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Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iran claimed Friday that it seized a British oil tanker traveling through the vital Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump urges Federal Reserve to lower rates: ‘Don’t blow it!’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this July 18, 2018, file photo, a wild horse jumps among others on Bureau of Land Management land near Salt Lake City. The Trump administration says it can save taxpayers millions of dollars and trim a "top heavy" office in Washington by moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across 11 Western states. Administration officials said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that they hope to open the new headquarters in the town of Grand Junction and complete most of the job shifts by September 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Grand Junction puts out welcome mat for federal employees leaving Beltway for backcountry

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 4, 2017, file photo. nNew Army recruits take part in a swearing in ceremony before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in San Diego. The Army has missed its recruiting goal for the first time in more than a decade. Army leaders tell The Associated Press they signed up about 70,000 new troops for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Military eyes 16-year-olds as ranks and candidates dwindle

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr, left, and President Donald Trump turn to leave after speaking about the 2020 census in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Barr probe sets up showdown between Obama intelligence chiefs, dissenters

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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MSNBC's Chris Hayes discusses President Trump and his base of support, July 18, 2019. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

MSNBC’s Hayes: Trump’s base must have heart ‘ripped out,’ ‘destroyed,’ and ‘banished’

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This image released by ABC shows co-host Meghan McCain who returned to &quot;The View,&quot; in New York, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, since the death of her father. Sen. John McCain in August. She thanked viewers and her colleagues for their support. (Lou Rocco/ABC via AP)

Meghan McCain reveals she recently had miscarriage: ‘I am not hiding anymore’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In a Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Steyer is bringing his call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump back to South Carolina. Steyer says South Carolinians can push the issue with the Democratic hopefuls streaming into the state, home of the first southern primary. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Billionaire 2020 hopeful Tom Steyer: ‘Rich’ is ‘not how I see myself’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This Feb. 9, 2019, file photo shows A$AP Rocky at Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Trump says he’s trying to help free rapper A$AP Rocky

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., holds up his gavel as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Democrat quizzes New York prosecutors for not indicting Trump

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 4, 2014, file photo, U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., is shown asking questions at a Capitol Hill hearing in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) **FILE**

House Judiciary’s Cicilline: Mueller testimony will illustrate ‘gravity’ of Trump’s actions

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this July 6, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, center, stands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in before the Northeast Asia Security dinner at the U.S. Consulate General Hamburg, in Hamburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump willing to help South Korea, Japan settle score ‘if they need me’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and President Donald Trump during a family photo with G7 leaders at the Ancient Greek Theater of Taormina during the G-7 summit, Friday, May 26, 2017, in Taormina, Italy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

World leaders Trudeau, Merkel condemn Trump’s political attack on congresswomen

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

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In a Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Steyer is bringing his call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump back to South Carolina. Steyer says South Carolinians can push the issue with the Democratic hopefuls streaming into the state, home of the first southern primary. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Billionaire 2020 hopeful Tom Steyer: ‘Rich’ is ‘not how I see myself’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign stop at town hall in Peterborough, N.H., Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren adds preferred pronouns ‘she/hers’ to Twitter bio

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., speaks at the AARP Presidential Candidates Forum at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP)

John Delaney denies report he’s been urged to drop out of 2020 presidential race

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate, Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke attends Manchester Democrats annual Potluck Picnic at Oak Park in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter)

Beto O’Rourke unveils ‘caregiver credit’ for caregivers and the sick

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump tries to shift outcry from supporters to ‘The Squad’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks out of a House of Representatives office building, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump believes treating migrants humanely ‘equals an open border’ policy

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump urges Federal Reserve to lower rates: ‘Don’t blow it!’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illinois Democrats, Rep. Mike Quigley, left, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, do TV news interviews before votes in the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Democrat: Trump’s ‘sick personality is leading our country’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Seeing Wes Pruden come into work without his hat would have been like Scout seeing Atticus Finch remove his suit coat during the trial of Boo Radley.

Remembering Wes Pruden: The mystique and the hat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 18, 2018, file photo, a wild horse jumps among others on Bureau of Land Management land near Salt Lake City. The Trump administration says it can save taxpayers millions of dollars and trim a "top heavy" office in Washington by moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across 11 Western states. Administration officials said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that they hope to open the new headquarters in the town of Grand Junction and complete most of the job shifts by September 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Grand Junction puts out welcome mat for federal employees leaving Beltway for backcountry

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, one of the test vehicles from Argo AI, Ford's autonomous vehicle unit, navigates through the strip district near the company offices in Pittsburgh. In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you'll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An optimistic assessment is 10 years. Many others say decades as researchers try to conquer a number of obstacles. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Interstate rivalries: States loosen regulations to woo driverless cars companies

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Jaelene Hinkle, a professional women's soccer player shown here in a 2018 CBN interview, famously refused to wear rainbox-colored jerseys in honor of LGBT Pride Month in a 2017 friendly match. Many observers believe Ms. Hinkle's faith-informed decision, considered by detractors to have been homophobic, was a factor in her not making the roster for the 2019 U.S. Women's National Team. (CBN.com screen capture)

U.S. women’s team snub of Christian player roils soccer

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Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2019, on developments in the implementation of the First Step Act. About 2,200 federal inmates will be released by the federal Bureau of Prisons under the criminal justice reform measure signed into law last year by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Deputy attorney general says House should reverse course, calls contempt vote ‘a new low’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Federal judge upholds Trump’s off-ramp from Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2010 file photo, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stands in front of her 1958 adobe home that was moved and restored at the Arizona Historical Society Museum in Tempe, Ariz. O'Connor's 1950s adobe home in metro Phoenix is being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The State Historic Preservation Office's announcement Friday, July 19, 2019, says the National Park Service approved Arizona's nomination of the Sandra Day O'Connor House for placement on the register, which the office described as the nation's list of properties considered worthy of preservation. (David Wallace/The Arizona Republic via AP) **FILE**

Sandra Day O’Connor’s Arizona home makes National Register

By Terry Tang - Associated Press

In this file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, left, knuckles Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, right, during the Republican Governors Association annual conference, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mr. Baker and Mr. Hogan were found by a Morning Consult survey to be the top two most popular governors in the United States in the second quarter of 2019, going off their approval ratings. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

Fifteen most popular U.S. governors are Republicans despite legislative abortion battles

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Washington Wizards first round draft pick Rui Hachimura, left, shakes hands with Wizards senior vice president of basketball operations Tommy Sheppard as they arrive for an NBA basketball press conference at Capital One Arena in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2019.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)**FILE****

Wizards remove interim tag, hire Tommy Sheppard as general manager

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Underappreciated Mussina could have entered Hall as an Oriole

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Delle Donne returns to help Mystics top Fever in OT

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J.B. Holmes of the United States, right acknowledges the crowd as he completes his second round of the British Open Golf Championships, with South Africa's Ernie Els looking on, at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, Friday, July 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

Lowry, Holmes share British Open lead as McIlroy leaves with cheers

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