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Trump pressures gasoline companies to more quickly ease the pain at the pump

Customer checks gas price before she fills up her vehicle's tank at a gas station in Lincolnshire, Ill., Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Trump ordered the Department of Justice on Wednesday to open a price-gouging probe because gas prices are not falling as fast as oil prices, which plunged to their lowest levels since the start of the Iran war.

Trump spars with GOP senators on Iran war powers, pushes SAVE America Act

President Donald Trump, joined from left by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he finishes his lunch meeting with Republican senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Trump berated a quartet of GOP senators Wednesday for undermining his leverage with Iran, while making an appeal to them and the broader Republican conference to do whatever it takes to pass the SAVE America Act.

President Donald Trump, joined from left by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he finishes his lunch meeting with Republican senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump spars with GOP senators on Iran war powers, pushes SAVE America Act

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks with Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor during a Times Threat Status event at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2026. Photo credit: Eleanor Kaufman, special to The Washington Times.

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Fixing shipbuilding and dominating autonomy: WH budget chief speaks at major Threat Status event

By Mike Glenn, Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Democratic congressional candidate Claire Valdez speaks during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York's primary election, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Socialists draft an aggressive new agenda for the Democratic Party

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump teases future U.S. military action at Great American State Fair kickoff

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks to her supporters during an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC councilwoman says state’s democratic socialist not eligible for Congress

By Kerry Picket and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks at the opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump teases future U.S. military action at Great American State Fair kickoff

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks to her supporters during an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC councilwoman says state’s democratic socialist not eligible for Congress

By Kerry Picket and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump is pictured in the Oval Office of the White House during an executive order signing about quantum computing, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump: Senate approval of war powers resolution makes negotiations with Iran ‘more difficult’

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, speaks to supporters for Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘We have a new party’: Mamdani’s New York primary wins propel the Democratic Party toward socialism

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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A peeling section of blue coating is seen in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How one algae-choked pool became the perfect reflection of Trump’s presidency

By Joseph Curl

Nate Bargatze arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Nate Bargatze UFC drama exposes liberal insanity for what it is

By Billy Hallowell

Fathers and male role models and mentors illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Forget about celebrating Father’s Day

By Michael McKenna

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Will democratic socialism play well in Peoria?

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Democrats block justice for lawfare’s victims

By Michael Glassner

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President Donald Trump speaks at the opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump mixes politics, patriotism to kick off the ‘Great American State Fair’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Christian Gomez interacts with his duck Merlin, dressed in a Mexican national soccer team jersey, as they attend the daily press conference by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Merlin the duck takes a trip to the stadium, but FIFA rules keep him out of Mexico match

By Nayara Batschke - Associated Press

A handmade sign reading "Gooo Girls Honor Title IX" is taped to a pole outside the stadium during the California high school track-and-field championships in Clovis, Calif., Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Trump administration marks Title IX Month with probes of gender policies at Maryland schools

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Hall of Fame Inductees, Hall & Oates, John Oates and Daryl Hall appear in the press room at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 10, 2014, in New York. Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate a business agreement the duo had. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Musician Daryl Hall receives kidney transplant from living donor

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks with Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor during a Times Threat Status event at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2026. Photo credit: Eleanor Kaufman, special to The Washington Times.

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Fixing shipbuilding and dominating autonomy: WH budget chief speaks at major Threat Status event

By Mike Glenn, Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

ODNI crisis brings up decades-old criticism of the intelligence office

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

China's scholars and students intellectual conflict with Western academics in the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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China’s scholars do not deserve equal footing with Western academics

By Miles Yu

Bishop Avraamiy, right, of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Putin’s real Ukraine war aim: To subjugate a free people

By Gary Marx and Shonda Werry

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Democratic congressional candidates, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier gesture on stage with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York's primary election, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Trump has stark warning for NYC after democratic socialists sweep primaries

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump teases future U.S. military action at Great American State Fair kickoff

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump dances on stage at a Mack Trucks facility, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Macungie, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump turns America 250 kickoff into a campaign-style rally on the National Mall

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Vehicles drive past banners showing portraits of the school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab on Feb. 28, at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump on Minab school bombing in Iran: ‘I don’t think it was us’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the rescissions package on Capitol Hill, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)

White House asks Congress for $88 billion in emergency funding for Iran war, ‘other critical needs’

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

An advertisement for prediction market platform Kalshi hangs at 13th and L Streets in northwest Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) **FILE**

House committee advances bill to ban lawmakers from government-related bets on prediction markets

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Postmaster General David Steiner speaks at an event in Washington on July 23, 2025, marking the 250th anniversary of the postal service's founding. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Democrats challenge postmaster general on legality of USPS monitoring mail-in ballots

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A signing desk is prepared for President Donald Trump to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in Statuary Hall, in the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump takes housing bill hostage, demands Congress pass election-integrity measure first

By Jeff Mordock and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Robert Norden, owner of the Old '76 House, pours a beer in the tavern on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Tappan, New York. Mr. Norden says the brew was a favorite of George Washington, who frequented the tavern during the Revolution. (Juliet La Sala / The Washington Times)

Ye (250-year) Olde Tavern: Old ‘76 House in New York is among nation’s oldest taverns, inns

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Thoroughbred colts raced in the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park, Maryland, on May 16. This year's race was moved out of Baltimore for the first time in 118 years due to renovations at Pimlico Race Course. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Maryland buys Preakness Stakes to keep Triple Crown racing in the state

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A visor takes a photo as National Park Service employees work to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Sunday, June 21, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick

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Trump faces pile-on from the left over reflecting pool fiasco

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

D.C. Council members Janeese Lewis George speaks to the crowd after winning D.C. Mayor Democratic primary election during the Election Night Party at the Howard Theatre Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Anti-establishment wave hits both parties as outsiders keep winning

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Teachers unions attack while Democratic governors embrace Trump’s school choice program

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Spain players celebrate after a goal during the World Cup Group H soccer match between Spain and Saudi Arabia in Atlanta, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

300 drones seized for flying around World Cup sites across U.S.

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Judge says food stamps can be used to buy candy, soda

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

The lower Manhattan skyline, including the new One World Trade Center building at right, is shown as viewed from near the Statue of Liberty, Jan. 31, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams arrested in federal bribery probe, AP source says

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White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks with Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor during a Times Threat Status event at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2026. Photo credit: Eleanor Kaufman, special to The Washington Times.

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Fixing shipbuilding and dominating autonomy: WH budget chief speaks at major Threat Status event

By Mike Glenn, Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lee Man-hee, a leader of Shincheonji Church, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Lee Young-hwan/Newsis via AP)

Leader of secretive South Korean church arrested in election influence investigation

By Kimi Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Sen. Ivan Cepeda, presidential candidate with the ruling Historic Pact Coalition, gives a press conference the day after the presidential election runoff in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Rival candidate concedes Colombian presidential election to Trump-endorsed outsider

By Regina Garcia Cano and Astrid Suarez - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a signing ceremony with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Intel agencies set to show Xi Jinping’s hidden wealth

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Sports View all

Washington Nationals' James Wood runs after hitting a double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell) CORRECTION: Wood hit a double not a single.

Nationals’ Wood trails in All-Star voting despite powerful season

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

AJ Dybantsa, right, poses for a photo with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, left, after being selected by the Washington Wizards as the first pick in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

LOVERRO: Dybantsa will be surrounded by young talent and a couple of old question marks

By Thom Loverro

AJ Dybantsa arrives for the first round of the NBA basketball draft Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Dybantsa brings hope, postseason expectations to Wizards as No. 1 pick

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Buffalo Sabres right wing Alex Tuch (89) is stick checked by Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Kaedan Korczak (6) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, March 3, 2026, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes) **FILE**

Capitals add forward Tuch from Sabres in sign-and-trade deal

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

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San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey looks on from the dugout as players warm up before a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Giants president of baseball operations stonewalls reporters on Pride Night controversy

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An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Spread of abortion pills casts pall over Dobbs anniversary for pro-life side

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court rules against Louisiana prisoner’s lawsuit over shaved dreadlocks

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

National Education Association President Becky Pringle testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

National Education Association hit with federal antisemitism investigation

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A voter casts their ballots at Life Stream Church in Ottawa County, Mich., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Joel Bissell /Kalamazoo Gazette via AP) **FILE**

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House committee advances bill to ban lawmakers from government-related bets on prediction markets

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Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

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An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

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Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift pose after the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

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Migrants wearing face masks and shackles on their hands and feet sit on a military aircraft at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 30, 2025, awaiting their deportation to Guatemala. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)

Courts grant Trump powers to speed deportations, erase Biden-era delays

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China rallies allies to slam Japan’s rearmament, while Tokyo tightens defense links

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Conservative influencer C.J. Pearson tells GOP politicians to join TikTok: ‘Young voters are there’

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Retired Adm. John Richardson says U.S. technology can counter China’s larger fleet

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