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A traveler looks at a flight board with delays and cancellations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Congressional investigators said in a report Friday, April 28, 2023, that an increase in flight cancellations as travel recovered from the pandemic was due mostly to factors that airlines controlled, including cancellations for maintenance issues or lack of a crew. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

New report blames airlines for most flight cancellations

By David Koenig - Associated Press

A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter takes off after deploying soldiers during the Swift Response 22 military exercise at the Krivolak army training polygon in the central part of North Macedonia, May 12, 2022. The Black Hawk is a twin-engine, four-bladed, medium-lift, utility helicopter developed for the U.S. Army since the 1970s by Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Conn. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)

GAO denies Sikorsky-Boeing challenge to lucrative Army helicopter contract

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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NIH spent billions on overseas animal testing but didn’t police anti-cruelty standards

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 7, 2020, photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Scammer filed unemployment claim in name of feds’ top investigator

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines during the ship's return to home port at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., in this Oct. 12, 2020, photo. Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes as at time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace with China’s growing fleet. (Spc. Jason Pastrick/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Report: Navy ships face growing maintenance delays, costs

Associated Press

Under new guidance, U.S. special operations fighters will be taking a larger role in cyberwarfare, information and "influence" operations. (Associated Press/File)

Pentagon’s cyberwarfare troops get the training, then leave, asserts GAO report

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Cargo vessels are anchored offshore near oil platforms, before heading into the Los Angeles-Long Beach port on Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Offshore oil and gas rigs could be targets of another cyberattack

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Guatemala used U.S. military jeeps to intimidate American diplomats

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A federal police officer patrols with a security dog outside federal court, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Boston, on the first day of the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev is charged with conspiring with his brother to place two bombs near the marathon finish line in April 2013, killing three and injuring 260 people. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Federal agencies caught dogging it over policies on caring for canines

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md. The Commerce Department says it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast Asia are circumventing anti-dumping rules that block imports from China. The decision could dramatically reduce solar imports to the U.S. and undercut President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate goals. Clean energy leaders said the investigation could lead to thousands of layoffs in the domestic solar industry and imperil up to 80% of planned solar projects in the U.S. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

House Republicans sound alarm over Chinese investment in U.S. farmland

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A tattoo on the back of U.S. Army Sgt. James Wilkes of Rochester, N.Y., is seen through his torn shirt after a foot patrol with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, of the 5th Styker Brigade on May 8, 2010, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The full tattoo reads, &quot;Sacrifice. Without fear there is no courage.&quot; (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

GAO report: Military tattoo policies need to be updated

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Broken Immigration System Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Misinformation threatens sound immigration policy

By Mario H. Lopez

Migrants walk north on the highway toward the exit to Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, at sunrise Thursday, June 9, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Up to 33% of ICE catch-and-release migrants abscond: GAO audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 12, 2019, file photo morning clouds cover Capitol Hill in Washington. On Thursday, April 18, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Unemployment benefits deemed ‘high-risk’ program after massive fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This May 4, 2021 file photo shows the outside of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

IRS audits plummet as wealthy escape scrutiny, poorest taxpayers get hit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times