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Ohio State to pay $2.1 million settlement for unreported research funding from China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Ohio State University will pay the federal government $2.1 million for failing to report Chinese funding for a climate scientist who was working under Beijing’s Thousand Talents foreign expert recruitment program, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Alex Adams, head of the federal government’s Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an “orphan tax” on kids who end up in foster families. (Screenshot from The Washington Times' video)

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Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch ‘orphan tax’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Alex J. Adams, head of the federal government’s Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an “orphan tax” on kids who end up in foster families.

The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., on Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

A dead teen’s Social Security number stayed active for 24 years and $284,000 in fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A data center built by the Markley Group looms over a ballpark and residential neighborhood in Lowell, Mass., on June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)

Data centers turn toxic for voters, become political cudgel in 2026 races

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Shannon Heacock holds a photo of son Elijah Heacock, who died at age 16, during a protest against social media platforms outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Will TikTok and YouTube match Meta’s new safety rules? Billions for states are riding on it

By Susan Ferrechio and Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, talks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before the start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Will Congress finally set national NIL rules for college athletes?

By Mary McCue Bell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

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Is legal weed making more people addicted? A new study suggests so

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Parents hold pictures of their deceased children during a protest against social media platforms outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Meta to pay $17 billion over teen safety lawsuit filed by dozens of states

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours the ballroom construction around the outside of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Supreme Court allows Trump to keep building his ballroom — for now

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A customer shops at a Grocery Outlet store in Pleasanton, Calif., on Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

‘Trickflation’ sells less food at a higher price in containers that look bigger

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Drivers follow the pace car around the course near the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at the start of the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Unmatched views and one-of-a-kind spectacle: Freedom 250 Grand Prix wows fans, drivers

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

A person waits in line for a prospective employer at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla., on Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Millions of men are ditching the workforce — and experts are sounding the alarm

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court doesn’t act in time to stop execution of ‘vicious’ dog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times