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A person pumps gas, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Marietta, Ga. Georgia's governor Brian Kemp is suspending state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, declaring a legal emergency over higher prices, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Only Congress can cut the diesel tax

With diesel prices hitting all-time highs, the Trump administration is reportedly considering a novel, albeit unlawful, way to circumvent the 24.4-cents-per-gallon federal diesel tax: Allow the broader sale of tax-exempt, red-dyed diesel.

The economy and White House messaging for the midterms illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

White House needs tough love on midterm messaging

Somebody in the White House needs to close the briefing book, walk into the Oval Office and say it plainly: Mr. President, the midterm message is missing the mark.

Looking back at the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. imams still lying about 9/11

- The Washington Times

The Sept. 11 day of remembrance brings out the worst in Islamic propagandists as they take to their pulpits, podcasts and YouTube channels to bash America and Israel -- and assert that the 9/11 attacks are a big lie.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a vigil marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Radical Islamists eat their own with Mamdani

- The Washington Times

Three years ago, 13 days after Hamas brutally invaded Israel and slaughtered more than 1,200 people, Zohran Mamdani hit the streets of New York City with a bullhorn to attend a pro-Palestinian rally.

This April 9, 2010, file photo released by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows U.S. Major Nidal Hasan at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department, File)

Obama's legacy of emboldening Islamic terrorism

- The Washington Times

Nidal Malik Hasan is scheduled for death by firing squad on Dec. 3. Hasan will soon be dead. But former President Obama's legacy of watering down, defending and ultimately enabling Islamic terror will live on.

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

America needs the best and brightest, but H-1B isn't bringing them

America should be the first choice for the world's most talented scientists, engineers, and builders. The H-1B visa was meant to help make that happen by being a precision tool for bringing in top foreign talent. In practice, though, it too often works as a channel for cheap labor that shortchanges both American workers and genuinely exceptional immigrants.