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Government shutdown puts lawmakers’ planned luxury retreats in jeopardy

A hot air balloon floats over vineyards, seen from a Napa Valley Aloft balloon, in Napa, Calif., Monday, June 19, 2023. This year, wine grapes are thriving after a winter of record amounts of rain fell in California, but a recent trip high above the valley in a hot air balloon revealed miles of lush, green vineyards — the only blemish coming from shadows cast by the balloons themselves. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The government shutdown may force lawmakers in both parties to scrap luxury retreats planned this month in Napa Valley and Sea Island, Georgia.

The Supreme Court keeps backing Trump. Justice Kavanaugh explains why

President Donald Trump, left, greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Trump has been on a winning streak at the Supreme Court, though it’s often not clear why. Enter Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, who has emerged as a kind of court interpreter.

President Donald Trump, left, greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Supreme Court keeps backing Trump. Justice Kavanaugh explains why

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Dakota Access pipeline protesters defy law enforcement officers who are trying to force them from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction, Oct. 27, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

Greenpeace turns to European court to avoid paying some of $667 million verdict imposed by U.S. jury

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Troop deployments throughout U.S. receive open arms in red states, lawsuits in blue states

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders, from left, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., speak during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says Schumer handed Trump ‘the keys to the kingdom’ with shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Investigators work the scene where Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Kremlin’s shadow war: Assassinations and sabotage beyond the front lines

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders, from left, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., speak during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says Schumer handed Trump ‘the keys to the kingdom’ with shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Investigators work the scene where Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Kremlin’s shadow war: Assassinations and sabotage beyond the front lines

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference after the trade talks between the U.S. and China in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency via AP) ** FILE **

Treasury Secretary Bessent says shutdown could lower GDP, Democrat demands could fuel inflation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at a mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., on July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Trump’s new tariff blitz targets sectors like pharma and trucks, skirts Supreme Court fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Liberal media bury news of Biden, Google censoring Americans on COVID-19

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attends a news conference about the government shutdown, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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President Donald Trump attends a joint press conference with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers near Aylesbury, England, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (Leon Neal, Pool via AP)

U.K. bought new U.S. flags for Trump’s visit to replace old ones with wrong shade of red

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media on Sunday, July 13, 2025, upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to Washington, after attending the Club World Cup final soccer match in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Gallup: Confidence in media hits new low of 28%

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Jane Fonda appears at the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Jane Fonda revives Cold War-era activist group to defend free speech

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Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on Dec. 6, 1997. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File)

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

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National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Lt. Gen. David Harris, deputy chief of staff of Air Force Futures, for a wide-ranging discussion on the challenges of strategy development, the expanding relevance of complex war-gaming and the fast-evolving development and implementation of counter-drone capabilities.

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In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, drones and other armament formations pass during the military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Liu Xu/Xinhua via AP) **FILE**

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Energy Department silent on warhead pit production

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Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed before an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Congressional report outlines conflicting narratives over Golden Dome funding

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump declares drug cartels operating in Caribbean unlawful combatants

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Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) **FILE**

Trump signs order declaring any attack on Qatar is a U.S. national security threat

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at a mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., on July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Trump’s new tariff blitz targets sectors like pharma and trucks, skirts Supreme Court fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - President Donald Trump, from right, pumps his fist as he and first lady Melania Trump look to the crowd while attending the Club World Cup final soccer match, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FIFA pushes back on Trump’s talk of moving World Cup from ‘dangerous’ cities

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A hot air balloon floats over vineyards, seen from a Napa Valley Aloft balloon, in Napa, Calif., Monday, June 19, 2023. This year, wine grapes are thriving after a winter of record amounts of rain fell in California, but a recent trip high above the valley in a hot air balloon revealed miles of lush, green vineyards — the only blemish coming from shadows cast by the balloons themselves. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Government shutdown puts lawmakers’ planned luxury retreats in jeopardy

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders, from left, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., speak during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says Schumer handed Trump ‘the keys to the kingdom’ with shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought walks at the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump to meet with Russ Vought about slashing ‘Democrat agencies’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his first oversight hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League

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A mechanized shovel loads coal from an 80-foot-thick seam into a haul truck at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine, Nov. 15, 2016, near Decker, Mont. Republicans in Congress say a Biden administration proposal on Thursday, May 16, 2024, to stop future coal leasing in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming could harm the industry. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden waits to speak at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Biden political opponents got stuck on TSA’s watchlist, audit finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier gets ready to fire at Russian FPV drones in the town of Kostiantynivka, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

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Pedestrians chant, "ICE go home!" as federal immigration agents stand on North Clark Street near West Oak Street in the River North neighborhood, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Judge calls on Americans to ‘stand up’ to Trump in 161-page admonishment

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Triple-dipping federal worker doesn’t get jail time, used telework to claim three jobs at same time

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson talk during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

D.C. finance chief cites tax hikes for improved revenues as the District struggles

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to pay $9.7 billion for Occidental Petroleum’s OxyChem

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A man waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Two Delta jets damaged in ‘low-speed collision’ on LaGuardia taxiway, injuring 1

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Iran-Russia partnership activated as Tehran prepares for U.N.-backed sanctions

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at an informal summit in the Danish parliament at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Captain of oil tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet will face trial in France

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Emergency services at the scene of a stabbing at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday Oct. 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

U.K. police say 2 victims have died and 3 others are in serious condition after synagogue attack

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An Israeli Navy vessel moves in the Mediterranean sea toward the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli navy intercepts flotilla boats and arrests activists near Gaza

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels celebrates with Bobby Wagner (54) after an NFL football divisional playoff game against the Detroit Lions, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)

Commanders’ Daniels, Wagner ready to feel California love during game against Chargers

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, right, watches during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Daniels cleared to practice as Commanders prepare to play Chargers

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals new president of baseball operations Paul Toboni, second from left, puts on a team jersey as club owners Robert Tanenbaum, left, Mark Lerner, center, and Edward Cohen, right, look on during a news conference at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Howard Fendrich)

Nationals’ new president looks to build ‘monster’ in District

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Cleveland Guardians Brayan Rocchio reacts as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the American League Wild Card baseball playoff series against the Detroit Tigers in Cleveland, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Umpire Vic Carapazza looks on at right. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Bryan Rocchio, Josh Naylor fuel five-run eighth inning as Guardians top Tigers to even AL Wild Card

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The Rev. John Bettin, rector of the National Shrine of The Little Flower Basilica, looks at a relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux inside the basilica Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

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Investigators walk in front of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Mich. where Sunday morning a man rammed his vehicle into the building before opening fire and setting the building ablaze, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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Pope Leo XIV gestures as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Del. Jay Jones, D-Norfolk, gives remarks during the Virginia Democratic attorney general debate on in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, May 15, 2021. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Virginia Democratic AG nominee convicted of driving 116 mph, did community service for own PAC

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Emergency services at the scene of a stabbing at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday Oct. 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

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The Capitol is seen at dusk as Democrats and Republicans in Congress are angrily blaming each other and refusing to budge from their positions on funding the government, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators start informal bipartisan discussions to end shutdown but obstacles abound

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Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed before an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Congressional report outlines conflicting narratives over Golden Dome funding

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President Donald Trump, left, greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Energy Department silent on warhead pit production

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A man waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Two Delta jets damaged in ‘low-speed collision’ on LaGuardia taxiway, injuring 1

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In this image from video provided by SpaceX, a Falcon 9 deploys Starlink satellites after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Space Force Station on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (SpaceX via AP, File)

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Dakota Access pipeline protesters defy law enforcement officers who are trying to force them from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction, Oct. 27, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

Greenpeace turns to European court to avoid paying some of $667 million verdict imposed by U.S. jury

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A protester waves to Department of Homeland Security officials as they walk to the gates of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility after inspecting an area outside on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Trump says troops are now in Oregon to fight ‘lawless mayhem’

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Soybeans are harvested on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump says China’s refusal to buy U.S. soybeans will top agenda in meeting with President Xi

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, right, watches during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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FILE - The Heritage Foundation building is seen on Aug. 5, 2017, in Washington. With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)

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California bill holding social media accountable for online threats awaiting governor’s signature

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DHS’ name-and-shame sanctuary list fizzles out

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Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors in Washington on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

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A sign for U.S. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey is seen Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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