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Ukraine’s Black Sea ports fight to stay open as Russian drones target wartime lifeline
At the start of the invasion in February 2022, Russia's Black Sea fleet appeared to hold a near stranglehold over Ukraine's coast. That changed two months later, when Ukrainian anti-ship missiles sank the Moskva, the fleet's flagship, near Snake Island.
House probes IRS failure to nab tax dodgers in federal workforce; more than $6 billion owed
More than 571,000 current and retired federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes, a delinquency rate that has been increasing steadily despite threatening letters from the IRS.
Poll shows most Americans value safety over access on abortion pill
The abortion pill may be the most common method of U.S. elective pregnancy termination, but many Americans still have concerns about its safety, according to a newly released poll.
Kentucky breaks with Trump administration to rein in prediction markets
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed three lawsuits Wednesday against companies operating sweepstakes casinos and prediction markets, accusing them of offering gambling products to Kentuckians while skirting state licensing, taxes and consumer protections.
Civil rights complaint says HHS scholarship for Hawaiian natives violates federal laws
A Department of Health and Human Services scholarship is illegally paying for indigenous Hawaiians to earn healthcare degrees, according to a complaint filed with the agency's Office of Civil Rights.
As pro-West protests test Moscow’s grip, Georgia opposition leader says democracy is nation’s future
Georgia's Independence Day last month was supposed to be a historic display of national unity for the nation of 3.8 million. Instead, May 26 highlighted the growing rift between Georgian society and the country's increasingly authoritarian ruling regime.
Russia aggressively recruiting spies at NATO’s edge; Estonian intel cites new twists in shadow war
Guards manning the famous border crossing between this small city on NATO's eastern flank and Russia are vigilant about what counterintelligence officials here describe as an increasingly aggressive campaign by Moscow to recruit spies.
HHS probes complaint of racial preferences in Biden-era healthcare training grants
The Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a complaint that three of its Biden-era healthcare training programs are illegally distributing federal grant money based on applicants' skin color.
U.S., Iran to announce draft of peace deal within 24 hours
The U.S. and Iran are expected to announce the finalization of a draft proposal of a peace deal to end the fighting on all fronts by Sunday afternoon, a source close to the negotiations told The Washington Times.
Poland offers to build permanent U.S. troop bases to ‘clarify’ deployment situation
Poland has offered to build the necessary infrastructure to host a permanent U.S. troop presence in a bid to "clarify the situation" between the two longtime NATO allies, the country's deputy defense minister told The Washington Times.
Poland now has the most capable military in Europe, leadership says
A top Polish defense official said in an exclusive interview that his country unequivocally possesses the most powerful land army in Europe and is gearing up for a drastic increase in defense manufacturing capacity, only a generation after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Pentagon paying Chinese-linked firm to vet Beijing military threats, critics warn
The Pentagon's counterintelligence agency is funding a company with ties to Chinese state financial infrastructure in identifying threats from military firms -- entities that Beijing could use to hide the dangers, national security analysts disclosed to The Washington Times.
Chief of naval operations outlines ‘hedge’ strategy to maintain U.S. dominance
The U.S. is currently incapable of building ships faster than China, so the head of the U.S. Navy is pushing a next-generation doctrine of smarter force packaging and autonomous system integration to sustain American naval dominance globally.
U.S. Army’s nearly $4 billion battlefield communications bet to face its toughest test yet
The U.S. Army's fiscal year budget request, released Tuesday, confirms the Next Generation Command and Control system is its biggest modernization project and a $4 billion bet on becoming the new communications platform for the military's largest force.
Could space-based data centers help power U.S. military missions in the future?
Data centers in space, and perhaps even on the moon, could become crucial to U.S. national security.
If Iran war forces pivot from the Mideast to U.S. oil, all consumers will pay — including Americans
Despite soaring Middle Eastern risk, factors including the tyranny of distance make U.S. and Venezuelan oil unattractive buys for the Asian industrial economies that supply the bulk of the world's manufactured products.
WATCH: NASA fast-tracks nuclear-powered spaceship, aims for interplanetary travel in 2028
The U.S. is developing a nuclear-powered spaceship designed by technology critical to deep-space exploration and national security, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview this week.
Trump says Rep. Swalwell got caught ‘with hands in cookie jar’
Just before embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell said Monday he is resigning, President Trump told The Washington Times that the lawmaker was a "dangerous person" to be serving in Congress.
Conservative group pours $5.5 million into TV ads, activism to boost GOP in midterms
Americans for Prosperity is funneling $5.5 million into a midterm election initiative to promote lawmakers who voted for President Trump's signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Ukraine’s home-built strike arsenal carries the war deeper into Russia
From a wartime factory floor to targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine's homegrown drone and missile industry is quietly reshaping the war.
