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Jennifer Pompi

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Jennifer Pompi is a general assignment reporter and afternoon slot editor for The Washington Times. Previously, she worked as an editor for AOL/Patch, covering hyperlocal news in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland. She can be reached at jpompi@washingtontimes.com.

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Abby Dean foiled her baby sitter's attempt to blame a home robbery on two black men. Credit: Fox6Now screenshot

4-year-old foils babysitter’s home invasion plot

A Washington state baby sitter's plan to blame a home invasion on two black men was foiled by her 4-year-old charge, when little Abby Dean told police "It wasn't the right skin color," reports a local Fox affiliate.

June 24, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama arrives to speak at The White House Summit on Working Families at a hotel in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2014. The gathering, organized by the White House, Department of Labor, and the Center for American Progress, highlights the challenges and offers solutions faced by working families in America. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Michelle Obama won’t enter politics after White House

What will first lady Michelle Obama do once her husband's term in the White House ends? While she is anxious to see the U.S. elect a woman president, she won't be running for office herself, at least according to her comments Monday at the president's summit on family-friendly work policies.

June 23, 2014
This Friday, June 20, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Rand Paul: We will make Hillary Clinton answer for Benghazi

Sen. Rand Paul, in his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, refused to criticize President Obama's handling of Iraq, but he did say that Hillary Rodham Clinton was going to have to answer for her actions, or lack thereof, leading up to the 2012 terrorist incident that killed four Americans.

June 22, 2014

Hillary Clinton: ‘We pay ordinary income tax’

Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under fire repeatedly since an interview earlier this month with ABC's Diane Sawyer, where the former first lady declared that she and husband, former President Bill Clinton, left the White House "dead broke."

June 22, 2014
Pope Francis told members of the Italian Mafia that they were officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis excommunicates Sicilian mafia

Pope Francis during a Mass celebration Sunday told members of the Italian Mafia that they were officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church, according to news reports.

June 22, 2014
Jeremy Meeks, 30, is facing weapons charges, but its his mugshot that has people in a twitter. Photo credit: Stockton Police Department

‘Hot’ felon causes Facebook frenzy

Jeremy Meeks was one of four men arrested by the Stockton Police Department Wednesday as part of an operation intended to crackdown on a increase in robberies and shootings in the Weston Ranch area.

June 19, 2014
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses her new book "Hard Choices" in Toronto on Monday, June 16, 2014. In excerpts published Monday, June 16, 2014, Clinton told weekly German magazine Stern that the U.S. lags behind countries such as Germany, Chile and Brazil because it's never had a woman as head of state or government. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Romney slams Hillary Clinton as ‘clueless’

Showing he's no fan of the possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mitt Romney blasted the former secretary of state as 'clueless,' on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, reported Yahoo news.

June 16, 2014
HiIlary Rodham Clinton shot back at Matt Drudge after he Tweeted a photo of her leaning on a chair and insinuating she needed a walker.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Hillary Clinton to Drudge, Rove: Do your worst

After eight years as first lady and four as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton has had to deal with harsh words about everything from her hairstyle to her politics to her marriage. But she's not going to let digs about her health and age bring her down.

June 12, 2014
Though the original Star-Spangled Banner was taken down and preserved for posterity, Fort McHenry near Baltimore makes sure the American flag is still there. (Maryland Governor's office)

Bicentennial year makes a Flag Day to remember

The nearly 200-year-old, majestic 30-by-34-foot Star-Spangled Banner is on display in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and what better day than Saturday — Flag Day — to visit what is arguably the country's most famous flag?

June 12, 2014
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz address delegates at the Texas GOP Convention in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, June 6, 2014.   Cruz has fired up the Texas Republican Convention, promising to lead a conservative revolution unseen since the days of Ronald Reagan. The tea party favorite is a possible 2016 presidential candidate, and seemed like one during his speech Friday before thousands of adoring delegates who gave him numerous standing ovations. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)

Sen. Ted Cruz no longer Canadian

After finding out last August that he was a dual citizen, the Texas Republican vowed to renounce his Canadian citizenship, saying he believed that he should "be only and American."

June 10, 2014
FILE - In this May 1, 2009 file photo, Washington Redskins Marko Mitchell puts his helmet on during their NFL football minicamp practice at their training facility in Ashburn, Va. Half of the U.S. Senate says it's time to change the name of the Washington Redskins. Forty-nine Democratic senators wrote NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, May 22, 2014. They say racism and bigotry do not belong in professional sports.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Anti-‘Redskins’ ad to run during NBA finals

Opponents of the Washington Redskins' name — who say the name is an offensive racial slur and have been pressuring owner Daniel Snyder to change the moniker — are starting a new television campaign targeting basketball fans.

June 10, 2014
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers at the scene of a shooting in Las Vegas. Police say two suspects shot two officers at a Las Vegas pizza parlor before fatally shooting a person and turning the guns on themselves at a nearby Wal-Mart. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas shooting: 2 cops among 5 dead

Five people, including two police officers and two shooters, are dead after a shooting rampage in Las Vegas Sunday, according to news reports.

June 8, 2014