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Liberal activists push Pelosi ouster amid AOC feud: ‘She’s going to get left in the dust’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In the clash between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, liberal activists at the Netroots Nation convention overwhelmingly sided with the young congresswoman, so much so that they want Mrs. Pelosi to leave Congress altogether.

President Donald Trump speaks during a Made in America showcase event on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump digs in amid ‘go back’ tweet backlash: ‘These are people that hate our country’

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this July 4, 2019 file photo, a group of asylum seekers cross the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Trump moves to reject some asylum seekers in executive branch power play

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Nobody’s smoother’: Trump defense secretary nominee fully prepared for Senate showdown

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden on Monday outlined a health care proposal that ties him to President Obama's signature initiative and distances him from rivals in the race who want to replace the current system with "Medicare-for-All." (Associated Press/File)

Biden keeps grip on Obama’s coattails, dismisses rivals’ ‘Medicare-for-All’ plans

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Rahm Emanuel speaks in Chicago, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ** FILE **

Rahm Emanuel rips AOC’s chief of staff as ‘snot-nosed-punk’ who plays into Trump’s hands

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Monday, April 9, 2018 file photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard participates in the women's +90kg weightlifting final the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hubbard, trans female, was warmly welcomed by many spectators during the games, and was the favorite in the over-90-kilograms division but injured herself trying to set a games record. "The crowd was absolutely magnificent _ I felt just like a big embrace, and I wanted to give them something that reflected the best I could do," Hubbard said. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Transgender weightlifter wins two gold medals in women’s competition

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Seth MacFarlane, who has found success on the small screen and voice animation, says he is expanding his horizons with "Ted" because "I like things that scare me a little bit." (Invision via Associated Press"

Seth MacFarlane: Democrats can’t resist Trump’s outrage bait, constantly ‘fall for it’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2019 file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at the InStyle and Warner Bros. Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Alyssa Milano compares Mike Pence to Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to a question as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dems unveil resolution condemning Trump: ‘Racist comments have legitimized fear and hatred’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a Made in America showcase event on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump digs in amid ‘go back’ tweet backlash: ‘These are people that hate our country’

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this July 4, 2019 file photo, a group of asylum seekers cross the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Trump moves to reject some asylum seekers in executive branch power play

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, June 7, 2014, file photo, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli addresses the Virginia GOP Convention in Roanoke, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ** FILE **

Ken Cuccinelli: Trump’s ‘political hand grenades’ not racist

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden on Monday outlined a health care proposal that ties him to President Obama's signature initiative and distances him from rivals in the race who want to replace the current system with "Medicare-for-All." (Associated Press/File)

Biden keeps grip on Obama’s coattails, dismisses rivals’ ‘Medicare-for-All’ plans

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Supporters applaud as Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gestures while speaking at a house party in Gilford, N.H., Sunday, July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter)

Kamala Harris blasts, and takes money from, Jeffrey Epstein’s law firm

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., addresses the media after a town hall meeting during a campaign stop in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: I’ve ‘experienced enormous amounts of white privilege’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro gestures during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Julian Castro: 2020 a referendum on ‘racist’ president

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Liberal activists push Pelosi ouster amid AOC feud: ‘She’s going to get left in the dust’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Nobody’s smoother’: Trump defense secretary nominee fully prepared for Senate showdown

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

From left, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Rep. llhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AOC, liberal Democrats accuse Trump of creating ‘racist’ distraction

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The witness seat for White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is ready before the start of the House Oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019, on Conway's violation of the Hatch Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats may hold Kellyanne Conway in contempt for skipping hearing

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left, and D-N.Y., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, walk down the House steps to take a group photograph of the House Democratic women members of the 116th Congress on the East Front Capitol Plaza on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, as the 116th Congress begins. Also pictured is Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., right. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump urges ‘Progressive Democrat Congresswomen’ to leave U.S. in swipe at AOC ‘Squad’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 18, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Michael Flynn’s attorneys say they’ve uncovered ‘crucial and troubling issues’ in case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump is joined by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr, right, as he speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump drops census citizenship question, orders count from existing records

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses the crowd during her appearance at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit, Friday, July 18, 2014. Warren has captured the hearts of Democratic activists beginning to think about an heir to President Barack Obama. But their minds tell them that Hillary Rodham Clinton could help them hang onto the White House. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

Netroots Nation abandoned by Dem field; Warren only one to court rabid left

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

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State legislators recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the State House at the start of a special session, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Augusta, Maine. Lawmakers returned to deal with Maine's struggling child welfare system and the state's tax code. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

City Council reinstates Pledge of Allegiance after national backlash

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

A police officer guards the front of a road block near the Northwest Detention Center, Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Tacoma, Wash. A man armed with a rifle threw incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning, then was found dead after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said. (Rebekah Welch/The Seattle Times via AP)

Antifa lauds ‘martyr’ who attacked ICE detention center as manifesto circulates

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This June 2018 file photo shows protesters walking along Montana Avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. Two dozen people being held in immigration detention in Louisiana are on a hunger strike to protest their inability to be free while making a case for asylum. Immigrant advocates say the strike started last week with about 150 people, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says only 24 people have continuously denied meals. The strike follows one in El Paso in which ICE force-fed some of the detainees after obtaining a court order. (Rudy Gutierrez/The El Paso Times via AP, File)

Border Patrol agents tossed detainees’ personal belongings in dumpster, IG says

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

While American parents debate the risks of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, a report by two global health organizations said the majority of unvaccinated children live in the world's poorest countries and are disproportionately in "fragile or conflict-affected states" such as Syria, Afghanistan and Congo. (Associated Press/File)

‘Dangerous stagnation’: Measles vaccine rates alarm global health organizations

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

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SNYDER: Running with bulls a bad look for Norman

By Deron Snyder

Washington Wizards' Justin Robinson shoots around Atlanta Hawks' Matt Mooney, left, and Amine Noua during the first half of an NBA summer league basketball game Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Wizards’ top Summer League performers demonstrate overhauled roster

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Washington Mystics guard Kristi Tolliver temporarily loses the handle on the ball as she runs Connecticut Sun guard Jasmine Thomas, left, off a Myisha Hines-Allen screen during a WNBA basketball game Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP) **FILE**

Mystics guard Kristi Toliver named All-Star

By Rina Torchinsky - The Washington Times

Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith (11) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken) ** FILE **

Alex Smith has external fixator removed from leg

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

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