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Mamdani’s socialist picks sweep three primaries

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)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A trio of candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won primaries on Tuesday in a sweep that cements his status as the new kingmaker in a Democratic Party he’s pushing toward socialism.

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

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)

By Jeff Mordock and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Trump abruptly canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing affordability bill on Wednesday, reaffirming his vow not to sign any legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act to dramatically overhaul U.S. elections.

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

Anti-ICE protesters take to the streets during clashes with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall detention center on Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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DOJ indictment describes anarchists’ playbook for invading, attacking ICE

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Lara Trump hosts FOX News Channel's "My View with Lara Trump" on Thursday, July 31, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Lara Trump backs California GOP push, CJ Pearson praises campus patriots, Times hosts naval forum

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A shopper makes a purchase with food stamps on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The American Flag flies next to a One9 Fuel Stop sign displaying gas prices for diesel and unleaded gas in Wilmington, Ohio, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump tells gas companies to drop prices fast or face price-gouging probe

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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A shopper makes a purchase with food stamps on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The American Flag flies next to a One9 Fuel Stop sign displaying gas prices for diesel and unleaded gas in Wilmington, Ohio, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump tells gas companies to drop prices fast or face price-gouging probe

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this July 10, 2002, file photo, an aerial view of the Georgia Pacific timber mill is seen in the foreground, in Fort Bragg, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ** FILE **

A moderate earthquake rocks Northern California, but no immediate reports of damage or injuries

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

Trump, Senate Republicans to hash out internal debate over preelection priorities

By Lindsey McPherson - 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

Artificial intelligence (AI), jobs and immigrant labor in the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America’s AI gamble depends on more than capital

By Peter Morici

Illustration on sanctuary cities as hideouts by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How sanctuary cities revive America’s oldest constitutional heresy

By Hans von Spakovsky and Daniel Mares

Qatar funding Iran illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Qatar’s $12 billion betrayal

By Rabbi Pini Dunner

FILE - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media in Rome, Sept. 16, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Keir Starmer the latest failure in British politics

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C.J. Pearson, head of the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council, sits in an interview for “The Sitdown With Alex Swoyer” podcast in The Washington Times. (Screenshot from podcast)

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

By Alex Swoyer - 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, 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

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)

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce set July 3 wedding with Madison Square Garden celebration planned

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

The ferris wheel on the National Mall is lit as preparation continues for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Sunday, June 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick

Trump is the frontman for his own party as rival groups vie to shape America’s 250th anniversary

By Steven Sloan - Associated Press

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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)

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

By Gary Marx and Shonda Werry

Then-U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson fields questions during a media roundtable on the sidelines of the International Maritime Defense Exhibition in Singapore, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim) ** FILE **

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

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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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

The American Flag flies next to a One9 Fuel Stop sign displaying gas prices for diesel and unleaded gas in Wilmington, Ohio, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump tells gas companies to drop prices fast or face price-gouging probe

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

Trump shifts from Iran war to economy at Pennsylvania rally

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Chris Wright, from right, speaks as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and President Donald Trump listen 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 administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

By Jennifer McDermott and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

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A shopper makes a purchase with food stamps on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, prepare for takeoff, April 13, 2022, in Burlington, Vt. (Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis/U.S. Air National Guard via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon defends F-35 to lawmakers after questions from recent GAO report

By Mike Glenn - 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

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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C.J. Pearson, head of the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council, sits in an interview for “The Sitdown With Alex Swoyer” podcast in The Washington Times. (Screenshot from podcast)

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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

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A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, July 5, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Camp Mystic, Texas summer camp where floods killed 28, files for bankruptcy

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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

In this July 10, 2002, file photo, an aerial view of the Georgia Pacific timber mill is seen in the foreground, in Fort Bragg, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ** FILE **

A moderate earthquake rocks Northern California, but no immediate reports of damage or injuries

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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

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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) ** FILE **

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

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

U.N. nuclear chief says inspectors will visit Iran sites. Tehran says only after a final deal

By Mari Yamaguchi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Debris is strewn in the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia on Dec. 9, 2024, after a firebombing. (Yumi Rosenbaum/AAP Image via AP)

Iranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Smoke raises above the city in sunrise following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

War against Ukraine is a war against the West, says Russian who fights for Kyiv

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

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AJ Dybantsa, right, celebrates after being chosen 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)

Wizards pick BYU’s Dybantsa with first No. 1 pick since 2010

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the World Cup Group K soccer match between Portugal and Uzbekistan in Houston, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score in six World Cups with two goals against Uzbekistan

By Kristie Rieken - Associated Press

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo walks off the court after an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

In today’s NBA, when a Giannis-sized opportunity knocks, teams take the leap

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Serena Williams of the U.S. returns the ball as she and Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova play during their round of 16 doubles match against New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Mexico's Giuliana Olmo during the WTA 500 Berlin Open tennis tournament at Steffi Graf Stadium, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

It’s ‘Serena being Serena’ as Williams makes audacious singles return at Wimbledon

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

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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

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce set July 3 wedding with Madison Square Garden celebration planned

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

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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) ** FILE **

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

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Smoke raises above the city in sunrise following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche listens during a news conference on unaccompanied children at the Justice Department Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump task force seizes Ferraris and fine jewelry in $6.5 billion healthcare fraud takedown

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

AJ Dybantsa, right, celebrates after being chosen 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)

Wizards pick BYU’s Dybantsa with first No. 1 pick since 2010

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the GOP whip, and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., right, pauses as he speaks to reporters ahead of a Wednesday meeting with President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate approves House-passed war powers resolution to end hostilities with Iran

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A masked ICE agent stands outside the Delaney Hall detention center during a protest against the transfer of detainees on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

DOJ sues New York over federal agent mask ban

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RNC sues to stop Nebraska election law that allows nonresidents to vote

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Anti-ICE protesters take to the streets during clashes with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall detention center on Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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President Donald Trump and Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., right, appear on stage together during an event at a Mack Trucks facility, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Macungie, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump tells congressman he’s endorsed ‘no one wants to hear from you’

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media after disembarking Air Force One at Reading Regional Airport, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Reading, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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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

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A group of undocumented migrants is deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge in McAllen, Texas, on Friday, March 13, 2026. Dozens of migrants from countries including Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, China, Guatemala and El Salvador were handed over to Mexican authorities. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) ** FILE **

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