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Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, Saturday, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times 32 minutes ago

A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday indicted former President Donald Trump on charges involving a hush money payment in 2016 to adult film star Stormy Daniels, making Mr. Trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges.

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. Xi accused Washington on Monday, March 6, 2023, trying to isolate his country and hold back its development. That reflects the ruling Communist Party's growing frustration that its pursuit of prosperity and global influence is threatened by U.S. restrictions on access to technology, its support for Taiwan and other moves seen by Beijing as hostile. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

GOP lawmakers say China must be punished over soaring illegal immigrants

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In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, supporters of President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, right with fur hat, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Many of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 cited falsehoods about the election, and now some of them are hoping their gullibility helps them in court. Albert Watkins, the St. Louis attorney representing Chansley, the so-called QAnon shaman, likened the process to brainwashing, or falling into the clutches of a cult. Repeated exposure to falsehood and incendiary rhetoric, Watkins said, ultimately overwhelmed his client's ability to discern reality. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Jan. 6 ‘Shaman’ released from prison early as lawyer calls for sanctions on prosecutors over video

By Alex Swoyer and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This July 28, 2020, file photo shows the icon for the Tinder dating app on a device in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Apt or app matchmakers? Most marriages today get their start online

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Gwyneth Paltrow testifies during her trial on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

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This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest festival killing dozens and wounding hundreds. Paddock left behind little clues about what led him to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. He killed 58 and wounded nearly 500 before killing himself. (Courtesy of Eric Paddock via AP, File)

Newly released FBI documents reveal possible motive for Las Vegas mass shooter

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A woman holds a sign while joined by other supporters during an abortion rights rally in The People's Park in Annapolis, Md., June 24, 2022. In 2024, Maryland voters will decide whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state's constitution, after the House of Delegates voted Thursday, March 30, 2023, to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot. (Brian Krista/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

Maryland voters to decide abortion constitutional amendment

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U.S. Rep. Nick Galifianakis, D-N.C., is shown in his Washington office, Jan. 9, 1967. A funeral will be held this weekend for the former Democratic U.S. representative, who died Monday, March 27, 2023. He was 94. Galifianakis represented central North Carolina for several years before two unsuccessful Senate bids — the first against archconservative Jesse Helms. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File)

Former congressman, Senate candidate Galifianakis dies at 94

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In this July 12, 2020 file photo, a statue of young George Washington stands atop Washington Hall, one of the buildings that make up the Colonnade at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. The university announced Friday, June 4, 2021, that it won't remove the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the school, but it will change names on campus buildings and symbols while committing $225 million to diversity and inclusion initiatives and a new academic effort to study race relations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Matt Walsh cancels college speech over ‘serious security concerns’ after Nashville shooting

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Gwyneth Paltrow testifies during her trial on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

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Spanish actress Ana Obregón poses on arrival for the Goya Awards in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 17, 2013. Spain’s ruling Socialist party says it will study toughening legislation covering surrogate pregnancies following the revelation that Obregón, a 68-year-old Spanish TV celebrity, used a surrogate mother in Miami to have a baby. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Veteran actress’ surrogate baby stirs controversy in Spain

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TikTok propaganda labels fall flat in ‘huge win’ for Russia

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A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. photographs a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. Senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Whale deaths prompt Democrats to join Republican calls for probe of offshore wind turbines

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this May 17, 2015, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures after donning a pair of sunglasses as he delivers the Class Day Address at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Biden in the White House: Democrats think one term is enough

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House back on defense after Biden leaves Dems in the dust on COVID-19 emergency bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, celebrating Greek Independence Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden calls to revive bank regulations that Trump weakened

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Pope Francis arrives for a pilgrimage at the Lac Saint Anne, Canada, on July 26, 2022. The Vatican on Thursday, March 30, 2023, responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property law today. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

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Pope Francis waves to faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope showing ‘marked improvement,’ could leave hospital soon

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Pastor Rick Mannon sits for a photo among the pews at Calvary Assembly of God before a Bible study in Wilson, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

More Americans stopped in-person worship than increased attendance during pandemic, Pew says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. The Supreme Court won’t hear a civil rights case brought by the parents of a teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was fatally shot by an Oklahoma police officer in 2019. The high court on Monday, March 27, rejected without comment the lawsuit bought by Isaiah Lewis' parents. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Maine law blocking religious schools from tuition payments is ‘poison pill,’ church says in lawsuit

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

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Dr. Amos C. Brown Jr., vice chair for the California Reparations Task Force, right, holds a copy of the book "Songs of Slavery and Emancipation," as he and other members of the task force pose for photos at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 16, 2022. Economists for a California reparations task force estimate the state owes Black residents at least $800 billion for harms in policing, housing and health. The preliminary estimate will be discussed at the Wednesday, March 29, 2023, meeting of the state reparations task force. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, file photo, different kinds of baby formula line a shelf in Mankato, Minn. (Jackson Forderer/The Free Press via AP) ** FILE **

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President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden leave Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Johns Island, S.C., after attending a Mass on Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

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Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, Saturday, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump indicted by New York grand jury

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A demonstrator holds up a sign during a march to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility in Lisbon, March 31, 2022. At least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the United States in 2022, the Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, in its annual report ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Transgender activists’ victimhood theme takes hit with ill-timed ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Amazon workers and supporters march during a rally in Castleton-On-Hudson, about 15 miles south of Albany, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The startup union that clinched a historic labor victory at Amazon earlier this year is slated to face the company yet again, aiming to rack up more wins that could force the reluctant retail behemoth to the negotiating table. (Rachel Phua via AP)

Cracks show one year after historic Amazon union victory

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A train heads west as the sun rises from behind the city skyline in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said members of the Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 walked off the job Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly political consultant admits forging petition signatures to aid Democrats

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Kurt Campbell, former assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, said China wants to drive the U.S. military out of Asia. (Associated Press)

White House Indo-Pac point man Campbell says China ties enter new phase of competition

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich is shown in this undated photo. Russia's security service arrested the American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War, the Federal Security Service, known by the acronym FSB, said Thursday, March 30, 2023. The newspaper denied the allegations and demanded his release. (The Wall Street Journal via AP)

Russian spy charges for U.S. reporter spark outrage

By Tom Howell Jr. and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions stage a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Thousands of trade union members and activists are marking May Day by marching through Asia's capitals and demanding better working conditions and expanding labor rights. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Clash over a 69-hour workweek reveals generational divide in South Korea

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View of the historic center of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin arrives for the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 57 football game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. President Joe Biden on Thursday, March 30, met Hamlin, a Buffalo Bills defensive player who went through cardiac arrest during a January game after making a tackle. Hamlin's collapse while playing against the Cincinnati Bengals caused football fans to shudder with concern and led to the cancelation of the game. The football player went to Washington to support a bill that would increase access to defibrillators in schools. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) **FILE**

Biden meets NFL player Damar Hamlin, praises his resilience

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Virginia Tech players run a drill during a practice session for an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams prepares to catch a fly ball that was hit by Atlanta Braves' Sean Murphy during the ninth inning of an opening day baseball game at Nationals Park, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Errors cost Nationals in loss to Braves on opening day

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New York Yankees' Aaron Judge reacts after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium Thursday, March 30, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, supporters of President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, right with fur hat, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Many of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 cited falsehoods about the election, and now some of them are hoping their gullibility helps them in court. Albert Watkins, the St. Louis attorney representing Chansley, the so-called QAnon shaman, likened the process to brainwashing, or falling into the clutches of a cult. Repeated exposure to falsehood and incendiary rhetoric, Watkins said, ultimately overwhelmed his client's ability to discern reality. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

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