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Pritzker says Trump administration will federalize Illinois National Guard troops

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks with reporters after visiting Prairie Oak Elementary School in Berwyn, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool)

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Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration gave him an “ultimatum” of calling up his troops or have National Guard members nationalized.

Hamas agrees to parts of ceasefire proposal; Trump calls for Israel to stop attacks on Gaza

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip calling for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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President Trump called on Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as terrorist group Hamas accepted parts of his 20-point proposal to end the war in Gaza.

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip calling for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas agrees to parts of ceasefire proposal; Trump calls for Israel to stop attacks on Gaza

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Labor union sues to stop Trump from blaming Democrats for shutdown in fed employees’ emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Urista, file)

DEA threat report identifies enemies, targets of Trump’s new drug war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Conservative Sanae Takaichi poised to be Japan’s first female premier

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip calling for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, During the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump says no delay will be tolerated in Hamas’ release of hostages

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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Former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Conservative Sanae Takaichi poised to be Japan’s first female premier

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip calling for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, During the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump says no delay will be tolerated in Hamas’ release of hostages

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli army strike, outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel’s army says it will advance preparations for the first phase of Trump’s plan

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Screens at the Munich Airport show diverted and canceled flights after the airport suspended operations due to possible new drone sightings Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Munich. (Enrique Kaczor/dpa via AP)

Germany’s Munich Airport reopens after second closure in less than 24 hours due to drones

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Trillion-dollar search giant Google admits it secretly censored conservatives for years

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and the carrot or the stick illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Needed: A peace plan that doesn’t reward Putin

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Partisan Justice Department going after political enemies illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

How the DOJ went after Trump’s allies

By Rowan Scarborough

California's Proposition 12 and the pork industry illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Big Ag’s propaganda can’t hide truth about California’s Proposition 12

By Matthew Dominguez

FILE — Joanne Chesimard, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse, in New Brunswick, N.J., April 25, 1977.(AP Photo, File)

Teachers union praises cold-blooded killer Joanne Chesimard

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The group Phish, drummer Jon Fishman, guitarist Trey Anastasio, center, and bassist Mike Gordon, perform in this Dec. 31, 2002 file photo at New York's Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Phish story: Vermont venue Nectar’s closes on a quiet note after 50 years

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In this Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, an Asahi Breweries employee checks the beer production line at a factory in Moriya near Tokyo. Thousands upon thousands of cans are getting filled with beer, capped, washed, then wrapped into a six-pack and boxed at dizzying speeds - 1,500 a minute - on humming conveyor belts that zip and wind in this sprawling factory. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan facing shortages of Asahi beer, other drinks following cyberattack

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Guests ride on the Stardust Racers roller coaster at Epic Universe Theme Park at Universal Resort Orlando, April 10, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, file)

Universal to reopen Stardust Racers ride two weeks after man’s death

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Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed the creation of an EU-funded European Center for Democratic Resilience, an initiative that conservatives and right-wing populace warn could become a state-controlled speech police.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and the carrot or the stick illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Needed: A peace plan that doesn’t reward Putin

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, sitting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, third from right, and U.S. military senior leadership as they listen to President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

LISTEN: Why Trump and Hegseth summoned generals, admirals to Quantico

President Donald Trump speaks to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought walks at the White House in Washington on Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

OMB’s Vought is Grim Reaper in Trump video as layoffs loom

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Demonstrators march in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and an end to the ongoing war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump gives Hamas until Sunday to accept the ceasefire deal

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - 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)

White House asks colleges to get on board with the Trump agenda

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump declares U.S. is at war with drug cartels

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Maine GOP calls for federal investigation of state ballots found in resident's Amazon package

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Gov. JB Pritzker speaks with reporters after visiting Prairie Oak Elementary School in Berwyn, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool)

Pritzker says Trump administration will federalize Illinois National Guard troops

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Labor union sues to stop Trump from blaming Democrats for shutdown in fed employees’ emails

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President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at the White House, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship

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Kavanaugh attempted assassination plotter gets 8-year prison term; government had sought 30 years

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President Joe Biden speaks to the media in North Charleston, S.C., on Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden waits to speak at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Biden political opponents got stuck on TSA’s watchlist, audit finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be eligible for Obamacare subsidies

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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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A roll of police tape is left on the windshield of a Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicle in the parking lot of its training academy in Whittier, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Man crashes into Los Angeles City Hall steps and has nearly two-hour long standoff with cops

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Travelers queue up at the check-in counters for their flights on Southwest Airlines in the main terminal of Denver International Airport Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Man who used Denver airport parking garage for less than 30 minutes hit with nearly $20,000 fee

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The Frederick, Maryland, facility that will house X-energy's newest integrated test and training center.

Not your parents’ nuclear: X-Energy’s ‘meltdown-proof’ reactors poised to power more of U.S. grid

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

This photo provided by shipwreck salvage company 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC shows Spanish coins the firm uncovered from a shipwreck off the Atlantic coast of Florida, 2025. (1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC via AP)

Over 1,000 silver and gold Spanish coins found in wreck off Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’

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Former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Conservative Sanae Takaichi poised to be Japan’s first female premier

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip calling for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, During the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump says no delay will be tolerated in Hamas’ release of hostages

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Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli army strike, outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel’s army says it will advance preparations for the first phase of Trump’s plan

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Screens at the Munich Airport show diverted and canceled flights after the airport suspended operations due to possible new drone sightings Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Munich. (Enrique Kaczor/dpa via AP)

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Detroit Tigers' Javier Báez (28) hits a double during the seventh inning of Game 3 of the American League Wild Card baseball playoff series against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Dingler, Perez lead Tigers past Guardians and into the AL Division Series against Mariners

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Paul Toboni, the Washington Nationals' new president of baseball operations, speaks to reporters after his introductory news conference at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Howard Fendrich)

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The practice court at the University of Maryland's new Barry P. Gossett Basketball Performance Center in College Park, Maryland. The 45,000 square foot building cost $52 million and took just more than two years to build. (George Gerbo/The Washington Times)

‘A dream come true’: Maryland’s long-awaited basketball practice facility finally becomes a reality

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels celebrates with Bobby Wagner (54) after an NFL football divisional playoff game against the Detroit Lions, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)

Commanders’ Daniels, Wagner ready to feel California love during game against Chargers

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Bishop Yehiel Curry, who was recently elected as the first Black presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), poses for a photo, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Largest U.S. Lutheran denomination to install Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

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Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Bold and Blunt: Starving in Gaza? Don’t blame Israel

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Little remained of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel the day after a former Marine opened fire and set the building ablaze in Grand Blanc Township, Mich., Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen greets state senators before giving a speech on June 2, 2025, in Lincoln, Neb. (Justin Wan/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)

Nebraska becomes the first state to adopt new federal school choice tax credit

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President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at the White House, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Kavanaugh attempted assassination plotter gets 8-year prison term; government had sought 30 years

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Members of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard, patrol the subway system in Penn Station as police officers check commuters' bags in New York on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

Trump restores transit security funding to New York after cutting it

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Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Russell Vought in contact with agencies about layoffs as shutdown continues, White House says

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be eligible for Obamacare subsidies

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This photo provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Ian Roberts in February 2020. (ICE via AP)

Illegal immigrant school superintendent in Iowa had ‘extensive criminal history’

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People protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Trump considers cuts to Portland’s funding after arrest of conservative journalist

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A Norfolk Southern freight train passes a train on a siding as it approaches a crossing in Homestead, Pa, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

Conservatives champion freight railroad merger, say it will fuel Trump’s America First agenda

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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, on March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) ** FILE **

White House says FDA’s approval of generic abortion pill is not an endorsement by administration

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Speaker Johnson says Trump is ‘trolling’ Democrats but takes no pleasure in shutdown

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Polish law enforcement officials earlier this month raided a methamphetamine laboratory linked to the Sinaloa cartel that authorities said was operating inside a modest country villa. The seized liquid methamphetamine had an estimated street value of $1.63 million. The Police Central Bureau of Investigation (CBSP) announced the seizure also included three tons of chemicals used in the process of creating the synthetic drug. (Central Police Bureau of Investigation photo)

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Kainoa Kaku, president of the Hawaii Rifle Association, checks one of his personal firearms as he discusses a recent Supreme Court ruling while at his home, June, 23, 2022, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

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