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Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, left, and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, right, shake hands following their first debate for the Texas U.S. Senate in Dallas, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Cruz, O’Rourke trade blows in contentious Texas Senate debate

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013, as the House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the FBI. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mueller looking at payments between Russians who arranged Trump Tower meeting

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Alumni of Holton-Arms School, Karen Bralove, class of 1963, left, Alexis Goldstein, class of 1999, and Sarah Burgess, class of 2005, speak to members of the media about a letter they delivered to the office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who is also an alumni of the school, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The letter, which the group wants Capito to sign, calls for an independent investigation of accusations by Christine Blasey Ford, a 1984 alumni of the school, against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Young Christine Blasey Ford remembered as popular figure in Dewey Beach bar scene in 1980s

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, flanked by Sarah Burgess, left, an alumnae of the Holton Arms School, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, is applauded by demonstrators as they arrive to speak to reporters in support of professor Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual attack, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. Christine Blasey Ford was a student at the Holton Arms School, a Maryland all-girls school, in the early 1980s. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Shut up’: Democrats fire up man-bashing to defeat Kavanaugh in ‘defining’ #MeToo moment

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

US Air Force Thunderbirds F16 jets perform as they arrive in the Air Force base of Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, east of the capital Sofia, Friday, June, 29, 2007. The Thunderbirds the world-renowned Air Demonstration Unit of the United States Air Force are coming to Bulgaria as part of the Bulgarian - American Days of the Air Force, commemorating the the 95th anniversary of the Bulgarian Air Force and the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force and will perform an air-show at Graf Ignatievo on July, 1. Graf Ignatievo is one of two airbases which will be used by US Air Forces in Bulgaria.(AP Photo/Petar Petrov)

Resistance to Space Force mirrors that of early ‘revolutionaries’ pushing for U.S. Air Force

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A woman holds up signs reading in Spanish: "Dreamers as prisoners of Donald Trump," and "Stop deportations that separate families, causing pain, anguish, and tears", as a handful of demonstrators protested outside the Ministry of Foreign Relations, where U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was meeting with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Tillerson's Mexico stop kicks off a weeklong trip to Latin America which will take him to Argentina, Peru, and Colombia, with a final stop in Jamaica. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Illegal immigrants turn to GoFundMe in effort to stay in U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Show me the money: Hollywood chases diversity as ticket to financial reward

By Christian Toto — Special to The Washington Times

former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

James Comey was chief anti-Trump dossier proponent within U.S. intelligence community

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. A complaint expected to be filed Thursday, Aug. 23 with the Department of Homeland Security alleges that immigration authorities coerced dozens of parents separated from their children at the border to sign documents they didn't understand. In some of those cases, parents gave away rights to be reunited with their kids. The complaint will be filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Council. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) **FILE**

GOP senator writes bill to solve family separations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks at a spending bill signing ceremony at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs first three-bill spending package for FY 2019

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, listen to remarks during a Religious Liberty Summit at the Department of Justice, Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Deputy AG Rosenstein talked of secretly taping Trump, pushing to invoke 25th Amendment: Report

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks through a tunnel towards the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate GOP gives counteroffer to Kavanaugh accuser for hearing

In this June 4, 2017, photo. new Army recruits take part in a swearing in ceremony before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in San Diego. The Army has missed its recruiting goal for the first time in more than a decade. Army leaders tell The Associated Press they signed up about 70,000 new troops for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Army misses recruiting goal for first time in over a decade

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Democrats ‘very purposefully’ timed Kavanaugh allegations to ‘Obstruct & Resist & Delay’: Trump

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump waves as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. President Trump challenged the woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault by name, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, saying that if the alleged attack was that &quot;bad&quot; then she would have filed charges. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says his Supreme Court pick is ‘under assault by radical left’

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Senate unlikely to grant Christine Blasey Ford’s request for Kavanaugh to testify first

Protesters opposed to President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, demonstrate in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Christine Blasey Ford says she will testify to Senate, but she has stipulations

In this Sept. 4, 2018, photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks during the committee's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bookerhas released a new batch of &quot;committee confidential&quot; documents about Kavanaugh, even after a conservative judicial group referred his earlier disclosures to the Senate Ethics Committee. The documents released Sept. 12 show Kavanaugh's involvement in President George W. Bush-era judicial nominations, including some that were controversial. Judicial Watch wants the Ethics Committee to investigate as a possible violation of Senate rules. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Cory Booker’s 1992 column detailing ‘groping’ of high school friend resurfaces

Michael Cohen leaves Federal court, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Robert Mueller grills Michael Cohen about all of Trump’s dealings with Russia

Communist GAO auditor: Federal bureaucracy abuzz with socialists working on Trump resistance

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Washington. Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Judiciary Committee eyes independent lawyer to conduct Kavanaugh questioning

In this Sept. 6, 2018, photo, people in New York walk past a Nike advertisement featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, known for kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. In response to Nike's support of Kaepernick, the Rhode Island town of North Smithfield is considering asking its departments to refrain from purchasing Nike products. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Harvard to award Colin Kaepernick medal for work in African-American studies

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley speaks during a candidate forum at the annual Missouri Press Association convention Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Maryland Heights, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Republican candidates blast Democrats’ ‘ambush’ on Kavanaugh, rally around Trump pick

In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) **FILE**

Sting video of left-wing DOJ staffer bragging about misuse of govt. resources sparks investigation

Opinion

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When extremist Hindu nationalism starts to spread

By Joseph D'Souza

Blythe Hayes, left, with her daughter Erin Hayes, 3, and her husband Sean Hayes, from Manteo, N.C., eats at Bubba's Seafood Restaurant even though the deck has a few inches of water on it, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Virginia Beach, Va., as the effects of Hurricane Florence are felt in the area. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington discovers Filipino cooking

By Corinna Lothar

Illustration on U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

Trump’s trade war

By Donald Lambro

Liberty Struck Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Are we on the verge of civil war?

By Victor Davis Hanson

Illustration on the financial impact of hurricanes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The economics of weather disasters

By Peter Morici

Ballistic Missile Intercept System Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Toward a cost-effective ballistic missile defense

By Henry F. Cooper and Roland H. Worrell

Crossroads had asked the Supreme Court to stay Judge Howell's decision. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. had granted a stay but the full court on Tuesday said it had erased the stay. (Associated Press)

Distorting the traditional purpose of civil lawsuits

By Thomas M. Fisher

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Politics

Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, left, and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, right, shake hands following their first debate for the Texas U.S. Senate in Dallas, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Cruz, O’Rourke trade blows in contentious Texas Senate debate

By James Varney - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 2, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., listens during a forum on the future of the Democratic Party, in Denver. On Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, Ellison denied an allegation from an ex-girlfriend that he had once dragged her off a bed while screaming obscenities at her. The allegation came just days before a Tuesday primary in which the Democrat is among several running for state attorney general. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Democrats accused of trying to bury Ellison abuse allegations with sluggish probe

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, responds to reporters' questions on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amid scrutiny of a woman's claim he sexually assaulted her at a party when they were in high school, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Feinstein tells GOP to ‘show a little compassion’ for Kavanaugh accuser

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the 2018 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pompeo tells social conservatives we will lead on religious liberty

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at a spending bill signing ceremony at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lauds boost to VA spending: ‘Promises kept’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, listen to remarks during a Religious Liberty Summit at the Department of Justice, Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Deputy AG Rosenstein talked of secretly taping Trump, pushing to invoke 25th Amendment: Report 27 minutes ago

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks through a tunnel towards the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate GOP gives counteroffer to Kavanaugh accuser for hearing

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The 12th annual Values Voters Summit has arrived in the capital to emphasize the "momentum" and lasting power of America's values. (Family Research Council)

Kavanaugh allegations unprovable, Bauer tells Values Voter Summit

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Sports

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Shawn Lauvao out vs. Packers

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Life

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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ fans’ rage prompts company to pull ‘sexy’ costume: ‘This is unfortunate’

Joe Biden invokes ‘Deliverance’ rape scene in defense of Kavanaugh accuser

Tucker Carlson on the nation’s capital: ‘I have never seen this city crazier, more paranoid’

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National

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states. But not a single Republican attorney general has sued _ not even from states with large immigrant populations. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

Citizenship question for 2020 census sparked online uproar: Commerce

By James Varney - The Washington Times

This June 2018 photo provided by Tilray shows their subsidiary High Park Farms facility, a 13 acre greenhouse, in Enniskillen, Canada. (Tilray via AP)

Canadian cannabis firm Tilray sees stock price tumble days after DEA deal spurred stock surge

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 12: United States Department of Justice sign in Washington, DC on July 12, 2017
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Former Catholic priest returns to U.S. to face sex abuse charges 26 years after fleeing country

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2007, file photo Nare Ratnapala, front, and Jia Jiang, explore the features of the new Apple iPhone, as they wait at an Apple store in Tysons Corner, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FEMA test to put ‘presidential alert’ on 75 percent of U.S. cellphones, agency expects

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at a spending bill signing ceremony at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs first three-bill spending package for FY 2019

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013, as the House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the FBI. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mueller looking at payments between Russians who arranged Trump Tower meeting

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Communist GAO auditor: Federal bureaucracy abuzz with socialists working on Trump resistance

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

(Associated Press)

Multiple stabbings at New York day care; babies injured: Report

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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World

Trump’s drive to slash Iranian oil exports draws strong global reaction

Muslim rapper cancels concerts planned for Bataclan music hall, site of deadly 2015 terror attack

Russia plotted sneaking Julian Assange out of Ecuadorian Embassy in London: Report

British P.M. Theresa May ‘humiliated’ after EU trashes her Brexit plan: U.K. media

More mass graves discovered from Rwanda’s genocide

World Anti-Doping Agency reinstates Russia, ending nearly 3-year ban

Understanding ‘illiberal democracy’ and the fight for the West

Japan’s Shinzo Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM

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Security

Romanian pleads guilty in hack of D.C. police surveillance cameras prior to Inauguration Day

Army misses recruiting goal for first time in over a decade

Space Force faces same resistance as Air Force at founding

Pro-Trumpers turn to GoFundMe to build border wall

Robert Mueller asked Michael Cohen about all of Donald Trump’s dealings with Russia: Report

Donald Trump praises Kim Jong-un denuclearization pledge: ‘Tremendous progress’

Kim Jong-un, Moon Jae-in join hands on peak of sacred North Korean volcano

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