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Supreme Court OKs Trump’s L.A. immigration sweeps, says ethnicity ‘relevant factor’

Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court rode to the rescue of President Trump’s immigration crackdown on Monday, giving a green light to the kind of aggressive tactics ICE used in its “mass deportation” arrests in Los Angeles earlier this year.

GoFundMe yanks down fundraisers for suspect in murder of woman on Charlotte light rail

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22, 2025, death of a woman who was sitting in front of him riding the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was attacked from behind. (Image from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

GoFundMe pulled down several online fundraisers advocating for the suspect accused of murdering a Ukrainian refugee woman on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail.

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22, 2025, death of a woman who was sitting in front of him riding the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was attacked from behind. (Image from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)

GoFundMe yanks down fundraisers for suspect in murder of woman on Charlotte light rail

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

What kind of person might want to kill Trump? We’re about to find out

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, from left, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, CEO Armin Papperger and German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil arrive for the inauguration of the newly built artillery ammunition plant by German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in Unterluess, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

NATO’s 5% defense mandate exposes Europe’s creative accounting 56 minutes ago

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

This image posted Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, on the X account of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to a “wonderful secret” and purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, who has denied sending the note. (@OversightDems/X via AP)

Democrats display alleged Trump note to Epstein for 50th birthday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Manhunt underway for accomplices to shooting at Israeli bus stop that killed 6, injured 12

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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This image posted Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, on the X account of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to a “wonderful secret” and purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, who has denied sending the note. (@OversightDems/X via AP)

Democrats display alleged Trump note to Epstein for 50th birthday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Manhunt underway for accomplices to shooting at Israeli bus stop that killed 6, injured 12

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block $4 billion in foreign aid before deadline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Drug Enforcement Administration agents on June 13, 2016, in Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Feds arrest hundreds of Sinaloa Cartel members, seize drugs and guns, in nationwide crackdown

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

We must confront Maduro’s narco-terrorist state

By Carlo J.V. Caro

Joe Biden pardons and use of the autopen in the White House illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why did Biden pardon thousands of violent criminals?

By Cal Thomas

International purge of conservatives and right-wing politics illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump, South Korea and the international purge of right-wing politics

By William Barclay

Fifth anniversary of the Abraham Accords illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Abraham Accords reshape the Middle East after five years

By Yaara Segal

Voter identification (photo IDs) for all elections illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

IDs should be a nationwide voting requirement

By John R. Lott Jr.

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Undated photo released by Banksy of the new artwork by the artist which portrays a judge beating a protester with a gavel at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. (Banksy via AP)

Banksy unveils a new mural of a judge beating a protester outside London court

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Tom Hanks arrives at the 15th Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Trump celebrates West Point alumni group canceling award ceremony to honor Tom Hanks

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Flowers line a pathway to the Annunciation Catholic Church where Vice President JD Vance and his wife second lady Usha Vance, had arrived to pay their respects to victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/ Pool via AP)

‘Religion clearly a factor’: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting comes with rise in church attacks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sydney Sweeney poses for photographs as she walks the red carpet at the premiere of "Christy" at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey /The Canadian Press via AP)

Sydney Sweeney lands a knockout at TIFF with ‘Christy,’ stoking Oscar buzz

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Manhunt underway for accomplices to shooting at Israeli bus stop that killed 6, injured 12

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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Army awards $195 million contract as competition for augmented reality headset heats up

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz tells Hamas to free Oct. 7 hostages ‘or else’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China's Jiangxi province on Dec. 30, 2010. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats release suggestive letter to Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he denies

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President Donald Trump speaks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump decries ‘lunatic’ who killed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in subway stabbing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons, left, testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding consumer protection on data privacy. Simons is joined at the witness table by, from left, FTC Commissioners Christine Wilson, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Noah Joshua Phillips and Rohit Chopra. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Trump in firing of FTC commissioner

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block $4 billion in foreign aid before deadline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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French prime minister pleads for lawmakers' support to reduce France's debts ahead of key vote

Supreme Court green lights Donald Trump immigration sweeps in Los Angeles

Ryan Routh is on trial for trying to assassinate Trump. Now he wants to golf with him

Young Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska's subway stabbing death fuels uproar

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FILE - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, speaks to reporters following closed-door strategy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Republicans begin to change rules to clear backlog of Trump nominees

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

This image posted Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, on the X account of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to a “wonderful secret” and purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, who has denied sending the note. (@OversightDems/X via AP)

Democrats display alleged Trump note to Epstein for 50th birthday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, prior to the release of her new book, "Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution," about her path to the high court and her approach to the Constitution, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘I am proud to serve’: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett opens up about being on the bench

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Area residents received a letter that this ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., shown on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, will be the main processing center for President Donald Trump's immigration operation in the Chicago area, expected to last more than a month. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

ICE announces new ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ to arrest illegal immigrants in Chicago area

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Soybeans are planted on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

A tough row to hoe: Trump-loving farmers weather low crop prices, tariff costs on fertilizer

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Attendees raise their hands to press congress to release the Jeffrey Epstein files during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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No names: Epstein victims say they are making a list of men who abused them but may keep it secret

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

NFL returns with most ambitious broadcast slate yet, games on 10 different platforms

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Demonstrators hold a rainbow pride flag outside the Supreme Court as justices deliberate Obergefell vs. Hodges, the case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, in Washington on April 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

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FILE - Drug Enforcement Administration agents on June 13, 2016, in Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Feds arrest hundreds of Sinaloa Cartel members, seize drugs and guns, in nationwide crackdown

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22, 2025, death of a woman who was sitting in front of him riding the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was attacked from behind. (Image from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)

GoFundMe yanks down fundraisers for suspect in murder of woman on Charlotte light rail

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22, 2025, death of a woman who was sitting in front of him riding the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was attacked from behind. (Image from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)

Young Ukrainian refugee’s mass transit stabbing death fuels uproar

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Transgender flag at LGBT gay pride march. (Photo credit: Ink Drop via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Supreme Court asked to block transgender student from using boys bathroom in school

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Manhunt underway for accomplices to shooting at Israeli bus stop that killed 6, injured 12

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish, "No to the militarization of Puerto Rico" during a protest outside the Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Hegseth, Caine visit Puerto Rico amid stepped-up military operations in Caribbean

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, from left, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, CEO Armin Papperger and German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil arrive for the inauguration of the newly built artillery ammunition plant by German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in Unterluess, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

NATO’s 5% defense mandate exposes Europe’s creative accounting 56 minutes ago

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz tells Hamas to free Oct. 7 hostages ‘or else’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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Former Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr. is honored on the anniversary of setting the record for most consecutive games played in the MLB during a baseball game between the Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Ripken’s streak remains a marvel decades after he broke Gehrig’s record

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Denny Hamlin (11) wins a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Madison, Ill. (AP Photo/Connor Hamilton)

‘Ridiculously fast’ Toyotas turning heads with speed in NASCAR playoffs

By Nate Ryan - Associated Press

Jannik Sinner, of Italy, left, and Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, right, hold their trophies after Alcaraz defeated Sinner to win the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Alcaraz’s U.S. Open championship and No. 1 ranking arrive thanks to his variety

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) passes the ball during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Optimism reigns after Commanders’ promising season opener

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Education Department will issue guidance protecting prayer in public schools

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the change, walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new feeling of welcome

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates the canonization Mass of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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FILE - Drug Enforcement Administration agents on June 13, 2016, in Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Feds arrest hundreds of Sinaloa Cartel members, seize drugs and guns, in nationwide crackdown

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E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Trump loses bid to toss $83M defamation judgment in favor of E. Jean Carroll

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons, left, testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding consumer protection on data privacy. Simons is joined at the witness table by, from left, FTC Commissioners Christine Wilson, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Noah Joshua Phillips and Rohit Chopra. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Trump in firing of FTC commissioner

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Flowers line a pathway to the Annunciation Catholic Church where Vice President JD Vance and his wife second lady Usha Vance, had arrived to pay their respects to victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/ Pool via AP)

‘Religion clearly a factor’: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting comes with rise in church attacks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, as Congress is scheduled to return from its August break Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, after Labor Day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

September special elections can help secure enough House votes for releasing Epstein files

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders wide receiver Deebo Samuel (1) diving in to score a touchdown against New York Giants safety Jevon Holland (8) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Commanders’ defense shines in season-opening win over Giants

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Illegal immigrant ordered to remain in PG County jail on charges of killing 19-year-old woman

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, from left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk to attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

‘Golden age’ dawns on once-isolated Kim Jong-un

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Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case, speaks with reporters following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

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In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Jury selection begins in the trial of the man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump in Florida

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Ed chief seeks to ease concerns over Trump’s call to admit more Chinese students to U.S. colleges

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Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22, 2025, death of a woman who was sitting in front of him riding the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was attacked from behind. (Image from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)

Young Ukrainian refugee’s mass transit stabbing death fuels uproar

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People march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Absolutely’: Homan says to expect federal action soon in ‘most sanctuary cities,’ including Chicago

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Flags are placed by the names of those killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the reflecting pools at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in New York. One World Trade Center rises in the background. (AP Photo/Donald King)

Trump considering federal takeover of New York 9/11 memorial

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FILE - Florida Department of Health Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks during a Patient Freedom news conference on March 5, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Florida surgeon general defends plan to end vaccine mandates

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FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Checked out: Biden staff scrambled to make thousands of pardons look presidential

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An electronic sign reads $1.8 billion as crowds wait in line to buy lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Powerball jackpot rockets to $1.8 billion

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