Sen. Mike Rounds won’t commit to backing GOP presidential nominee

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A gay pride rainbow flag flies with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on Friday, April 19, 2019. The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings in November 2022, that included the election of its second openly gay bishop. Conservatives say the developments will only accelerate their exit from one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chairs a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the health of the electrical power grid, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Joe Manchin says White House miscalculated by refusing to negotiate on debt limit

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People hold a giant Ukrainian flag during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. A traditional Slavic ally, Serbia has maintained friendly relations with Russia despite the invasion and has refused to join Western sanctions designed to punish Moscow for the aggression. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ** FILE **

Russia muzzles public displays of blue and yellow, arrests those showing support for Ukraine

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Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., asks questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

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An honor guard displays the colors of Fort Bragg as a part of the ceremony to rename Fort Bragg, Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Liberty, N.C. The U.S. Army changed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty as part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

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Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., flanked by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, second left, welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin before their meeting, in New Delhi, India, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee concerning the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rep. Jamie Raskin ‘seriously considering’ open Senate seat in Maryland

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Former President Donald Trump greets supporters before speaking at the Westside Conservative Breakfast, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. As Ron DeSantis embarked on the first official week of his presidential candidacy, the Florida governor repeatedly hit his chief rival, Trump, from the right. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Trump tells Hannity ‘not to joke’ about Biden’s cognitive issues

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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future arms control framework as the last treaty between the two nuclear powers has faltered. Two senior administration officials said that Sullivan will speak of the administration's desire for talks on building a new framework during a Friday address to the Arms Control Association. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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