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Shutdown set to drag into sixth day with no signs of a breakthrough in Congress

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, talk with reporters in Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Lindsey McPherson, Seth McLaughlin and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The government shutdown enters its sixth day on Monday with lawmakers still stuck in their partisan corners and no prospect of a swift resolution.

Trump, Rubio upbeat on Israel-Hamas peace talks ahead of Cairo meeting

Smoke billows over Gaza Strip following an Israeli bombardment, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism Sunday about the prospect of Hamas releasing the remaining Israeli hostages and giving up governing authority in the Gaza Strip as negotiators from the U.S., Israel and Hamas traveled to Egypt to discuss a ceasefire deal.

Smoke billows over Gaza Strip following an Israeli bombardment, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump, Rubio upbeat on Israel-Hamas peace talks ahead of Cairo meeting

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Law enforcement officers standoff against demonstrators outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Trump blasts federal judge over Portland troop block; Justice Department appeals ruling

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, recruits run drills at a training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Israeli defense tech CEO highlights importance of soldiers on drone-heavy battlefields

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

FILE - New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo frames NYC mayoral race as battle for Democratic Party’s soul

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this screenshot taken from video provided by WRIC News, Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones speaks with an interviewer Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va., about widely condemned text messages he sent in 2022. (WRIC via AP)

‘Sick and demented’: Trump demands that Virginia AG candidate drop out over 2022 texts

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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FILE - New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo frames NYC mayoral race as battle for Democratic Party’s soul

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this screenshot taken from video provided by WRIC News, Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones speaks with an interviewer Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va., about widely condemned text messages he sent in 2022. (WRIC via AP)

‘Sick and demented’: Trump demands that Virginia AG candidate drop out over 2022 texts

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - FOX News reporter Peter Doocy, right, shows President Donald Trump a photo on his phone during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump chides Fox News over shutdown coverage, accuses network of going soft on Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in a Chicago water taxi Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois Gov. Pritzker condemns Trump’s immigration crackdown amid rising tensions in Chicago

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Newsom knows: Control the textbooks, control the state

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Liberals’ politicization of everything exposes their contempt for faith and American traditions

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Greenpeace wants to destroy the U.S. Constitution

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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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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)

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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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By Daniel N. Hoffman

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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FILE - FOX News reporter Peter Doocy, right, shows President Donald Trump a photo on his phone during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump chides Fox News over shutdown coverage, accuses network of going soft on Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, talk with reporters in Statuary Hall on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown set to drag into sixth day with no signs of a breakthrough in Congress

By Lindsey McPherson, Seth McLaughlin and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seen at a press conference in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Gov. Newsom says he is suing President Trump over a California National Guard deployment to Oregon

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this screenshot taken from video provided by WRIC News, Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones speaks with an interviewer Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va., about widely condemned text messages he sent in 2022. (WRIC via AP)

‘Sick and demented’: Trump demands that Virginia AG candidate drop out over 2022 texts

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Law enforcement officers standoff against demonstrators outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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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

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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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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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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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Smoke billows over Gaza Strip following an Israeli bombardment, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Trump, Rubio upbeat on Israel-Hamas peace talks ahead of Cairo meeting

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Chairman of opposition "ANO" (YES) movement Andrej Babis speaks to the media after talking with Czech Republic President Petr Pavel a day after he won the parliamentary elections, in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Return of billionaire Babis steers Czechia away from Ukraine, toward Hungary

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In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, recruits run drills at a training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

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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)

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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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By Thom Loverro

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

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

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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)

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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)

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Shutdown blame game intensifies in Washington as gridlock drags on

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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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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)

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Law enforcement officers stand in tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

U.S. District judge in Oregon blocks Trump from sending troops to Portland

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