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Iranian regime confirms it has lost access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a meeting with Tehran-based foreign diplomats, Iran, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Forootan via AP) ** FILE **

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An Iranian government spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that the Islamic republic does not have access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium following its 12-day war with Israel.

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for ‘old-school’ House-Senate conference for spending negotiations

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., flanked by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blames Democrats, former President Joe Biden, and Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie of Kentucky, over the Jeffrey Epstein situation, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday laid out his key demand for government funding negotiations: Spend less.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., flanked by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blames Democrats, former President Joe Biden, and Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie of Kentucky, over the Jeffrey Epstein situation, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for ‘old-school’ House-Senate conference for spending negotiations

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in U.S.-allied Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal

By Josef Federman and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Teenage boy using laptop under blanket on bed at night. File photo credit: New Africa via Shutterstock.

Report finds teens reaching out to AI companions for ‘sex’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

FILE - A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

North Carolina reaches agreement with Justice Dept. to clean up its voter rolls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A school bus rolls through a neighborhood near where ICE officers took a man into custody after breaking the window of the family car, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in New Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

DHS says immigration enforcement agents aren’t ‘raiding’ schools, arrests will be ‘extremely rare’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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FILE - A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

North Carolina reaches agreement with Justice Dept. to clean up its voter rolls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A school bus rolls through a neighborhood near where ICE officers took a man into custody after breaking the window of the family car, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in New Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

DHS says immigration enforcement agents aren’t ‘raiding’ schools, arrests will be ‘extremely rare’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Treasury chief Bessent: U.S. would have to refund up to $1 trillion if it loses tariff case in June

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

What kind of person might want to kill Trump? We’re about to find out

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Why did Biden pardon thousands of violent criminals?

By Cal Thomas

International purge of conservatives and right-wing politics illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump, South Korea and the international purge of right-wing politics

By William Barclay

Voter identification (photo IDs) for all elections illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

IDs should be a nationwide voting requirement

By John R. Lott Jr.

Illustration on fighting drug cartels by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Trump’s gunboat diplomacy

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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

We must confront Maduro’s narco-terrorist state

By Carlo J.V. Caro

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Report finds teens reaching out to AI companions for ‘sex’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Transgender athlete asks Supreme Court to dismiss her challenge of Idaho’s ban ahead of arguments

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Parents who object to LGBTQ-themed storybooks for elementary-age schoolchildren rally outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before an Aug. 9, 2023, hearing on a lawsuit seeking reinstatement of opt-out provisions. (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty photo, used with permission) **FILE**

Maryland mom who won LGBTQ story time case in Supreme Court says changes needed in education

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Will Apple’s new iPhones cost more? Here’s what to expect from today’s unveiling

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Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza carry their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders from Gaza City. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel orders civilian evacuation of Gaza City ahead of major military takeover operation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The SkyCarrier drone launch platform was revealed by Teledyne FLIR Defense at a London trade show, detailing how the fully autonomous system can assist in the launch and retrieval of Teledyne’s SkyRanger and SkyRaider drones. (Photo courtesy of Teledyne FLIR Defense)

New portable drone launch system enables fully autonomous drone launch while mobile

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, from left, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, CEO Armin Papperger and German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil arrive for the inauguration of the newly built artillery ammunition plant by German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in Unterluess, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

NATO’s 5% defense mandate exposes Europe’s creative accounting

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Manhunt underway for accomplices to shooting at Israeli bus stop that killed 6, injured 12

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. (Charlotte Area Transit System via AP)

Stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee by ‘madman’ brings focus to Trump’s anti-crime agenda

By Valerie Richardson and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

What kind of person might want to kill Trump? We’re about to find out

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons, left, testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding consumer protection on data privacy. Simons is joined at the witness table by, from left, FTC Commissioners Christine Wilson, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Noah Joshua Phillips and Rohit Chopra. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Trump in firing of FTC commissioner

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump decries ‘lunatic’ who killed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in subway stabbing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Iranian regime confirms it has lost access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., flanked by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blames Democrats, former President Joe Biden, and Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie of Kentucky, over the Jeffrey Epstein situation, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for ‘old-school’ House-Senate conference for spending negotiations

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

FILE - A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

North Carolina reaches agreement with Justice Dept. to clean up its voter rolls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Labor Department in Washington, where a poster of President Donald Trump is displayed, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House speaker: D.C. crime emergency extension unneeded if locals cooperate with feds

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Northbrook, Ill., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. added 911,000 fewer jobs through March, BLS says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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In this Feb. 2011 file photo, traffic approaches Maine Turnpike toll booths in Gardiner, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

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Four-star firings: Trump in midst of complete overhaul of generals, admirals across U.S. military

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Soybeans are planted on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

A tough row to hoe: Trump-loving farmers weather low crop prices, tariff costs on fertilizer

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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13-year-old boy with ‘school shooter ideations’ arrested in Washington state

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This 2009 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large group of Gram-negative Salmonella typhimurium bacteria that had been isolated from a pure culture. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP) **FILE**

16 sickened by salmonella in 10 states after eating ready-to-eat home delivery meals

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, prior to the release of her new book, "Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution," about her path to the high court and her approach to the Constitution, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘I am proud to serve’: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett opens up about being on the bench

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Enforcement Administration agents on June 13, 2016, in Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Feds arrest hundreds of Sinaloa Cartel members, seize drugs and guns, in nationwide crackdown

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese prime minister announces resignation after losses fracture party support

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a meeting with Tehran-based foreign diplomats, Iran, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Forootan via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian regime confirms it has lost access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in U.S.-allied Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal

By Josef Federman and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talk during joint press conference with Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 5 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 21 people in line to receive pensions

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) passes the ball during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Optimism reigns after Commanders’ promising season opener

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Former Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr. is honored on the anniversary of setting the record for most consecutive games played in the MLB during a baseball game between the Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Ripken’s streak remains a marvel decades after he broke Gehrig’s record

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Denny Hamlin (11) wins a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Madison, Ill. (AP Photo/Connor Hamilton)

‘Ridiculously fast’ Toyotas turning heads with speed in NASCAR playoffs

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Jannik Sinner, of Italy, left, and Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, right, hold their trophies after Alcaraz defeated Sinner to win the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Alcaraz’s U.S. Open championship, No. 1 ranking arrive thanks to his variety

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Billy Hallowell sits down with former Secret Service agent Darin Kinder, a survivor of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Education Department will issue guidance protecting prayer in public schools

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the change, walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new feeling of welcome

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates the canonization Mass of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

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Treasury chief Bessent: U.S. would have to refund up to $1 trillion if it loses tariff case in June

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In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Northbrook, Ill., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. added 911,000 fewer jobs through March, BLS says

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, from left, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, CEO Armin Papperger and German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil arrive for the inauguration of the newly built artillery ammunition plant by German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in Unterluess, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Supreme Court OKs Trump’s L.A. immigration sweeps, says ethnicity ‘relevant factor’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Demonstrators hold a rainbow pride flag outside the Supreme Court as justices deliberate Obergefell vs. Hodges, the case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, in Washington on April 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

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Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza carry their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders from Gaza City. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel orders civilian evacuation of Gaza City ahead of major military takeover operation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, takes questions from reporters on the last day of Maryland's legislative session on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore running for second term, quieting White House rumblings 43 minutes ago

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Parents who object to LGBTQ-themed storybooks for elementary-age schoolchildren rally outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before an Aug. 9, 2023, hearing on a lawsuit seeking reinstatement of opt-out provisions. (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty photo, used with permission) **FILE**

Maryland mom who won LGBTQ story time case in Supreme Court says changes needed in education

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Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in U.S.-allied Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal

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Enforcement Administration agents on June 13, 2016, in Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Feds arrest hundreds of Sinaloa Cartel members, seize drugs and guns, in nationwide crackdown

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, prior to the release of her new book, "Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution," about her path to the high court and her approach to the Constitution, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘I am proud to serve’: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett opens up about being on the bench

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This image posted Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, on the X account of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to a “wonderful secret” and purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, who has denied sending the note. (@OversightDems/X via AP)

Democrats display alleged Trump note to Epstein for 50th birthday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Trump loses bid to toss $83M defamation judgment in favor of E. Jean Carroll

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a shooting attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Manhunt underway for accomplices to shooting at Israeli bus stop that killed 6, injured 12

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block $4 billion in foreign aid before deadline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. (Charlotte Area Transit System via AP)

Stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee by ‘madman’ brings focus to Trump’s anti-crime agenda

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President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Education Department will issue guidance protecting prayer in public schools

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons, left, testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding consumer protection on data privacy. Simons is joined at the witness table by, from left, FTC Commissioners Christine Wilson, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Noah Joshua Phillips and Rohit Chopra. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Trump in firing of FTC commissioner

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Flowers line a pathway to the Annunciation Catholic Church where Vice President JD Vance and his wife second lady Usha Vance, had arrived to pay their respects to victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/ Pool via AP)

‘Religion clearly a factor’: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting comes with rise in church attacks

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