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Justices eye letting candidates challenge states that change voting rules

In this Oct. 6, 2020, photo, University of Illinois students walk past a mail-in ballot drop box that sits on the northwest corner of the university's Quad in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to embrace new rules that would give candidates for federal office the chance to challenge election rules in court well before the voting takes place — a move that could give Republicans more room to confront Democratic states’ mail-in ballot laws.

Trump to face uncompromising Xi at APEC summit, warns China expert

President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make stronger, more-nationalistic demands of President Trump at their upcoming meeting in South Korea, according to a former Defense Intelligence Agency specialist on China.

President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump to face uncompromising Xi at APEC summit, warns China expert

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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**

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

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison holds up a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at a news conference at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as he held a news conference to announce a preemptive lawsuit againstRepublican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it's taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women's sports. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota attorney general says having males in girls’ sports ‘doesn’t harm anyone’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to drop by $188 billion this fiscal year to $1.5 trillion. But it's likely to be a short-lived dip as the annual shortfall will likely rise over the next nine years. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red 12 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former FBI Director James B. Comey arrives to testify under subpoena behind closed doors before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former FBI Director James Comey faces federal judge, pleads not guilty to lying to Congress

By Susan Ferrechio and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to drop by $188 billion this fiscal year to $1.5 trillion. But it's likely to be a short-lived dip as the annual shortfall will likely rise over the next nine years. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red

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Former FBI Director James B. Comey arrives to testify under subpoena behind closed doors before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former FBI Director James Comey faces federal judge, pleads not guilty to lying to Congress

By Susan Ferrechio and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Early morning cloudy skies over the U.S. Capitol during the 8th day of the government shutdown on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Shutdown drags on as repetitive Senate votes to reopen government continue to fail

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Law enforcement detains a protester near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Trump calls for jailing of Illinois leaders over ICE showdown

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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We need more domestic defense manufacturing

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Democrats won’t win the battle against immigration enforcement in Portland

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The countries' flags are seen on the table during a meeting with India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Balance of power in Asia depends on U.S.-India cooperation

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Selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Tomahawk missiles could give Ukraine an edge over Russia

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Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health: ‘I’m not dying’

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European Parliament says quit using meat names for plant-based products

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Netflix sees a Musk-led subscription boycott over its transgender-friendly children’s programming

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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FILE - President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump to face uncompromising Xi at APEC summit

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Putin ally says Poland air base becomes target if Trump sends Tomahawks to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Polish troops guard the metal barrier border with Belarus, in Bialowieza Forest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing room at the White House, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says it will redirect tariff revenue to keep food for the poor afloat during shutdown

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Federal officers hold down a protester in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Trump promises to straighten out Chicago’s crime problem if Democratic leaders won’t

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Carney sit down in pursuit of ‘the right deal’ on trade

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney walks to a government plane in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday Oct. 6, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP) ** FILE **

Canadian PM Carney visits Trump as relations between the longtime allies sit at a low point

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The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to drop by $188 billion this fiscal year to $1.5 trillion. But it's likely to be a short-lived dip as the annual shortfall will likely rise over the next nine years. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red

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Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison holds up a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at a news conference at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as he held a news conference to announce a preemptive lawsuit againstRepublican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it's taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women's sports. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota attorney general says having males in girls’ sports ‘doesn’t harm anyone’

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FILE - Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks during an interview at the Office of the Attorney General in Richmond, Va., May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)

Republican AG Miyares says race against Democrat Jay Jones is ‘test of decency’ amid text scandal

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Early morning cloudy skies over the U.S. Capitol during the 8th day of the government shutdown on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Shutdown drags on as repetitive Senate votes to reopen government continue to fail

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Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

College rankings lose relevance as Trump reshapes higher education

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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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Supreme Court kicks off new ‘Trump term’ with clashes on powers

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks on stage for the March on Wall Street, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Democratic Party’s shift against Israel manifests in the ascent of Zohran Mamdani in New York

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas authorities arrest 8 more ‘fake doctors’ in illegal abortion clinic investigation

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Participation in Arkansas’ school voucher program surges 157%

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In this Oct. 6, 2020, photo, University of Illinois students walk past a mail-in ballot drop box that sits on the northwest corner of the university's Quad in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Justices eye letting candidates challenge states that change voting rules

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Gold bars are shown stacked in a vault at the U.S. Mint on July 22, 2014, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Heiner Linke makes a demonstration, next to Secretary General of the Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, and Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Olof Ramstrom, right, after they announce Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, on screen behind, as the recipients the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could bring water to deserts

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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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A police man demonstrates the new police drone defense unit on the occasion of the European Football Championship prior to the international friendly soccer match between Germany and Greece at the Borussia Park in Moenchengladbach, Germany, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Germany moves to authorize police to shoot down drones violating airspace

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Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hamas and Israel enter third day of Gaza peace talks with top Trump envoy expected to join

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Two Nationals assistant GMs won’t return in revamped front office

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Optimistic Capitals have ‘no doubts’ about potential ahead of NHL opener

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FILE - Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) looks on during a break in the first period of an NHL preseason hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, October. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

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