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White suburbanites bear brunt as unemployment surges from Trump-era federal job cuts in D.C. area

Rep. Robyn Kelly, D-Ill., right, speaks with former federal workers who lost their jobs in President Donald Trump's DOGE layoffs, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Trump administration layoffs of federal workers have driven up unemployment faster among affluent White suburbanites than Black residents in the D.C. area, inverting longstanding trends, a demographic analysis shows.

John Bolton indicted for mishandling classified government materials

John Bolton speaks at Harvard Kennedy School's John F. Kennedy Jr Forum, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

By Mallory Wilson and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

John R. Bolton was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Maryland over allegations he unlawfully retained classified information.

John Bolton speaks at Harvard Kennedy School's John F. Kennedy Jr Forum, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

John Bolton indicted for mishandling classified government materials

By Mallory Wilson and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Hamas gunmen escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arriving in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump says there’ll be ‘no choice’ but to kill Hamas terrorists if they continue executions

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

With the government shutdown now in its third week, a sign turns away tourists at the entrance to the Capitol Visitor Center, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown to last until at least Monday as Senate Democrats reject stopgap bill for 10th time

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump’s tariffs helped tame deficit in 2025, brought in $118 billion in new money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Border Patrol agent directs men towards a van after they crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Biden’s DHS let migrants into country to claim asylum on bogus documents: Audit

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump’s tariffs helped tame deficit in 2025, brought in $118 billion in new money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Border Patrol agent directs men towards a van after they crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Biden’s DHS let migrants into country to claim asylum on bogus documents: Audit

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This April 20, 2011, file photo shows some of the 30,000 solar panels that make up the Public Service Company of New Mexico's new 2-megawatt photovoltaic array in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan,File) **FILE**

Trump’s pivot away from solar power hit planned 62,300-acre project in Nevada desert

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Chat GPT's landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

China’s government was detected using ChatGPT to promote communist rule, suppress dissent

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Show Putin his Ukraine strategy is failing

By Daniel N. Hoffman

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Jay Jones texts show folly of public figures letting loose

By Scott Walker

A Christian woman prays during midnight Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral Church, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Unmasked: The true horror of Christian persecution

By Billy Hallowell

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Macron’s France drifts into irrelevance

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Trump’s $500 million bet pays off for Black colleges

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The opening part of Taylor Swift's video "The Fate of Ophelia" is displayed on a mobile phone in a museum showing a painting by Art Nouveau painter Friedrich Heyser showing Ophelia, a Shakespeare Character, in Wiesbaden, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Taylor Swift fans flood German museum to see painting echoing her hit video ‘The Fate of Ophelia’

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Diane Keaton appears at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2023 Fashion Experience in Pasadena, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Family of late actress Diane Keaton confirms that she died of pneumonia

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

California Controller Betty Yee listens during a meeting on June 28, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. Former Controller Yee announced, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, that she'd be running for governor in 2026 to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Democratic hopeful for California governor open to transgender athletes in Olympics

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

State Department strips visas from foreigners who celebrated Kirk’s killing

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National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Sen. Todd Young, Indiana Republican, who has emerged in recent years as a leader on the most nuanced aspects of U.S.-China competition.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a news conference after the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump speaking with Putin on phone ahead of Friday’s meeting with Zelenskyy

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

The Threat Status team from The Washington Times goes behind the scenes of AUSA 2025, exploring the themes and the tone being set for tech advancements in the U.S. military.

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Hamas gunmen escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arriving in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump says there’ll be ‘no choice’ but to kill Hamas terrorists if they continue executions

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a news conference after the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump speaking with Putin on phone ahead of Friday’s meeting with Zelenskyy

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump unveils next architectural project for D.C. — a triumphal arch

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

After two years of ravaging war and global tension, a new era of peace may be on the horizon in the Middle East.

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Federal law enforcement agents from various agencies including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Park Police, and FBI, question a couple who had been parked outside a legal parking zone while eating McDonald's takeout, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in northwest Washington near Kennedy St. NW. The couple were released after a search of the car. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump touts effects of FBI ‘Operation Summer Heat’ crackdown

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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John Bolton speaks at Harvard Kennedy School's John F. Kennedy Jr Forum, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump takes steps to reduce cost of fertility medicines

By Mallory Wilson and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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A Border Patrol agent directs men towards a van after they crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, photo, a group of anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter demonstrators march in front of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in anticipation of the anniversary of the previous year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

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Antifa in the classroom: University course requires students to contribute to anti-fascist activism

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A woman holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home in Front Royal, Va., on March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Weight loss, Alzheimer’s drugs fuel premium spike; insurance costs on track for 8.5% rise

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U.S. intelligence officials said they helped capture Jason Duncker in Monterrey, Mexico, during a joint operation with the U.S. Marshals (Courtesy of National Counterterrorism Center)

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American man first ever to ski down narrow route on northern face of Mount Everest

By Brad Matthews - 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 tariff threat spurs domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Police walk along as 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)

Migrant was serving illegally as cop in Illinois: DHS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch decries the federal government's Chicago immigration crackdown tactics and vows his Democratic caucus will adopt resolutions to condemn them in this Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 image at the state Capitol in Springfield, Il. (AP Photo John O'Connor)

County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

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In this photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose for photograph after signing a mutual defense pact, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Press Information Department via AP) ** FILE **

Saudi-Pakistan defense pact signals shift as Gulf states hedge bets on U.S. security guarantees

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Chat GPT's landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ** FILE **

Former British PM Boris Johnson says Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza deal

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of slain hostage Capt. Daniel Peretz during his funeral at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. Peretz's body was returned from Gaza to Israel as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Drake Jackson tries to avoid a block by Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. during an NFL football game in Cleveland on Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirk Irwin) **FILE**

Commanders send newly signed edge rusher Jackson to injured reserve

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh leaves the field following an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

A 1-5 team can rebound, make the playoffs, but Ravens have little room for error

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FILE - TCU head coach Sonny Dykes, right, talks to quarterback Josh Hoover (10) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero,File)

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FILE - North Carolina guard Seth Trimble (7) dunks against Memphis during the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic NCAA college basketball exhibition game Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)

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Copies of the Bible are displayed Aug. 12, 2024, at the Bixby High School library in Bixby, Okla. (AP Photo/Joey Johnson, File)

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A photo of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk is seen on a large screen during a memorial for Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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