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Buffalo shooting sparks debate, finger-pointing over ‘great replacement’ theory

An investigator works at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The White House said Monday that the racially motivated mass shooting in upstate New York is “another vivid reminder” of the need to prevent hate-driven terrorism, as President Biden prepared to visit Buffalo in the wake of a tragedy that symbolizes his oft-repeated reason for seeking the White House in 2020.

The U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Pro-Choice Caucus rejects ‘choice’ as Dems struggle with abortion messaging

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks before President Joe Biden presents Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor awards to fourteen recipients, during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Baby formula maker won’t accept Dems’ blame for shortages, says no evidence plant sickened infants

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Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. Sussmann is accused of making a false statement to the FBI during the Trump-Russia probe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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An investigator works at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Buffalo shooting sparks debate, finger-pointing over ‘great replacement’ theory

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a reception for Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden announces sweeping policy changes toward Cuba

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration releases 35,000 foreign worker visas for summer season

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President Joe Biden speaks before presenting Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor awards to fourteen recipients, during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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The U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Pro-Choice Caucus rejects ‘choice’ as Dems struggle with abortion messaging

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters ahead of a procedural vote on Wednesday to essentially codify Roe v. Wade, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks before President Joe Biden presents Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor awards to fourteen recipients, during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks ahead of meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib).

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An investigator works at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Pro-Choice Caucus rejects ‘choice’ as Dems struggle with abortion messaging

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney Michael Sussmann leaves federal court in Washington, April 27, 2022. A criminal case brought by special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, heads to trial in Washington's federal court on May 16. The case centers on a single false statement that Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, is alleged to have made to the FBI during a meeting that year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. Sussmann is accused of making a false statement to the FBI during the Trump-Russia probe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This photo shows the front of the Hair World Salon in Dallas on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Police searched Thursday for a man who opened fire inside the hair salon in Dallas' Koreatown area, wounding three people. Authorities do not yet know why the man shot the three female victims Wednesday afternoon at Hair World Salon, which is in a shopping center with many businesses owned by Korean Americans. (AP Photo/Jamie Stengle)

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A group of migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua wait along a road after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, in La Joya, Texas, on May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said illegal immigration "dwarfs" the more inflammatory issues of police brutality as a threat to the black community, saying, "When you look at the hundreds of thousands of blacks thrown out of work over the years as a result of the competitive pressure the downstream effects are profound." (Associated Press)

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Ukrainian sappers carry a Russian military drone backdropped by the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft destroyed by the Russian troops during recent fighting, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Ukrainian servicemen walk in the forest near a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

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