Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News

Justice Dept. IG referred James Comey for criminal prosecution

In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, photo, then-FBI Director James B. Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times 5 minutes ago

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday that he referred ex-FBI Director James Comey for criminal prosecution.

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses supporters at a rally Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Elizabeth Warren dodges Colbert on whether she’ll raise middle-class taxes: ‘Here’s the thing …’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks at a news conference following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Schumer: ‘Stunt’ on wall funding puts appropriations process in ‘jeopardy’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Tom Williams/Pool Image via AP)

Kavanaugh impeachment push a fool’s errand, top Dems say

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an emergency cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Moon has vowed stern countermeasures against Japan's decision to downgrade its trade status, which he described as a deliberate attempt to contain South Korea's economic growth and a &quot;selfish&quot; act that would damage global supply chains.(Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Iran clash distracting Trump from advancing North Korea nuke deal, South Korea officials fear

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

More Top News

SPONSORED CONTENT

Shocking Report: #1 Cause of Weight Gain is Weedkiller

Culture

View all

Brian Stelter attends the 11th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Brian Stelter erupts after Michelle Malkin says Cokie Roberts guilty of ‘fake news’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, file photo, an Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of The Associated Press in New York. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File) ** FILE **

Petition to ‘eliminate sexist definitions’ from Oxford English Dictionary receives 29k signatures

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this April 20, 2018 file photo, Joy Reid attends the Tribeca TV screening of "Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story" during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

MSNBC’s Joy Reid: ‘Wealthy, white Christian’ Americans will use apartheid to stay in power

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this May 1, 2011, photo, musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent addresses a seminar at the National Rifle Association's 140th convention in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Ted Nugent says new Michigan hunting rules will trigger ‘widespread civil disobedience’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Trump Central

View all

Taylor Swift arrives at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Taylor Swift vows 2020 anti-Trump activism despite ‘backfire’ on celebs who pushed Clinton

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this July 30, 2019, file photo, Robert O'Brien, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador, arrives at the district court where U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky is to appear on charges of assault, in Stockholm, Sweden. President Donald Trump says he plans to name O'Brien to be his new national security adviser. (Erik Simander/TT via AP)

Trump names Robert O’Brien, hostage negotiator, as national security adviser

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives at Los Angeles International Airport to attend a fundraiser, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump orders up new sanctions on Iran, after oil attack

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an emergency cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Moon has vowed stern countermeasures against Japan's decision to downgrade its trade status, which he described as a deliberate attempt to contain South Korea's economic growth and a &quot;selfish&quot; act that would damage global supply chains.(Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Iran clash distracting Trump from advancing North Korea nuke deal, South Korea officials fear

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Campaign 2020

View all

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom, in Clear Lake, Iowa. Bennet will be endorsed by former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart on Saturday at the New Hampshire Democratic partys convention. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Michael Bennet: Dems have been on ‘defense’ on health care since Medicare for all push

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to reporters during the Hawkeye Area Labor Council Labor Day Picnic, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Joe Biden edges Elizabeth Warren in Iowa, Pete Buttigieg in third: Poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the first-ever &quot;Workers' Presidential Summit&quot; at the Convention Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. The Philadelphia Council of the AFL-CIO hosted the event. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Joe Biden leads 2020 Dem field, Elizabeth Warren in second in post-debate poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. talk during a break Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Elizabeth Warren: I wasn’t referring to Joe Biden with ‘scared’ line in New York speech

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Politics

View all

Dem leader stresses party unity as AOC opposes pro-life incumbent

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., arrives for a gathering of the House Democratic Caucus as Congress returns for the fall session with pressure mounting for a response to gun violence, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Steny Hoyer: Leadership wants ‘clean’ stopgap funding measure to pass

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks at a news conference following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Schumer: ‘Stunt’ on wall funding puts appropriations process in ‘jeopardy’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., arrives to speak to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell dings 2020 Democrats’ ‘radical’ energy ideas

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Dive Deeper

View all

In this Aug. 9, 2019, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. As a Democratic politician in deep-red Montana, Bullock has long searched for a middle ground on guns. Now a presidential candidate in a party pushing hard for new gun-control laws, he still is. (AP Photo/John Locher)

‘Workhorses instead of show horses’: Democratic governors find experience pitch no longer sells

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) ** FILE **

Bannon thrives behind the scenes: ‘Other than the president, he is the head of the MAGA movement’

By James Varney - The Washington Times

The U.S. military is feverishly working to incorporate AI into its operations in a myriad of ways, including drones and robots to ferry wounded soldiers away the battlefield, software that can spot a hidden enemy force over a hill, AI programs that can give generals and line soldiers a fuller picture of a confusing battle, and even algorithms that can outperform any resume in determining the right men and women for a specific job. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. Army banks on artificial intelligence to beat China and Russia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's first appointee to the high court, speaks to The Associated Press about events that have influenced his life and the loss of civility in public discourse, in his chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Gorsuch has written a new book on the importance of civics and civility, and a defense of his preferred originalism method of interpreting laws and the Constitution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Gorsuch on SCOTUS: ‘We’re fallible, we’re not perfect’

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

National

View all

In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, photo, then-FBI Director James B. Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Justice Dept. IG referred James Comey for criminal prosecution

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times 5 minutes ago

Youth climate change activist Greta Thunberg, left, takes her seat to testify at a House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee hearing on climate change Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg pitches lawmakers on Capitol Hill

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2017, during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on major threats facing the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

How Andrew McCabe’s FBI media leaks, cover-up were uncovered

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Facebook still auto-generating Islamic State, al Qaeda pages

By Desmond Butler and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

Sports

View all

Denver Nuggets guard Isaiah Thomas smiles as his acknowledged by fans during a video tribute during a break the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2019. Thomas returned to play in his first game after being traded in 2017 for Kyrie Irving. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

Isaiah Thomas, Wizards guard, out 6-8 weeks after thumb surgery

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

FILE - San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, left, quarterback Colin Kaepernick, center, and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. From gambling suspensions of Paul Hornung and Alex Karras in the 1960s to Colin Kaepernick and other players kneeling during the national anthem, the NFL always seems to overcome controversies. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Colin Kaepernick in ‘best shape,’ agent calling teams

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, shoots the puck during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Alex Ovechkin to receive Wayne Gretzky International Award

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals Lars Eller (20), or Denmark, carries the puck under pressure from Montreal Canadiens Andrew Shaw (65) during the second period of their NHL hockey game in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lars Eller sustains upper-body injury, day-to-day for Capitals

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Special Reports

View all

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Energy 2019

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Iran: The Power of the Alternative

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Qatar: What Makes America's Great Ally Special

FROM THE SPECIAL SECTIONS DEPARTMENT

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

We Will Never Forget: Rolling Thunder®, Inc. Holds 32nd Ride For Freedom