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Trump says he’s considering pulling out of ‘paper tiger’ NATO

Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia, that arrived clearing the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Trump said in an interview published Wednesday that he’s considering pulling out of NATO because the alliance has declined to help the U.S. open the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran and sent gas prices soaring.

Pro-Trump immigration groups call for Phase II of mass deportations: Arrest migrants at worksites

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, an immigrant who entered the United States illegally is checked before boarding a deportation flight to El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

To carry out his mass deportation promises, President Trump will have to kick his administration into a higher gear, shutting down the jobs that illegal immigrants take, closing their bank accounts and unleashing the IRS to find people working under stolen Social Security numbers, the Mass Deportation Coalition said Wednesday.

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, an immigrant who entered the United States illegally is checked before boarding a deportation flight to El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Pro-Trump immigration groups call for Phase II of mass deportations: Arrest migrants at worksites

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump predicts end of Iran war in 2 to 3 weeks, will address nation

By Vaughn Cockayne and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Construction cranes being used for the White House ballroom are seen around the White House, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Judge shuts down Trump’s White House ballroom project

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Supreme Court case reopens 160-year-old battle over birthright citizenship rights

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lawyers for the plaintiff watch on a laptop as a recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Lawmakers say verdicts against Meta, Google give momentum for bill to protect kids online

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Supreme Court case reopens 160-year-old battle over birthright citizenship rights

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lawyers for the plaintiff watch on a laptop as a recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Lawmakers say verdicts against Meta, Google give momentum for bill to protect kids online

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Julie McFadden, author of “Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully,” is a hospice nurse in Los Angeles who has created viral videos about death and dying. Hospice nurse Penny Hawkins Smith, author of “Influencing Death: Reframing Dying for Better Living,” also discusses death, dying and her personal experiences on social media. (Photos courtesy of Julie McFadden and Penny Hawkins Smith)

What the dying can teach us: Hospice nurses bring end-of-life care into the open

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mailbox in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Trump signs order directing government to crack down on mail-in voting

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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War in Iran poses terrible risks for the global economy

By Peter Morici

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Understanding Iran’s war strategy

By Carl O. Schuster

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Julie McFadden, author of “Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully,” is a hospice nurse in Los Angeles who has created viral videos about death and dying. Hospice nurse Penny Hawkins Smith, author of “Influencing Death: Reframing Dying for Better Living,” also discusses death, dying and her personal experiences on social media. (Photos courtesy of Julie McFadden and Penny Hawkins Smith)

What the dying can teach us: Hospice nurses bring end-of-life care into the open

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser speaks during an anti-abortion rally on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Pro-lifers howl after White House unfreezes final year of Biden-era Planned Parenthood grants

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Hegseth lifts suspension of Army helicopter pilots who flew near Kid Rock’s house in Nashville

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Vice President J.D. Vance, chair of the newly formed Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, speaks during the task force's first meeting in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Vance to release book on his conversion to Catholicism

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Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia, that arrived clearing the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Trump says he’s considering pulling out of ‘paper tiger’ NATO

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper participates in artillery training during a field exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan) **FILE**

Maximum optionality: How every level of the U.S. military is poised to take action in Iran

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump predicts end of Iran war in 2 to 3 weeks, will address nation

By Vaughn Cockayne and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Hegseth: U.S. working to counter Chinese and Russian support to Iran

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump plans to attend Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to address nation on Iran war

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump points after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport on Air Force One, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Florida renames Palm Beach airport after Trump

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused

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In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, an immigrant who entered the United States illegally is checked before boarding a deportation flight to El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Pro-Trump immigration groups call for Phase II of mass deportations: Arrest migrants at worksites

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lawyers for the plaintiff watch on a laptop as a recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

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Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Supreme Court case reopens 160-year-old battle over birthright citizenship rights

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President Donald Trump pounds a gavel presented to him by House Speaker Mike Johnson after he signed his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Attendees wait in line to enter the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, as the annual gathering of thousands of conservatives from around the country and overseas begins. (AP Photo/Thomas Beaumont)

Is CPAC still politically relevant in the conservative movement?

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Well-timed trades, bets before Trump actions fuel suspicion of leaks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Businesses forced to bankroll blue states’ failing recycling programs

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Ex-human rights commissioner in San Francisco charged with misusing government money

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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Supreme Court upholds First Amendment right to ‘conversion’ talk therapy for LGBT kids

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Photographers set up remote cameras near NASA's Artermis II moon rocket on Launch Pad 39-B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia, that arrived clearing the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, file)

Iran stresses U.S. will not access Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran aims to make money from waterway

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

People walk at a local market near the Kadhimiya Shrine at sunset in the Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

U.S. journalist kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces hunt captors, Iraqi officials say

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Woods pleads not guilty to DUI hours after authorities say he had opioids at crash scene

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FILE - Washington Commanders center Tyler Biadasz during an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

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Vance to release book on his conversion to Catholicism

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White House pushes back against Pope Leo, says nothing wrong with praying for troops

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U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, speaks to press prior to a closed executive session of the Committee, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a Sept. 20, letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodoro that was made public Monday, Oct. 2, by Mississippi's state auditor, U.S. Reps. Smith, of Missouri, and Darin LaHood, of Illinois, said the Government Accountability Office should review non-assistance spending in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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Federal law enforcement officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a traffic stop and detain people, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump loses lawsuit against Colorado’s sanctuary policy

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