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Pushback from all sides: Biden, McCarthy debt limit deal trashed by left and right

President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By Haris Alic and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s deal to hike the debt limit until after the 2024 elections has Republicans and Democrats up in arms.

Conservative Iowans give DeSantis an opportunity to take on Trump

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., July 31, 2020. Before Trump and DeSantis were leading rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, they were allies. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The 2024 Republican primary clash between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis begins this week in Iowa, where pro-life, grassroots conservative voters offer Mr. DeSantis an opportunity to take a significant bite out of Mr. Trump’s hefty polling lead.

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., July 31, 2020. Before Trump and DeSantis were leading rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, they were allies. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Conservative Iowans give DeSantis an opportunity to take on Trump

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sailors and military personnel disembark the USS Wasp aircraft carrier after docking on the Hudson River during fleet week, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

U.S. Navy honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice during Fleet Week in NYC

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Online daters say being ‘zombied’ is now scarier than ‘ghosting’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Windmills catch the wind blowing on Stetson Mountain, in Range 8, Township 3, Maine, in this July 14, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

A ‘win for the entire country,’ Republicans tout energy-permit rules in debt limit deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., joined by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, about Medicare for All. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats blame border breakdown on U.S. laws, not Biden

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Windmills catch the wind blowing on Stetson Mountain, in Range 8, Township 3, Maine, in this July 14, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

A ‘win for the entire country,’ Republicans tout energy-permit rules in debt limit deal

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., joined by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, about Medicare for All. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Democrats blame border breakdown on U.S. laws, not Biden

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Washington. Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling while trying to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Important step forward’: Biden denies the GOP got much in debt deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House members and visitors listen to the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

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Photographs of fallen soldiers line the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ahead of Memorial Day, in Washington, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Their duty was to serve. Ours is to remember

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Told you so: Conservatives have warned over and over where LGBTQ narrative will lead

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Kirk Cameron reads his illustrated children's book "Pride Comes Before The Fall," published by Brave Books, at the Seattle Public Library on May 27, 2023. Photo courtesy Amplifi Agency.

Kirk Cameron’s book on dangers of ‘pride’: ‘It’s not anti-gay, it’s pro-humility’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. (AP Photo, File)

Online daters say being ‘zombied’ is now scarier than ‘ghosting’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

More than 50 people gathered Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, to protest the university president's decision to cancel a drag show on campus. (Michael Cuviello/Amarillo Globe-News via AP)

Texas lawmakers pass sexual conduct bill that drag performers fear will prompt crackdown

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A security guard asks a teen to leave the Mall in Columbia, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Columbia, Md. The mall has implemented a "Parental Guidance Required" program, which requires that all visitors under 18 be accompanied by an adult who is at least 21-years-old after 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence

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Windmills catch the wind blowing on Stetson Mountain, in Range 8, Township 3, Maine, in this July 14, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

A ‘win for the entire country,’ Republicans tout energy-permit rules in debt limit deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., joined by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, about Medicare for All. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Democrats blame border breakdown on U.S. laws, not Biden

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, next to Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, speaks about the threat of default during a news conference, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Democrat says ‘really unfortunate’ Biden allowed changes to food stamps in debt limit deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 13, 1945 file photo, and provided by the U.S. Army, American soldiers of the 347th U.S. Infantry wear heavy winter gear as they receive rations in La Roche, Belgium. (U.S. Army, via AP, File)

Remembering Ronald Reagan’s Memorial Day message

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

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A Bible sits open as Pastor Rick Mannon stands at the pulpit at Calvary Assembly of God in Wilson, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Mannon's church is an outpost in the culture wars tearing at America, and a haven for people who feel shoved aside by a changing nation. Homosexuality is seen as dangerous here. Abortion is evil. The specter of one-world government looms. &quot;If Christians don't get involved in politics, then we shouldn't have a say,&quot; Mannon says. &quot;We can't just let evil win.&quot; (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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America, the faithless: Only half in nation now certain God exists

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) plays ball with his daughter before the start of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

Dodgers relaunch Christian Faith Day amid Catholic backlash over drag-queen nuns

Attendees wave placards during a rally to protest the one-year anniversary of Colorado's abortion law, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, on April 4, 2023, outside the State Capitol in downtown Denver. After Colorado’s Democratic governor signed a bill Friday, April 14, outlawing what experts consider unproven treatments to “reverse” medical abortions, a federal judge temporarily halted enforcement following a lawsuit from a religious clinic. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

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This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel in "The Little Mermaid." (Disney via AP)

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Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Erin Wilcox speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse on March 10, 2021, in Alexandria, Va., where her organization filed a lawsuit against Fairfax County's school board, alleging discrimination against Asian Americans over its revised admissions process for the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at the elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)

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Appeals court upholds school’s diversity policy that curtailed Asian American student admissions

Sailors and military personnel disembark the USS Wasp aircraft carrier after docking on the Hudson River during fleet week, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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U.S. Navy honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice during Fleet Week in NYC

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Surgeon general warns rampant social media use imperils mental health of teens, adolescents

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Part of whose world? ‘Little Mermaid’ live-action remake irks the right with progressive fixes

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Sailors and military personnel disembark the USS Wasp aircraft carrier after docking on the Hudson River during fleet week, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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U.S. Navy honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice during Fleet Week in NYC

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

CORRECTS TO MAIN STREET INSTEAD OF WEST THIRD STREET-- Onlookers watch as emergency crews work the scene of a partial building collapse on the 300 block of Main Street, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (Nikos Frazier/Quad City Times via AP)

Rescue operations underway after building partially collapses in Davenport, Iowa

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House members and visitors listen to the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

A State Farm Catastrophe Services vehicle is parked out front as people look over the damage to Sue and Jack Holloway's home on Crab Apple Court in the Nassau Station development in Lewis, Del., on Sunday. A poll found that just 14 percent of homeowners had a flood insurance policy. The lowest coverage was in a region hit by Irene: The Northeast, with 5 percent. The highest coverage rate was in the South, with 19 percent. (Associated Press)

State Farm will no longer insure homes, businesses in California due to fire risks and costs

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects what it says is the test-launch of Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea, on April 13, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea notifies neighboring Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters outside his residence in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country's runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey’s Erdogan wins another term as president, extends rule into 3rd decade

By Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Vladimir Golubenko looks at his office damaged by a drone during a night attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)

Sleepless in Kyiv: Nighttime Russian air campaign terrorizes citizens in Ukrainian capital

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Pope Francis leaves after meeting with members of the Italian Conference of Bishops at the Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever after a particularly busy day, the Vatican said. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly big crowd of his school foundation Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever

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Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) reacts after scoring the game-winning goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in the waning seconds of the third period of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. At left is Panthers center Sam Reinhart (13). (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Panthers’ bold Tkachuk trade leads to finals. Should other teams — the Capitals — follow suit?

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Josef Newgarden celebrates after winning the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Newgarden gives Penske his 19th win in dramatic Indianapolis 500

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Harold Varner III of RangeGoats GC acknowledges the crowd after his holes out for birdie during the final round of LIV Golf DC at the Trump National Golf Club Washington DC on Sunday, May 28, 2023 in Sterling, Virginia. (Photo by Mike Stobe/LIV Golf via AP)

Varner birdies last hole to win LIV Golf at Trump National

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Maryland players lift their trophy after the the championship game against Iowa in the NCAA college Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Omaha, Neb. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Keister, Lorusso lead Maryland to Big Ten Tournament title with win over Iowa

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Photographs of fallen soldiers line the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ahead of Memorial Day, in Washington, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Their duty was to serve. Ours is to remember

By Mike Pence

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2024 presidential campaign is on — embrace it

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Told you so: Conservatives have warned over and over where LGBTQ narrative will lead

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Biden’s new ‘woke’ armed forces are ready to fight — us

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President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Washington. Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling while trying to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Important step forward’: Biden denies the GOP got much in debt deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House members and visitors listen to the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

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Re-elected Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel holds a gavel while speaking at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ronna McDaniel, Republican Party chair, urges RNC unity as GOP presidential race heats up

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

More than 50 people gathered Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, to protest the university president's decision to cancel a drag show on campus. (Michael Cuviello/Amarillo Globe-News via AP)

Texas lawmakers pass sexual conduct bill that drag performers fear will prompt crackdown

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Conservative megadonor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrats renew calls for information from Harlan Crow about Justice Thomas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters outside his residence in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country's runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey’s Erdogan wins another term as president, extends rule into 3rd decade

By Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

In this image released by the Italian firefighters, a firefighter on a boat looks at the arched Rialto Bridge along Venice's historical Grand Canal as a patch of phosphorescent green liquid spreads in it, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed Grand Canal. (Vigili Del Fuoco via AP)

Venice police investigate bright green liquid in Grand Canal

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President Joe Biden boards Marine One, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Middletown, Del. Biden is en route to Washington after attending his granddaughter Natalie Biden's high school graduation. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

President attends 2nd grandchild’s graduation as daughter of Biden’s late son leaves high school

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. The Justice Department issued new guidance Thursday, May 25, 2023, emphasizing that investigations must be free from bias involving race and gender or against people with disabilities. Anti-profiling rules were also expanded to include thousands more people who are part of the justice system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

DOJ drops plans to forbid federal agents from considering nationality in criminal investigations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Patrons walk through the National Gallery of Art in Washington on April 8, a week after Matisse's "The Plumed Hat" was vandalized. (Associated Press)

Climate protesters arrested, indicted after smearing red paint on a National Gallery of Art exhibit

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal court in Washington, May 16, 2022. Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report Monday, May 15, 2023, from Durham offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Durham to testify before Congress as calls for high-level prosecutions increase

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A security guard asks a teen to leave the Mall in Columbia, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Columbia, Md. The mall has implemented a "Parental Guidance Required" program, which requires that all visitors under 18 be accompanied by an adult who is at least 21-years-old after 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts to applause as he gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

DeSantis camp offers positive spin to rough campaign launch

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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Owner of Indiana funeral home pleads guilty to over 40 counts of theft for services not rendered

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Elizabeth Holmes, then the CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum on Nov. 2, 2015 in San Francisco. As Holmes prepares to report to prison next week, the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of her Theranos startup is entering its final phase.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motives

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus pandemic investigation of the origins of COVID-19, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Marjorie Taylor Greene announces articles of impeachment against FBI Director Wray

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chinese and Hong Kong flags are hanged to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China, in Hong Kong, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hong Kong's government on Saturday, May 27, 2023 slammed rights group Amnesty International's accusation over a missing Uyghur student as "groundless," and said that government records showed that the student had not entered or been refused entry to Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong denies knowledge about Uyghur student, slams Amnesty for saying he disappeared at airport

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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DeSantis holds an edge over Trump in building GOP

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Pope Francis leaves after meeting with members of the Italian Conference of Bishops at the Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever after a particularly busy day, the Vatican said. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly big crowd of his school foundation Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever

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In this undated photo, Naomi Peña Villasano poses with a sash of both the Mexican and American flags that her school district barred her from wearing for her high school graduation ceremony. After Peña Villasano sued the district alleging that it violated her right to free speech, a federal judge in Colorado is weighing whether to let Peña Villasano wear the sash for graduation Saturday, May 27, 2023. (Daisy Jasmin Estrada Borja via AP)

Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation

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