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Trump threatens to leave NATO, touts Iran ceasefire

President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Trump on Wednesday said he was seriously considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO in the latest sign of his growing frustration at Washington’s allies, as Iran vowed to restrict access to the Strait of Hormuz for any U.S. ships even after the war’s conclusion.

Pentagon upends relationship with other Washington institutions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, reflected in a window, gestures during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Pentagon’s relationship with the rest of Washington has, to put it mildly, become complicated.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, reflected in a window, gestures during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Pentagon upends relationship with other Washington institutions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court after justices hear oral arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump’s birthright citizenship order 27 minutes ago

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Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, right, with Forest Service Firefighters behind her, talks to media during the Western Governors Association meeting in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, June 23, 2025. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) **FILE**

Where the trees are: Forest Service headquarters moving from D.C. to Utah in major shake-up

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House to clear partial DHS bill, as Republicans agree to fund ICE and Border Patrol separately

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bernie Sanders and AOC team up to combat the growth of data centers

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House to clear partial DHS bill, as Republicans agree to fund ICE and Border Patrol separately

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bernie Sanders and AOC team up to combat the growth of data centers

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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 **

Pro-lifers sound alarm over mail-order pills surpassing abortion travel

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Virginia redistricting referendum becomes a fight to the finish 1 minute ago

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Wrong, Tucker, evangelicals have not turned against Israel

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Who is Trump negotiating with in Iran?

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Rapper Megan Thee Stallion hospitalized after leaving Broadway stage early

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President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Iranian leader has asked for ceasefire

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

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

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s job approval drops to record low

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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

By Jeff Mordock - 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 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

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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Trump pushes GOP to pass party-line bill with funding for ICE, border patrol by June 1

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Lori Schott, center right, embraces Mary Rodee after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

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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

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A City of Phoenix worker sets recycle bins in place as the Phoenix Police and Phoenix Fire departments set up a drive thru donations station at the Phoenix Convention Center for needed donations of paper products and medical supplies Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Businesses forced to bankroll blue states’ failing recycling programs

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, reflected in a window, gestures during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Pentagon upends relationship with other Washington institutions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, right, with Forest Service Firefighters behind her, talks to media during the Western Governors Association meeting in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, June 23, 2025. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) **FILE**

Where the trees are: Forest Service headquarters moving from D.C. to Utah in major shake-up

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Sheryl Evans Davis, then-executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, speaks during a special Board of Supervisors hearing about reparations in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

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

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President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens to leave NATO, touts Iran ceasefire

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The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier sails in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) **FILE**

Third aircraft carrier heading to the Middle East while Trump hints war with Iran could end soon

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday, July 30, 2017. (Li Tao/Xinhua via AP) **FILE**

Chinese weapons failures prompt military, researcher purges

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer: U.K. will host international summit to reopen Strait of Hormuz

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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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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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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