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More than 1 million voters switch to GOP in warning for Dems

A person waits in line to vote in Georgia's primary election on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party over the last year, according to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

By Steve Peoples and Aaron Kessler - Associated Press

A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party’s gains in recent years become Republicans.

Police and other first responders work the scene where officials say dozens of people have been found dead and multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a semitrailer containing suspected migrants was found, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

46 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer in San Antonio 11 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden walks on the tarmac next to Air Force One at Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Biden is departing Germany after having attended the Group of Seven summit and is on his way to Spain to attend a NATO summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden loses his ‘America is Back’ strut as domestic woes overshadow G-7 summit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 12, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas. During the Trump administration's final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden's efforts to undo his predecessor's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Union calls for DOJ to review its firing of Trump immigration judges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. The Supreme Court's sweeping rulings on guns and abortion were the latest and perhaps clearest manifestation of how the court has evolved over the past six years, a product of historical accident and Republican political brute force, from an institution that leaned right, but produced some notable liberal victories, to one with an aggressive, 6-3 conservative majority. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Justice Thomas singled out for racist slurs after Roe v. Wade overturned

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

High court allows football coach’s prayer as private religious expression

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is shown in this Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, file photo. The White House said it is sticking behind its choice of Mr. Gonzalez to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid a new controversy involving a months-old domestic violence allegation. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

Biden’s ICE nominee withdraws from consideration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden, front fourth right, waves as he poses with G7 leaders and Outreach guests for an official group photo at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Biden, others vow at G-7 to back Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. The Supreme Court's sweeping rulings on guns and abortion were the latest and perhaps clearest manifestation of how the court has evolved over the past six years, a product of historical accident and Republican political brute force, from an institution that leaned right, but produced some notable liberal victories, to one with an aggressive, 6-3 conservative majority. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Justice Thomas singled out for racist slurs after Roe v. Wade overturned

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

High court allows football coach’s prayer as private religious expression

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs on day three of the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Green Day frontman to renounce U.S. citizenship over Roe v. Wade reversal: ‘F—- America’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, file photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device in New York. Instagram is testing new ways to verify people's age to use the service, including a face-scanning artificial intelligence tool, having mutual friends verify their age or uploading an ID. But the tools won't be used, at least not yet, to try to keep children off of the popular photo and video-sharing app. Rather, they are only for verifying that someone is 18 or older. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Instagram, Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills

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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is shown in this Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, file photo. The White House said it is sticking behind its choice of Mr. Gonzalez to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid a new controversy involving a months-old domestic violence allegation. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

Biden’s ICE nominee withdraws from consideration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden walks on the tarmac next to Air Force One at Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Biden is departing Germany after having attended the Group of Seven summit and is on his way to Spain to attend a NATO summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden loses his ‘America is Back’ strut as domestic woes overshadow G-7 summit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden, front fourth right, waves as he poses with G7 leaders and Outreach guests for an official group photo at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Biden, others vow at G-7 to back Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials 39th Annual Conference at Swissôtel Chicago in downtown Chicago, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Harris says the administration plans to help women cross state lines to get abortions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is seen in a video of her interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, during a hearing on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former Mark Meadows aide is House Jan. 6 panel’s surprise witness

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Louie Gohmert, D-Texas, discusses the infrastructure bill making its way through Congress during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) ** FILE **

Rep. Gohmert calls for Jan. 6 committee to release full deposition alleging he requested pardon

By Kerry Picket and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A person waits in line to vote in Georgia's primary election on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party over the last year, according to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

More than 1 million voters switch to GOP in warning for Dems

By Steve Peoples and Aaron Kessler - Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Liberal groups restart court-packing push following Supreme Court abortion decision

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

High court allows football coach’s prayer as private religious expression

In this Jan. 12, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas. During the Trump administration's final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden's efforts to undo his predecessor's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Union calls for DOJ to review its firing of Trump immigration judges

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. The Supreme Court's sweeping rulings on guns and abortion were the latest and perhaps clearest manifestation of how the court has evolved over the past six years, a product of historical accident and Republican political brute force, from an institution that leaned right, but produced some notable liberal victories, to one with an aggressive, 6-3 conservative majority. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Justice Thomas singled out for racist slurs after Roe v. Wade overturned

Ukrainian fighter pilot "Juice" was on Capitol Hill to press Congress members and Pentagon officials to supply advanced aircraft for the war with Russia. His identity was hidden, using only his callsign "Juice" and covering his face, to prevent Russian retaliation against his family. (Photo by Joseph Clark / The Washington Times)

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Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York, on July 2, 2020. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The sentencing hearing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York will be the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case

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In this Jan. 12, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas. During the Trump administration's final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden's efforts to undo his predecessor's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Union calls for DOJ to review its firing of Trump immigration judges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Police and other first responders work the scene where officials say dozens of people have been found dead and multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a semitrailer containing suspected migrants was found, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

46 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer in San Antonio 11 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Dax McDonald, debris sits near railroad tracks after an Amtrak passenger train derailed near Mendon, Mo., on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Southwest Chief, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, was carrying about 243 passengers when it collided with a dump truck near Mendon, Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said. (Dax McDonald via AP)

At least 3 killed when Amtrak train collides with dump truck, derails

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a media conference during the G7 summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are concluding their annual gathering on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

G-7 summit ends without agreement on Russian oil price caps

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Clockwise from left, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden attend a working session during of the G7 leaders summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (Benoit Tessier/Pool Photo via AP)

G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically

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The accused Josef S. covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A 101-year-old man has been convicted of 3,518 counts of accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. The Neuruppin Regional Court sentenced him to five years in prison on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michele Tantussi)

Germany: Former Nazi guard, 101, jailed for aiding murder

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks on a mobile phone as he walks to a media conference at the G-7 venue, Castle Elmau, in Kruen, Germany, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are concluding their annual gathering on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

France’s Macron: Russia cannot, should not win Ukraine war

By Francesca Ebel and Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

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Washington Nationals' Josh Bell, right, is forced out at second base by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz, left, during the third inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Monday, June 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Franco’s 2-run homer carries Nationals past Pirates 3-2

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FILE - Dan Snyder, co-owner and co-CEO of the Washington Commanders, poses for photos during an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. A woman accused Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder of sexually harassing and assaulting her on a team plane in 2009, and the woman was later paid $1.6 million by the team to settle her claims, according to a document obtained by the Washington Post, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Dan Snyder ‘unavailable’ for deposition as refusing subpoena draws committee’s ire

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

A placard for Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Commanders football team, is seen, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, during a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Washington Commanders' workplace conduct, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Snyder did not attend the hearing virtually or otherwise. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

LOVERRO: No more franchise, no more team, only Snyder and doom

By Thom Loverro

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 27, 2022. More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, American basketball star Griner is to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing ahead of her trial. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

WNBA star Brittney Griner ordered to trial Friday in Russia

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

South Dakota governor says doctors, not mothers, will be prosecuted under state abortion ban

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers questions at a news conference in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Democrats offer ‘inflation relief’ payments to Californians

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FILE - Dan Snyder, co-owner and co-CEO of the Washington Commanders, poses for photos during an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. A woman accused Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder of sexually harassing and assaulting her on a team plane in 2009, and the woman was later paid $1.6 million by the team to settle her claims, according to a document obtained by the Washington Post, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials 39th Annual Conference at Swissôtel Chicago in downtown Chicago, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Harris says the administration plans to help women cross state lines to get abortions

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Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., center, speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., left, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., right, listen. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs on day three of the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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