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FEMA discriminated against pro-gun homes in disaster relief missions

The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., is seen here on May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Political targeting at the government’s emergency management agency went deeper than Biden officials acknowledged, according to a new report that said FEMA employees not only skipped over pro-Trump homes but also avoided homes with pro-gun messages.

Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers

Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

By Stephen Dinan and Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times 24 minutes ago

Democrats are ramping up their confrontation with ICE, with one member of Congress announcing plans to run a “tracker” to reveal officers’ actions and New York’s attorney general setting up a tip line for leads to investigate the agency’s operations.

Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers 24 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan and Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

VA secretary tells Congress to end the government shutdown

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, points as reporters raise their hands to ask questions during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, obstructed at left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, October 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump on China: Is a Taiwan deal in the works?

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Demolition continues on the East Wing of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump defends ballroom construction as criticism mounts

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls on reporters for questions during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to destroy the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon says ‘new generation’ of more than 60 journalists signed restrictive new rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Demolition continues on the East Wing of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump defends ballroom construction as criticism mounts

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls on reporters for questions during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to destroy the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon says ‘new generation’ of more than 60 journalists signed restrictive new rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, a view of reservoirs of Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft, at Priobskoye oil field near Nefteyugansk, in western Siberia, Russia, is shown. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) **FILE**

U.S. hits two Russian oil companies with sanctions for Moscow’s failure to end the Ukraine war

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 14, 2018, as part of the military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Kallysta Castillo/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Trump says training to use Tomahawk missiles would take too long in decision not to arm Ukraine

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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From left, Paraguay's President Santiago Pena, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, U.S. President Donald Trump, Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attend the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool Photo via AP)

Voters backed Trump to fix the economy and the border, not obsess over wars abroad

By Michael McKenna

Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 6 GHz band and Wi-Fi innovation illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Protecting 6 GHz is key to U.S. leadership in innovation

By Bartlett Cleland

What Warner Discovery’s future means for consumers

By Gerard Scimeca

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber flies with Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, Oct. 15, 2025. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Revive and strengthen the Joint Interoperability Test Command

By Robert Wilkie

A gavel rests on the bench inside a courtroom. The District of Columbia's attorney general secured a record $40 million payout Monday from a billionaire and his business after officials said the entrepreneur skirted city income taxes by posing as a nonresident. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Congress should adopt a California rule to remove biased D.C. Superior Court judges

By Charles Stimson and Patrick McDonald

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FILE - Alec Baldwin emcees the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Malicious prosecution lawsuit by Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting moves to federal court

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Gene Hackman accepts his Oscar for best actor at the 44th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 10, 1972. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Late actor Gene Hackman’s belongings, including 3 Golden Globes, to be auctioned off

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Alyssa Esquivel, a former American Sign Language special-education instructional aide at Del Mar High School in San Gabriel, California, sued after being fired in 2024 for bringing her Trump-themed backpack and water bottle to school. (Advocates for Faith & Freedom photo)

School aide fired over Trump backpack, water bottle declares ‘victory’ in legal settlement

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Visitors queue to enter the Louvre museum three days after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

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The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view through an airplane window in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Hegseth memo restricts Pentagon’s communication with Congress

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Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart in Athens, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ** FILE **

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Hungarian foreign minister blames ‘pro-war’ EU leaders for stalled Ukraine-Russia peace talks

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Smoke bellows in the background at dusk in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Russia stepping up attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid as winter approaches: British military analysis

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Letter to Trump: Putin wants to out-negotiate you, Stalin-style

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Demolition continues on the East Wing of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump defends ballroom construction as criticism mounts

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 14, 2018, as part of the military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Kallysta Castillo/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Trump says training to use Tomahawk missiles would take too long in decision not to arm Ukraine

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Small Business Administration administrator Linda McMahon, left, and President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question during a meeting of the President's National Council of the American Worker in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump anti-DEI education compact still waiting for a ‘yes’ as Arizona declines, Vanderbilt dodges

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Bad Bunny, center, watches play between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays during the second inning of Game 3 of baseball's American League Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NFL not dropping Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

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'He lost us': Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated

Pentagon insiders say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost trust of senior military commanders

Tax the Whites: Zohran Mamdani pitches race-based property tax rates for New York City

Selling the sun: U.S. company is building satellite mirrors to keep solar farms operating after dark

FEMA discriminated against pro-gun homes in disaster relief missions

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New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa speaks during a New York Young Republicans Club vigil for Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk at Madison Square Park on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

Sliwa angrily quits radio gig on air after boss calls on him to leave NYC mayoral race

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Solar panels on rooftops of a housing development in Folsom, Calif., are shown here on Feb. 12, 2020. California utility regulators will consider a proposal on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, to remake financial incentives for people who install rooftop solar panels on their homes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

Selling the sun: U.S. company is building satellite mirrors to keep solar farms operating after dark

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, a view of reservoirs of Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft, at Priobskoye oil field near Nefteyugansk, in western Siberia, Russia, is shown. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) **FILE**

U.S. hits two Russian oil companies with sanctions for Moscow’s failure to end the Ukraine war

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

VA secretary tells Congress to end the government shutdown

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons announces that his agency took nearly 1,500 immigrants into custody in Massachusetts over the month of May during a news conference at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

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ICE director hits back at ‘political rhetoric,’ media ‘spin’ for imperiling officers and Americans

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

AI boom: Tech revolution or new bubble set to burst?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Ian Roberts, then-superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, delivers an annual address at North High School in Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2025. (Jon Lemons/Des Moines Public Schools via AP) ** FILE **

Maryland kept printing ballots for illegal immigrant Ian Roberts long after he moved to Iowa

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A man fires his pistol at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course to renew his Carry Concealed handgun permit at the Placer Sporting Club in Roseville, Calif., on July 1, 2022. A federal judge on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

Illegal immigrant cop sparks debate about migrants’ access to guns

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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In this Dec. 17, 2019, photo dozens of Amazon robots transport packages from workers to chutes that are organized by zip code, at an Amazon warehouse facility in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon and its rivals are increasingly requiring warehouse employees to get used to working with robots. The company now has more than 200,000 robotic vehicles it calls “drives” that are moving goods through its delivery-fulfillment centers around the U.S. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Amazon robots could replace over 160,000 new jobs by 2027, over 600,000 by 2033

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Small Business Administration administrator Linda McMahon, left, and President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question during a meeting of the President's National Council of the American Worker in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump anti-DEI education compact still waiting for a ‘yes’ as Arizona declines, Vanderbilt dodges

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Halloween candy and decorations are displayed at a store, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Freeport, Maine. U.S. sales of In this year of the pandemic, with trick-or-treating still an uncertainty, Halloween candy were up 13% over last year in the month ending Sept. 6, according to data from market research firm IRI and the National Confectioners Association. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trick or tariff: Halloween industry predicts record revenues as Trump import duties raise prices

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The White House is visible through the fence at the North Lawn in Washington, on June 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Secret Service arrests man for crashing car into White House security gate

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Palestinians walk trough the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Vance denies U.S. controls Israel as he meets with Netanyahu over Gaza ceasefire

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

NATO leader Rutte says only Trump can secure Russia-Ukraine peace deal

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, points as reporters raise their hands to ask questions during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, obstructed at left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, October 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump on China: Is a Taiwan deal in the works?

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, who founded The Washington Times alongside her husband, the late Rev. Sun Myung, delivered the keynote address at the Global Rally for the Reunification of Korea at Seoul’s World Cup Stadium. (PHOTO CREDIT: HSA-UWC) (sponsored)

Christian leaders detained without conviction in South Korea

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels walks on the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Daniels to miss Commanders’ Monday night game with Chiefs due to hamstring strain

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals defenseman Jakob Chychrun (6) taking a shot during the third period of an NHL game against the Vancouver Canucks at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., October 19, 2025. (Photo for the Washington Times)

Capitals’ Leonard gets ‘better and better’ amid hot start

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Bad Bunny, center, watches play between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays during the second inning of Game 3 of baseball's American League Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NFL not dropping Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) on the field walks with his father, Fred Freeman, before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Dodgers All-Star Freddie Freeman’s feels right at home on road against Blue Jays

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This April 19, 2019, file photo shows a Planned Parenthood building in Houston. (Godofredo A Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Ex-Texas Medical Board director challenges ‘forced resignation’ over Planned Parenthood job

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter's Square for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as part of reconciliation

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Alyssa Esquivel, a former American Sign Language special-education instructional aide at Del Mar High School in San Gabriel, California, sued after being fired in 2024 for bringing her Trump-themed backpack and water bottle to school. (Advocates for Faith & Freedom photo)

School aide fired over Trump backpack, water bottle declares ‘victory’ in legal settlement

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, a view of reservoirs of Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft, at Priobskoye oil field near Nefteyugansk, in western Siberia, Russia, is shown. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) **FILE**

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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 14, 2018, as part of the military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Kallysta Castillo/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Trump says training to use Tomahawk missiles would take too long in decision not to arm Ukraine

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft flies alongside a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, Oct. 15, 2025. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference on the Equality Act at the Capitol, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Jeff Merkley holds the Senate floor for 22 hours to protest Trump

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Small Business Administration administrator Linda McMahon, left, and President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question during a meeting of the President's National Council of the American Worker in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump anti-DEI education compact still waiting for a ‘yes’ as Arizona declines, Vanderbilt dodges

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., is seen here on May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

FEMA discriminated against pro-gun homes in disaster relief missions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Halloween candy and decorations are displayed at a store, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Freeport, Maine. U.S. sales of In this year of the pandemic, with trick-or-treating still an uncertainty, Halloween candy were up 13% over last year in the month ending Sept. 6, according to data from market research firm IRI and the National Confectioners Association. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trick or tariff: Halloween industry predicts record revenues as Trump import duties raise prices

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by WGME, Graham Platner, a democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, points to a cover-up tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Portland, Maine. (WGME via AP)

‘I’m not a secret Nazi’: SS-like tattoo sported by Graham Platner, Maine Democratic Senate hopeful

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi) ** FILE **

Iran: ‘Excessive U.S. demands’ derail nuke talks

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post via AP, Pool)

Vance says U.S. not monitoring ceasefire plan as if Israel were ‘a toddler’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Alyssa Esquivel, a former American Sign Language special-education instructional aide at Del Mar High School in San Gabriel, California, sued after being fired in 2024 for bringing her Trump-themed backpack and water bottle to school. (Advocates for Faith & Freedom photo)

School aide fired over Trump backpack, water bottle declares ‘victory’ in legal settlement

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The White House is visible through the fence at the North Lawn in Washington, on June 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Secret Service arrests man for crashing car into White House security gate

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., left, spars with Democratic rival and former governor, Jeanne Shaheen, during a live televised debate in Manchester, N.H., Oct. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/POOL/David Lane, File)

John Sununu launches comeback run in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race

By Ben Sellers - The Washington Times

Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi, standing, was elected as Japan's new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the lower house, in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s parliament votes in ‘Iron Lady’ Sanae Takaichi as first female prime minister

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally with Hotel & Gaming Trades Council workers, in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Voters prepared to give communism a chance; ‘affordability’ message attracts young

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Ian Roberts, then-superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, delivers an annual address at North High School in Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2025. (Jon Lemons/Des Moines Public Schools via AP) ** FILE **

Maryland kept printing ballots for illegal immigrant Ian Roberts long after he moved to Iowa

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) Svetlana Radionova during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks as she is surrounded by supporters who have urged that House Speaker Mike Johnson swear her in, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Arizona AG, Grijalva file lawsuit against House Republicans over swearing-in delay

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Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart in Athens, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ** FILE **

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, from left, and his wife Jennifer Rauchet walk during activities to mark the upcoming Marine Corps' 250th anniversary Saturday, Oct 18, 2025, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Hegseth changes policy on how Pentagon officials communicate with Congress

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