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Transition to green energy puts U.S. at risk for power outages as summer heats up

Central Maine Power utility lines are seen on Oct. 6, 2021, in Pownal, Maine. It’s one of President Joe Biden’s thorniest challenges as he pursues ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. If he can't streamline the permitting process for power plants, transmission lines and other projects, the country is unlikely to have the infrastructure needed for a future powered by carbon-free electricity. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Motionless windmills, solar plant glitches, shuttered coal plants and low water levels create a recipe for widespread power outages this summer, the country’s leading watchdog on power grid reliability warns.

Comer cancels Wray contempt proceeding after FBI agrees to release document to panel for review

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., emerges from a secure facility to speak to reporters about his investigation into the President Joe Biden's family after viewing confidential documents produced by the FBI following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The FBI will now allow all House Oversight and Accountability Committee members to review a document alleging that President Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme when he was vice president during the Obama administration.

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., emerges from a secure facility to speak to reporters about his investigation into the President Joe Biden's family after viewing confidential documents produced by the FBI following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comer cancels Wray contempt proceeding after FBI agrees to release document to panel for review

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this July 21, 2019 photo, Stephen Hatherley, left, leads fellow trainees down a hallway as they participate in a simulated gun fight scenario at Fellowship of the Parks campus in Haslet, Texas. While recent mass shootings occurred at a retail store in El Paso, Texas, and a downtown entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, they were still felt in houses of worship, which haven’t been immune to such attacks. And some churches have started protecting themselves with guns. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

More than half of U.S. churches rely on armed members as part of security plan: Survey

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

D.C. reaches 100 homicides at earliest date in 20 years

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the commencement ceremony for Boston University School of Law, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discloses $1,200 floral gift from Oprah, $6,500 in designer clothes

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. along with other Republican members of the House, 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)

McCarthy forced to send House lawmakers home after Freedom Caucus insurgency paralyzes chamber

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the commencement ceremony for Boston University School of Law, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discloses $1,200 floral gift from Oprah, $6,500 in designer clothes

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. along with other Republican members of the House, 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)

McCarthy forced to send House lawmakers home after Freedom Caucus insurgency paralyzes chamber

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after he and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, met with FBI officials to view confidential documents Comer demanded in his investigation of President Joe Biden's family, Monday, June 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

White House attacks Comer’s credibility ahead of FBI contempt vote: ‘Repeatedly failing to deliver’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

People with the Human Rights Campaign hold up "equality flags" during an event on Capitol Hill on July 26, 2017, in Washington, in support of transgender members of the military. The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, and released “a guidebook for action” summarizing what it calls discriminatory laws in each state, along with “know your rights” information and health and safety resources. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Human Rights Campaign accused of ‘PR stunt’ with LGBTQ ‘emergency’ declaration

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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GOP to Biden family: The jig is up, bank records don’t lie

By Rowan Scarborough

Illustration on Trump and incumbent political candidates by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Running on his record: Donald Trump is no longer an insurgent candidate

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This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Study: ChatGPT bests Alexa, other AIs in online medical advice

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Tucker Carlson attends the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Tucker Carlson launches Twitter show, attacks Ukraine

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Martha Stewart attends Sesame Workshop's annual benefit gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Martha Stewart on ‘rampage’ to get people back into the office

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Chris Licht attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

CNN CEO Licht is leaving after a brief, stormy tenure at network

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., emerges from a secure facility to speak to reporters about his investigation into the President Joe Biden's family after viewing confidential documents produced by the FBI following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comer cancels Wray contempt proceeding after FBI agrees to release document to panel for review

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign event, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Pence says he has ‘no interest’ in pardoning Jan. 6 lawbreakers

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Signage for LIV Golf is displayed during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

PGA-Saudi golf merger under review as 9/11 families challenge deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Haze blankets over monuments on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, as seen from Arlington, Va. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

White House calls Canadian wildfires an ‘alarming’ example of climate change

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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This combination of 2023 photos shows, from left, former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. “There is a segment of the white evangelical populace, they’re looking for a way to distance themselves with the deal with the devil they made in 2016" in supporting Trump, said the Rev. Joel Bowman Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky, who was among several Black pastors who left the SBC in 2021 in dismay over what they saw as a racial backlash in a denomination that had once formally repented of its forebears' racism. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Meg Kinnard)

For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support

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Not your granny’s Bible epic, ‘The Chosen’ casts a wide net in telling Jesus’ story

A Christian cross grave headstone stands in the graveyard of St Eval Norman medieval church in St Eval, Wadebridge, U.K. on July 4th, 2022. (File photo credit: Daniel Bond via Shutterstock)

Ask Dr. E: Is agnosticism more honest than Christian faith?

Kirk Cameron reveals motivation behind 'sacred mission' to bring message of faith to children

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A line of unsold 2018 Cooper Clubmen sit in a long row at a Mini dealership, March 30, 2018, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation's cars. A bipartisan group in Congress on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act." The bill calls on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require automakers to keep AM radio in new cars at no additional cost. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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In this Aug. 4, 2021, photo flames consume a home surrounded by trees on Highway 89 as the Dixie Fire tears through the community of Greenville in Plumas County, Calif. Wildfires have destroyed nearly 50,000 homes in California alone in the past five years, and scientists say global warming is only making things worse. While much attention is focused on managing overgrown forests, fire managers say it’s equally crucial to increase the fire resistance of homes and the area immediately around them, known as "defensible space." (AP Photo/Noah Berger) **FILE**

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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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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the commencement ceremony for Boston University School of Law, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discloses $1,200 floral gift from Oprah, $6,500 in designer clothes

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Northeast leaders plead with residents to limit outdoor activities amid haze

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A border marker, between the United States and Canada, is shown just outside of Emerson, Manitoba, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pandemic policy that won’t die: DHS keeps shorter border hours despite end of emergency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Ex-Trump aide appears at Miami court to testify before federal grand jury, AP source says

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Washington Nationals Manager David Martinez introduces British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to umpires as he attends the Washington Nationals v Arizona Diamondbacks baseball at Nationals Park during his visit to Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Niall Carson/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden and Sunak to focus on Ukraine and economic security in British PM’s first White House visit

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

A young girl carrying an empty water bottle through a flooded street caused by an overflowing water reservoir in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, May 26, 2023. Health authorities are yet to confirm the exact source of the cholera outbreak, but poor wastewater management and local government instability in South Africa's capital city have been blamed for the situation. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) **FILE**

Electricity crisis spurs spread of cholera in South Africa

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign event, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Pence rips Trump over Ukraine: ‘I know the difference between a genius and a war criminal’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, shows a Ukrainian tank being hit by a Russian missile. The Russian military said it destroyed several German-made Leopard tanks while fending off an attempted Ukrainian offensive, the claim that couldn't be independently verified. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Moscow says helicopters hit German tanks in Ukraine; analysts say they were tractors

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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The Washington Commanders listen to head coach Ron Rivera, center, as the end of NFL football practice at the team's training facility, Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Commanders look to make up for lost practices after NFL punishment

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Managing Partner of the Philadelphia 76ers Josh Harris stands on the court prior to Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets, Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Josh Harris’ limited partners bring complexity to Commanders sale

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. celebrates winning a point against Germany's Alexander Zverev during their third round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Pegula, Gauff, Tiafoe among stars coming to Mubadala Citi DC Open

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

Rory McIlroy speaks to the media about the deal merging the PGA Tour and European tour with Saudi Arabia's golf interests at the Canadian Open golf tournament in Toronto on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

McIlroy a strong anti-Saudi voice that now feels like ‘sacrificial lamb’ amid LIV Golf merger

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GOP to Biden family: The jig is up, bank records don’t lie

By Rowan Scarborough

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Running on his record: Donald Trump is no longer an insurgent candidate

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In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

America has to understand what makes Mohammed bin Salman tick

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If Black children are told they cannot succeed, many will internalize that message

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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after he and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, met with FBI officials to view confidential documents Comer demanded in his investigation of President Joe Biden's family, Monday, June 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

White House attacks Comer’s credibility ahead of FBI contempt vote: ‘Repeatedly failing to deliver’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

People with the Human Rights Campaign hold up "equality flags" during an event on Capitol Hill on July 26, 2017, in Washington, in support of transgender members of the military. The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, and released “a guidebook for action” summarizing what it calls discriminatory laws in each state, along with “know your rights” information and health and safety resources. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Human Rights Campaign accused of ‘PR stunt’ with LGBTQ ‘emergency’ declaration

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen arrives to speak at a campaign event, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Mike Pence launches 2024 presidential bid with ‘never’ Trump message

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This combination of 2023 photos shows, from left, former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. “There is a segment of the white evangelical populace, they’re looking for a way to distance themselves with the deal with the devil they made in 2016" in supporting Trump, said the Rev. Joel Bowman Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky, who was among several Black pastors who left the SBC in 2021 in dismay over what they saw as a racial backlash in a denomination that had once formally repented of its forebears' racism. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Meg Kinnard)

For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support

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Assistant Attorney General John Doar, left, stands with Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, center, and Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall as they arrive at the Supreme Court in Washington to defend the legality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on Jan. 17, 1966. (AP photo) **FILE**

Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill ‘star-struck’ as he witnessed 1965 signing into law

By Gary Fields - Associated Press

People stand in line to cast their votes in National Assembly elections at a religious school in Sabahiya district, Kuwait, Tuesday, June 6, 2022. Voters in Kuwait were casting ballots on Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the ruling family and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)

Kuwait’s election brings little change to parliament or hope of overcoming years of gridlock

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Peter Moloney, of Moloney Family Funeral Homes in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., rides his Harley Davidson hearse from the Tombstone Hearse Co. of Alum Bank, Pa., in New York, May 24, 2007. Maloney was arrested Wednesday, June 7, 2023, on charges that he sprayed wasp killer at police officers and assaulted journalists — including an Associated Press photographer — during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Owner of funeral homes accused of spraying insecticide at cops, assaulting media at Jan. 6 riot

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Civil Rights icon Andrew Young speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, May 18, 2023, in Atlanta. Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, recalled the journey to the signing of the Voting Rights Act as an arduous one, often marked by violence and bloodshed.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights

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Pope Francis is greeted by hospital staff as he sits in a wheelchair inside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, July 11, 2021, where he was hospitalized for intestine surgery. Pope Francis went to the hospital Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to undergo abdominal surgery to treat an intestinal blockage, two years after he had his colon removed 33 centimeters (13 inches) because of inflammation and narrowing of the large intestine. (Vatican Media via AP, file)

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In this Dec. 2, 2015, photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a conference at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) **FILE**

Twitter lawyers refute Musk’s claims about government coercion

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right speak during a hearing, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. The two U.S. senators are asking TikTok to explain what they called “misleading or inaccurate” statements about how it stores and provides access to U.S. user data. In a letter sent Tuesday, June 6, 2023, to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, U.S. Sens Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn cited recent news reports from Forbes and The New York Times that raised questions about how the company handles sensitive U.S. user information. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senators press TikTok for answers on U.S. data allegedly stored in China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2023. The FBI has offered to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans and a contempt threat against Director Christopher Wray. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House committee tees up contempt vote against FBI Director Wray

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Haze blankets over monuments on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, as seen from Arlington, Va. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

White House calls Canadian wildfires an ‘alarming’ example of climate change

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a Pentecostal mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 28, 2023. Pope Francis' surgery, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, has raised questions about what happens to papal power when Francis is unconscious or unable to lead the church. The answer is: Nothing. While Vatican has norms governing the transfer of power when popes resign or die, none of those norms apply to a sick or hospitalized pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Pope Francis out of abdominal surgery, ‘back at work’ in hospital room: Surgeon

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

D.C. reaches 100 homicides at earliest date in 20 years

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A line of unsold 2018 Cooper Clubmen sit in a long row at a Mini dealership, March 30, 2018, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation's cars. A bipartisan group in Congress on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act." The bill calls on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require automakers to keep AM radio in new cars at no additional cost. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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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

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Former VP Mike Pence announces 2024 bid; N.D. Gov. Doug Burgum also joins crowded field

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Chris Licht attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

CNN CEO Licht is leaving after a brief, stormy tenure at network

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