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Sen. Katie Britt steps into the limelight with GOP response to State of the Union

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a news conference on the border, Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Britt will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech on Thursday, March 7, 2024. She is the youngest female senator and the first woman elected to the Senate from Alabama. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Katie Britt is set to take center stage Thursday when she delivers the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.

Democratic lawmaker raises alarm about China’s mind-reading tech push

Ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. A special House committee focused on China is calling for altering the way the U.S. treats Chinese-made goods, possibly subjecting them to higher tariffs even if its risks increased tensions between the two economic superpowers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A key House Democrat warned Thursday that the Chinese government is intent on developing mind-reading technology, and he said Beijing won’t limit its experiments to its soldiers and officials.

Ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. A special House committee focused on China is calling for altering the way the U.S. treats Chinese-made goods, possibly subjecting them to higher tariffs even if its risks increased tensions between the two economic superpowers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Democratic lawmaker raises alarm about China’s mind-reading tech push

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A United Nations worker prepares aid for distribution to Palestinians at UNRWA warehouse in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. The spokesperson for Israel's welfare ministry says it has stopped providing the documentation needed for international aid workers to renew their visas because the ministry does not have the investigative muscle to look into their potential militant affiliations. (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah) **FILE**

Biden to announce U.S. military will aid Gaza port in State of the Union speech

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens during a confirmation hearing of Jared Bernstein to be the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Washington. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat held a deeply personal and introspective interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

LGBTQ earmark pulled from spending bill over ‘sex parties’; Democrats tried to avoid disgrace

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

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President Joe Biden speaks about his actions to fight crime and make communities safer in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden hails crime decrease, but the numbers tell a more violent story

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference after a meeting with all Swedish party leaders who are in favor of a Swedish NATO membership in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a final farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality

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President Joe Biden speaks about his actions to fight crime and make communities safer in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden hails crime decrease, but the numbers tell a more violent story

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference after a meeting with all Swedish party leaders who are in favor of a Swedish NATO membership in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a final farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

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Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality

By Matthew Lee and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

People pass the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York. World shares are mostly higher after tumbling Big Tech stocks dragged Wall Street to its worst day in three weeks. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

February layoffs highest since 2009 as tech, finance industries struggle

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by Augusta University shows Laken Hope Riley, a nursing student whose body was found Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga., after not returning from a run. (Augusta University via AP, File)

Parents of Laken Riley say no to State of the Union invitation

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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Texas will do what is necessary to protect itself against illegal immigrants

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Yes, they really want Trump behind bars

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Oscar statuettes appear backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

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By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Jake Paul speaks during a news conference Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Los Angeles. Social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at AT&T Stadium, Netflix announced Thursday, March 7, 2024.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis) **FILE**

Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson to box YouTube star Jake Paul on Netflix

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Jan. 17, 2016, a student looks at questions during a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md. The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

SAT passes the test, going all-in digitally this weekend

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

"Rust" movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, center, talks with her attorney Jason Bowles, right, and her defense team during her involuntary manslaughter trial, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

‘Rust’ armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

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FILE - President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. But in modern times, it's a televised extravaganza where every detail is carefully scrutinized. This is Biden's third State of the Union and it will feature the third House speaker to hold the job since he was elected. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The State of the Union is not strong

By Taylor Budowich

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. Biden is set to use his State of the Union address to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate that questions whether he's up to the job and to warn that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Will Joe Biden move beyond empty promises in tonight’s State of the Union?

By Mike Pence

Trump in prison illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Yes, they really want Trump behind bars

By Peter Navarro

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New York AG Letitia James sues beef producers for climate change

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FILE - President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. But in modern times, it's a televised extravaganza where every detail is carefully scrutinized. This is Biden's third State of the Union and it will feature the third House speaker to hold the job since he was elected. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden only rehashing Democrats’ tired talking points in State of the Union

By Cal Thomas

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Israeli flags outside the United Nations' highest court, rear left, during historic hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ** FILE **

Rep. McCaul: White House should back Israel to the hilt in genocide case

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

United Nations and global peacekeepers illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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U.N. has failed in its global responsibilities

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Russian military vehicles including the new Russian T-14 Armata tank, center, make their way to Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 70 years after the victory in WWII, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 4, 2015. Russia's new Armata tank has appeared in public for the first time, rumbling down a broad Moscow avenue on its way to Red Square for the Victory Day parade's final rehearsal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) **FILE**

U.K. analysts: Moscow hesitant on sending advanced tanks to Ukraine over fear they will be destroyed

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. A special House committee focused on China is calling for altering the way the U.S. treats Chinese-made goods, possibly subjecting them to higher tariffs even if its risks increased tensions between the two economic superpowers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Democratic lawmaker raises alarm about China’s mind-reading tech push

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A United Nations worker prepares aid for distribution to Palestinians at UNRWA warehouse in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. The spokesperson for Israel's welfare ministry says it has stopped providing the documentation needed for international aid workers to renew their visas because the ministry does not have the investigative muscle to look into their potential militant affiliations. (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah) **FILE**

Biden to announce U.S. military will aid Gaza port in State of the Union speech

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Advocate athletes, families of crime victims among Speaker Johnson’s SOTU guests

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Sept. 7, 2015, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Clinton relied on a private email system for the sake of convenience during her time as Secretary of State in the Obama administration. That decision came back to haunt her when, in 2015, the inspector general of the intelligence community alerted the FBI to the presence of potentially hundreds of emails containing classified information. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Hillary Clinton walks back shot that Biden is old, says he’s lucky to be alive

By Staff - The Washington Times

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People gather to mourn the loss of Laken Riley during a vigil for the Augusta University College of Nursing student at the Tate Plaza on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga., Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University's Athens campus, was found dead Thursday, Feb. 22, after a roommate reported she didn't return from a morning run in a wooded area of the UGA campus near its intramural fields. Students also gathered to pay tribute to a UGA student who committed suicide last week. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Laken Riley’s mom has a message every American must hear

By Billy Hallowell

K.A. Chacko, 85, spends time reading the Bible at the Signature senior living facility in Kochi, Kerala state, India, March 6, 2023. In this coastal state in India's southern tip, the aging population provides a stark contrast to the young India of the north. The most literate state in India, Kerala is also the fastest aging part of the country. Declining fertility and increasing longevity have been contributing to the demographic shifts in the State. (AP Photo/R.S. Iyer)

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Critical thinking: The secret weapon of confident Christians

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens during a confirmation hearing of Jared Bernstein to be the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Washington. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat held a deeply personal and introspective interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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LGBTQ earmark pulled from spending bill over ‘sex parties’; Democrats tried to avoid disgrace

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is seen, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. A Southern Baptist Convention leader said Wednesday, March 5, 2024 the U.S. Department of Justice has ended its investigation of the denomination's handling of sexual abuse in its churches and doesn't anticipate further action. The statement by Jonathan Howe, interim president of the denomination's Executive Committee, said the department informed the convention's legal counsel that there is “no further action to be taken" in the probe, which began a year and a half ago. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Southern Baptist official says federal probe of church abuse allegations closed, no charges expected

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

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Steve Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, on March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Former President Donald Trump's longtime ally has appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Steve Bannon says Trump is just fine without Nikki Haley’s endorsement

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. Biden is set to use his State of the Union address to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate that questions whether he's up to the job and to warn that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Trump allies question whether Biden will die in a second term

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, CEO of X, the company formerly known as Twitter, departs from a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, at Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Musk says he won’t donate to Biden or Trump

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, right, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, both speaking at the at the CNN Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DeSantis hits Haley for failing to honor pledge to back Trump

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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Special prosecutor Nathan Wade looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool) ** FILE **

Georgia Senate panel scrutinizes Nathan Wade’s role, high pay in Trump election interference case

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Customers walk into an Aldi supermarket in Bensalem, Pa., March 14, 2022. Discount grocer Aldi plans to add 800 stores across the U.S. in a five-year expansion plan as it looks to capitalize on cost-conscious Americans feeling the pinch at grocery stores. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Aldi to open 800 more U.S. stores by decade’s end

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

People pass the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York. World shares are mostly higher after tumbling Big Tech stocks dragged Wall Street to its worst day in three weeks. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

February layoffs highest since 2009 as tech, finance industries struggle

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Musk: X bulking up as full financial app, adding New York, California to its payment license list

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Dad could have prevented Michigan school shooting ‘nightmare,’ prosecutor tells jury

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Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks

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Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference after a meeting with all Swedish party leaders who are in favor of a Swedish NATO membership in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a final farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

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Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Israel's military brought together a group of foreign correspondents Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, to screen a 40-minute reel of gruesome footage compiled from the Hamas attack last week. The screening came as Israel's military faces increasing pressure to back up their claims of atrocities committed by the militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) **FILE**

Israel reviewing military failures before Oct. 7 Hamas slaughter

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Unearthed from Chernobyl: Worms with ‘superpower’ immunity to radiation

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People pass the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York. World shares are mostly higher after tumbling Big Tech stocks dragged Wall Street to its worst day in three weeks. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

February layoffs highest since 2009 as tech, finance industries struggle

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This undated image provided by Augusta University shows Laken Hope Riley, a nursing student whose body was found Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga., after not returning from a run. (Augusta University via AP, File)

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Sept. 7, 2015, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Clinton relied on a private email system for the sake of convenience during her time as Secretary of State in the Obama administration. That decision came back to haunt her when, in 2015, the inspector general of the intelligence community alerted the FBI to the presence of potentially hundreds of emails containing classified information. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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In this photo taken Jan. 17, 2016, a student looks at questions during a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md. The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is proposing the Economic Justice Act, using the coronavirus relief package to address “structural inequalities have persisted in health care and housing, the economy and education.” (Associated Press/File)

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By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

An immigrant considered a threat to public safety and national security has his fingerprints scanned as he is processed for deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid, Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022, from a Texas judge. Many otherwise law-abiding immigrants living here illegally will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they'll be detained. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Senate President Pro Tempore, Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, recognizes a visitor in the gallery as she presides over the Senate at the Capitol, Jan 27, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Lucas vowed Wednesday, March 6, 2024, to keep language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria out of the state budget lawmakers will take up later this week. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virginia budget won’t include arena, pausing planned move for Wizards, Capitals

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First lady Jill Biden arrives before President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Abortion activist, woman impacted by IVF ruling, UAW leader on Biden’s SOTU guest list

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Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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House invites Hunter Biden to testify alongside former business pals

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The national debt clock is seen in midtown Manhattan, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Both President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are speaking hopefully of the likelihood of an agreement to raise the government's debt limit and avert an economically chaotic federal default. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, as a government lawyer argued that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution "good neighbor'' rule. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

SEC approves climate-change rule forcing some public companies to disclose emissions data

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President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Hagerstown, Md. The President is traveling to Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden freezes for 15 seconds, tells reporters he’ll ‘get in trouble’ for taking questions

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In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, left, and former President Donald Trump speaks on July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. As the U.S. presidential campaign moves closer to a Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch, China is watching uneasily.(AP Photo)

‘Anytime, anywhere’: Trump challenges Biden to debates ‘for the Good of our Country’

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RNC won’t vote on proposal to prohibit paying Trump’s legal bills

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed, center left, walks in the city's Chinatown district to encourage people to vote in the primary election Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in San Francisco. Breed also encouraged people to support Props C, E, and F. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco approves public-safety measures in backlash against progressive agenda

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington, Sept. 21, 2017. The Biden administration says it's expanding a program to help rural communities with serious sewage problems get technical help to plan improvements and apply for funding. The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that 150 more communities will be able to apply for assistance, in addition to 11 chosen in 2022 for a pilot program.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

California man becomes first person charged with smuggling greenhouse gasses into U.S.

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens during a confirmation hearing of Jared Bernstein to be the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Washington. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat held a deeply personal and introspective interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court schedules arguments on Trump immunity claim for April 25

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