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Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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This photo provided by the U.S. Army, paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division deploy as they prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. (Spc. Hubert Delany III/U.S. Army via AP)

Mike Pompeo vows to attack Iran leaders if Tehran retaliates

The Trump administration escalated its threats Sunday to hit Iran's top leaders with military strikes if Tehran or its proxies carry out any attacks against American personnel or interests in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week.

January 5, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during an "Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch" at King Jesus International Ministry, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump warns Iran that U.S. will hit it ‘hard’ if Tehran retaliates for Soleimani killing

President Trump warned Iran Saturday that the U.S. will hit as many as 52 Iranian sites -- one for each of the American hostages held in 1979 -- "very hard" if Tehran retaliates for the U.S. killing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

January 4, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during an "Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch" at King Jesus International Ministry, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump kicks off evangelical outreach, says ‘God is on our side’

President Trump launched his campaign outreach to evangelical voters Friday, telling thousands of Christian supporters at a megachurch in Florida that "God is on our side."

January 3, 2020

In this Dec. 24, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the target of a Friday U.S. airstrike in Iraq was “plotting to kill” many Americans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump says he ordered death of Iranian Gen. Soleimani ‘to stop a war’

President Trump said Friday he ordered the attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "to stop a war," but warned Iran that the U.S. has other targets lined up and he won't hesitate to launch more strikes to defend Americans.

January 3, 2020

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ilhan Omar: Dems are outraged by Trump’s assassination of ‘a foreign official’

Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota said Friday she and her fellow Democrats are outraged that President Trump assassinated Iranian Gen. Hassem Suleimani, whom she called "a foreign official," without telling Congress.

January 3, 2020

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel speaks at a fundraiser at Cipriani in New York with President Donald Trump, Dec. 2, 2017. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

RNC, Trump campaign report combined haul of $463 million in 2019

President Trump's reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee raised a record $463.6 million in 2019 and are starting the pivotal election year with $194.8 million cash on hand, officials said Friday.

January 3, 2020

In this Dec. 24, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the target of a Friday U.S. airstrike in Iraq was “plotting to kill” many Americans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was plotting to kill more Americans

President Trump said Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was planning to kill more Americans when the U.S. killed him in a drone strike Thursday night, and an ally of the White House said the Iranian was plotting a coup in Iraq.

January 3, 2020

Iranian "proxy" Hadi al-Amiri, a leader of the siege this week on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, met at the White House with President Obama and was photographed with Joseph R. Biden. (Associated Press)

Chief of Iran-backed embassy siege met with Obama, Biden

A leader of the Iran-backed siege of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was welcomed to the White House in 2011 by President Barack Obama, an embarrassment that President Trump's allies on Thursday dumped in the lap of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

January 3, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a community event at the National Motorcycle Museum, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, in Anamosa, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of recklessness in killing Qassem Soleimani

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden criticized President Trump's targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Thursday night, saying Mr. Trump "just tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox."

January 3, 2020

In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, that Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Qassem Soleimani killed by U.S. airstrike

The U.S. military claimed responsibility Thursday night for an airstrike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian military's elite Quds force, at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.

January 2, 2020

Hadi al-Amiri (center), commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, speaks to his followers during his political block campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 7, 2018. Iraqis head to the polls next weekend for the first time since the government declared victory against the Islamic State group, in national elections that could tilt the balance of power between the United States and Iran. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) **FILE**

Hadi al-Amiri, leader of U.S. Embassy siege in Iraq, was guest of Obama at White House

One of the men identified by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a leader of the Iran-backed siege of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was welcomed to the White House in 2011 by President Barack Obama.

January 2, 2020

President Donald Trump smiles during a roundtable with governors on government regulations in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump beats own record for fewest new regulations issued in a year

The Trump administration issued the fewest new regulations during 2019 than in any year since the government began keeping track more than four decades ago, as President Trump cuts away at Obama-era red tape.

December 31, 2019

In this June 29, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Trump announces ‘phase one’ of China trade deal coming January 15

President Trump said Tuesday he will sign "phase one" of a trade deal with China on Jan. 15 at the White House and will travel to Beijing later in the year for talks on a larger agreement.

December 31, 2019

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is shown in this file photo from Sept. 17, 2019. Mr. Lewandowski has decided against a 2020 U.S. Senate run in New Hampshire, despite encouragement from Mr. Trump for him to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. (Associated Press)

Corey Lewandowski says he won’t run for Senate in New Hampshire

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski announced Tuesday he won't run for a U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire, dealing a blow to the president's hopes of flipping the seat in 2020.

December 31, 2019

Democratic Presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gestures while taking part in an on-stage conversation with former California Gov. Jerry Brown at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Michael Bloomberg draws derision for plan to turn East Room of White House into cubicles

Michael Bloomberg's plan to turn the East Room of the White House into an open-office workspace filled with cubicles is drawing derision on social media.

December 31, 2019

In this file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking before he signs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, before traveling to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Trump is threatening a veto of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2021, saying the bill should include language to repeal section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Donald Trump to sign ‘phase one’ of trade deal with China on Jan. 15

President Trump said Tuesday that he'll sign "phase one" of a trade deal with China on Jan. 15 at the White House and will travel to Beijing later in the year for talks on a larger agreement.

December 31, 2019

This June 27, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is photographed on an Apple iPad in New York. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s tweets set records in 2019

President Trump set personal records on Twitter in 2019, reaching out to his 68 million followers in tweet storms that included an impassioned defense against impeachment and sometimes cruel taunts for his critics.

December 30, 2019

In this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Donald Trump to hold campaign rally in Wisconsin on Jan. 14, same date as Dems debate in Iowa

President Trump will hold a campaign rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Jan. 14, his campaign announced Monday as officials prepare to kick the president's 2020 reelection bid into high gear.

December 30, 2019

In this photo taken on Monday, July 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) **FILE**

Putin thanked Trump for U.S. stopping terrorism plot, White House confirms

The White House confirmed Monday that President Trump spoke a day earlier with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the two leaders discussed counterterrorism and arms control.

December 30, 2019

U.S. forces struck five sites in Iraq and Syria, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper called the strikes successful. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump eyes more action after Syria, Iraq strikes

Top U.S. national security advisers provided President Trump with expanded military options targeting Iran and its proxies late Sunday after U.S. forces launched successful airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias threatening U.S. troops in Iraq.

December 30, 2019