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VA yields to pressure, changes Lincoln-inspired motto to include women

This June 21, 2013, photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The Department of Veterans Affairs is altering an Abraham Lincoln quote in its decades-old motto to make a more gender-inclusive mission statement, after years of pressure from Democrats and veterans advocates.

The flag of Finland flies aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it arrives into Nuuk, Greenland, after traversing the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Saturday, July 29, 2017. After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of the fabled Northwest Passage. The once-forbidding route through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, has been opening up sooner and for a longer period each summer due to climate change. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Finland ranked as happiest country in the world for 6th year in a row

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 5, 2016, photo, Mike Weinstein, director of training and security at the National Armory gun store and gun range, wears a Ruger 1911 handgun in a holster as he teaches a concealed weapons permit class in Pompano Beach, Fla. Florida might grant authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets or inside purses into restaurants, shopping malls and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

FBI data on good guys with guns called ‘garbage’ as critic finds many more cases

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin, Xi send chilly words to Western world; Chinese leader offers lifeline as Ukraine war churns

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Finance Committee about President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2024, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Yellen says U.S. banks ‘stabilizing’ after emergency actions by Treasury, regulators

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A pedestrian passes a Silicon Valley Bank Private branch in San Francisco, Monday, March 13, 2023. Depositors withdrew savings and investors broadly sold off bank shares Monday as the federal government raced to reassure Americans that the banking system was secure after two bank failures. Regulators closed the Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after depositors rushed to withdraw their funds all at once. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday, Feb. 26, it would no longer work with the cartoonist. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Conservatives fear ‘cancel culture’ payback for discussing politics, religion

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

People wait in a line at a gun at store amid merchandise displays, in Arcadia, Calif., Sunday, March 15, 2020. Two California counties violated the Constitution's right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) **FILE**

Credit cards caught in political crosshairs over tracking firearms purchases

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during opening statements during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name, and the subject of partisan attacks, during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than 5 decades of service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

D.C. man rebukes Fauci’s COVID-19 vaccine pitch on video: ‘You all attack people with fear’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Entertainer and activist Jon Stewart speaks in support of legislation to expand benefits and improve care for veterans suffering from toxic exposure to burn pits and other hazards, at the Capitol in Washington, May 26, 2021. Stewart is the latest recipient of the Mark Twain prize for lifetime achievement in comedy, an honor being bestowed Sunday, April 24, 2022, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

No joke: Jon Stewart would ‘win in a slam dunk’ if he ran for president, Howard Stern says

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Artist Mia Schon finishes a mural in one of the activity rooms of the Hole In the Wall Gang Camp, March 2, 2023, in Ashford, Conn. Two years after a fire devastated Paul Newman's camp for seriously ill children, the rebuilt camp center is opening. The new $4.5 million center has twice the space with more accessibility and new amenities such as a quiet sensory room, a dedicated room with a fireplace for parents and caregivers, and an emergency storm shelter and cistern, in case of another fire.(AP Photo/Pat Eaton Robb)

Paul Newman’s camp for sick kids rises from the ashes

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Gwyneth Paltrow arrives at the 26th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Los Angeles. Paltrow goes on trial starting Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in the Utah ski resort town of Park City where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family ski vacation. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Gwyneth Paltrow to stand trial for Deer Valley ski crash

By Sam Metz - Associated Press

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Bowling Green Veterans Center in Bowling Green, Ky., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) **FILE**

Rand Paul joins Trump in suggesting NYC DA is breaking the law as indictment looms

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this circa 1913 photo made available by the Library of Congress, demonstrators march in a women's suffrage parade near the U.S. Capitol in Washington. A horse-drawn cart pulls a sign that reads, &quot;We demand an amendment to the Constitution of the United States enfranchising the women of this country.&quot; (Harris &amp; Ewing/Library of Congress via AP)

Senators lead bipartisan push for women’s suffrage monument on National Mall 57 minutes ago

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair &quot;Venus,&quot; in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy Daniels’ morning musing: ‘Anything exciting going on today?’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign rally on Monday, March 13, 2023, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Nikki Haley says N.Y. prosecution of Trump is about ‘revenge’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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A cross depicting the emblems of five U.S. military branches was removed from the lobby of the Austin, Texas, Veterans Affairs department clinic following a watchdog group’s complaint. (Military Religious Freedom Foundation photo, used with permission)

Texas VA clinic removes ‘Remember Our Veterans’ metal cross after watchdog complains

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court vacates ruling on parental notice for Missouri teen who sought an abortion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kansas, on April 19, 2019. A group of theologically conservative United Methodists planned to launch a new worldwide denomination on May 1, 2022. This will begin the breakup of the third-largest religious body in the U.S. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Maryland, West Virginia Methodist congregations sue denomination over departure payments

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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In this Jan. 5, 2016, photo, Mike Weinstein, director of training and security at the National Armory gun store and gun range, wears a Ruger 1911 handgun in a holster as he teaches a concealed weapons permit class in Pompano Beach, Fla. Florida might grant authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets or inside purses into restaurants, shopping malls and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

FBI data on good guys with guns called ‘garbage’ as critic finds many more cases

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during opening statements during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name, and the subject of partisan attacks, during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than 5 decades of service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

D.C. man rebukes Fauci’s COVID-19 vaccine pitch on video: ‘You all attack people with fear’

Police tape cordons off a street in Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade hitting multiple people Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) **FILE**

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Michael Shellenberger with Matt Taibbi, back left, testifies before House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Students make their way across campus at the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Judge Duncan to speak at Notre Dame after being shouted down at Stanford

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution is shown as Security Institution Warden Randy Blades looks on in Boise, Idaho on Oct. 20, 2011. A bill that would allow Idaho to kill condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor's desk after passing the legislature with a veto-proof majority. Firing squads will only be used if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner, File)

Idaho Legislature passes bill allowing firing squads when lethal injection drugs unavailable

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday, Feb. 26, it would no longer work with the cartoonist. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Conservatives fear ‘cancel culture’ payback for discussing politics, religion

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

People leave the Supreme Court after oral arguments in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, Jan. 18, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously for a a deaf student who sued his public school system for providing an inadequate education, a case that's significant for other disabled students. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court says deaf student can sue Michigan school district that denied qualified interpreter

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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People walk past uncollected garbage in Paris, March 20, 2023 as strikes continue with uncollected garbage piling higher by the day. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, arrives at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Kishida makes surprise Kyiv trip while China’s Xi visits Moscow 20 minutes ago

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

The flag of Finland flies aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it arrives into Nuuk, Greenland, after traversing the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Saturday, July 29, 2017. After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of the fabled Northwest Passage. The once-forbidding route through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, has been opening up sooner and for a longer period each summer due to climate change. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Finland ranked as happiest country in the world for 6th year in a row

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021. Almadi, 72, who is a citizen of both Saudi Arabia and the U.S., was arrested in Saudi Arabia last November and was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets critical of the Saudi government. (Ibrahim Almadi via AP) ** FILE **

Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

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Oklahoma guard Nevaeh Tot (1) shoots over UCLA guard Londynn Jones (3) during the first half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Osborne scores career-high 36 to lead UCLA into Sweet 16

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The Olympic rings are seen on the Place du Trocadero that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Sept. 13, 2017. Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics promised Games with a relatively modest price tag and "egalitarian" access to events, thanks to an online draw meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to next year's Olympics with prices as low as 24 euros ($26). But as the first round of ticketing winds down, many "lucky" winners chosen for the draw are feeling frustrated, angry and cheated, as their only option during the 48-hour purchasing window was paying at least 200 euros per ticket for the few remaining events on offer. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Paris Olympics organizers looking for 45,000 volunteers

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A PSV supporter punches Sevilla's goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic in the face during the Europa League playoff second leg soccer match between PSV and Sevilla at the Philips stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Sevilla won 3-2 on aggregate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

PSV bans soccer hooligan for 40 years for attacking player

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A man wearing a Cuban flag bearing the slogan of Patria y Vida walks toward the stadium before a World Baseball Classic game between between Cuba and the United States, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Miami. (Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald via AP)

Cuban player defects in Miami after loss to U.S. in World Baseball Classic

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Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday, Feb. 26, it would no longer work with the cartoonist. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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People wait in a line at a gun at store amid merchandise displays, in Arcadia, Calif., Sunday, March 15, 2020. Two California counties violated the Constitution's right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One upon departure from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 17, 2023, in Washington. Biden is headed to Delaware. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Texas and Florida are being led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs as their state lawmakers debate especially strict legislation on border security. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

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A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Biden signs bill ordering declassification of intelligence on COVID, Wuhan lab

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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 10, 2022. Members of the Senate intelligence committee say they should have access to classified documents that were discovered in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during opening statements during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name, and the subject of partisan attacks, during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than 5 decades of service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

D.C. man rebukes Fauci’s COVID-19 vaccine pitch on video: ‘You all attack people with fear’

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Protestors hold signs during a rally opposing HB2007 at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on March 9, 2023. HB2007 would ban health care for trans children in the state. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson)

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