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President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, speaks from the Truman Balcony of the White House during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Friday June 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Appeals court grants request to reopen census citizenship inquiry

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
In this May 15, 2019, photo, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders, left, joins Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Border chief to resign

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump salutes during a review of troops during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump warns Iran of ‘obliteration’ over any more attacks on U.S. military

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
This May 29, 2019, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. The federal government is opening a new mass shelter for migrant children near the U.S-Mexico border and is considering housing children on three military bases to add 3,000 more beds to the overtaxed system in the coming weeks. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP) **FILE**

Dems say they can pass border-crisis bill

By Stephen Dinan and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (Associated Press)

Norton: Trump committed impeachable offense, but she’d rather ‘throw the idiots out’ in 2020

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times
Stephanie Grisham, spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump, watches as President Donald Trump and the first lady greet attendees during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Friday, June 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Stephanie Grisham named new White House press secretary 56 minutes ago

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, June 23, 2019, before boarding a plane headed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pompeo slams Iran’s immature and childlike leader

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. House Democrats have given the agency until April 23, 2019, to hand over President Trump's tax returns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Long-term picture improves, but red ink still swamps federal budget: CBO

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 24, 2019. A flotilla of Russian Navy vessels entered Havana Harbor early Monday morning, a sign of solidarity between Russia and Cuba after the deepening rift with the United States, which stopped all U.S. cruise ships from visiting the country earlier this month. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Advanced Russian warship enters Havana harbor

By Michael Weissenstein, Andrea Rodriguez and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

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A copy of the historic gate of the memorial site of the former concentration camp Dachau is photographed in Dachau, Germany, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2017. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Splinter News blasts Holocaust Museum for ‘dreadful intervention in the concentration camp debate’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
George Takei says he has accepted his permanent tag as "Trek's" Sulu. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Star Trek’s Takei says Trump has phasers set to ‘slavery’ for border control

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, speaks at the National First Amendment Conference in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted Anthony)

Top NY Times editor Dean Baquet regrets downplaying Trump rape allegation

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
E. Jean Carroll is photographed, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in New York. Carroll, a New York-based advice columnist, claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies knowing Carroll. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

E. Jean Carroll on not being Trump’s ‘type’: ‘I’m so glad’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

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In this June 5, 2019, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Ind. Bernie Sanders has fallen to second place in most polls in the weeks since Joe Biden entered the presidential race. But Warren is emerging as another threat to his appeal, thanks in part to her populist proposals that at time go further left than Sanders on his key issues. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Here come the Democratic nobles on parade

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer publicly frets that President Trump might "bumble" his way into war. (Associated Press/File)

One-eyed Chuck and the exalted cyclops bumbling in the Senate

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. (Associated Press)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s missed opportunity to shine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Chart to accompany Rahn article of June 25, 2019.

A well-deserved honor for Arthur Laffer

By Richard W. Rahn
Substandard Business Model Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Sulzberger is right (and wrong)

By Cal Thomas

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This undated photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Russell Bucklew. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, set an execution date of Oct. 1 for Russell Bucklew for killing a man in 1996. Bucklew suffers from a rare medical condition and has argued that his execution would cause unconstitutionally cruel pain and suffering. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that Bucklew could be put to death. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Execution date set for Missouri inmate with rare condition

By Jim Salter - Associated Press
President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, speaks from the Truman Balcony of the White House during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Friday June 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Appeals court grants request to reopen census citizenship inquiry

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
In this May 15, 2019, photo, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders, left, joins Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Border chief to resign

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The Veteran Affairs building near the White House in Washington is shown here on Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

VA whistleblowers say they still face retaliation despite Trump’s reforms

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, right, grabs a rebound against Washington Wizards' Bradley Beal during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

Bradley Beal wants in for ‘Space Jam 2’

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, shoots the puck during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Capitals’ 2019-2020 schedule released, revealing daunting October

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times
Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr., right, poses for a selfie with Redskins fan Davon Adams, from Washington, following an NFL football minicamp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Redskins rank 11th best fanbase in study

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Washington Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik (44) celebrates his game-winning goal with defenseman Christian Djoos (29), of Sweden, in overtime of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Washington. The Capitals won 4-3 in overtime. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Brooks Orpik, Capitals defenseman, retires from NHL after 15 seasons

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (Associated Press)

Norton: Trump committed impeachable offense, but she’d rather ‘throw the idiots out’ in 2020

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times
Chairman Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks as U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel appears before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Inhofe ‘shocked’ by Democratic request to delay defense bill for presidential debates

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 22, 2019, file photo, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Hoyer backs down on Congress pay raises: ‘We don’t have the votes’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump applauds new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a public swearing-in ceremony for Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 10, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump vows to fill Supreme Court vacancy up to ‘three days’ before 2020 election

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

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In this picture released on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting at his residence in Tehran, Iran. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, June 24, 2019, targeting Iran's supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions, the latest action the U.S. has taken to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Key Senate Democrat says U.S. pressure on Iran is ‘producing a reaction’

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
Venezuelan migrants climb-up on to Peruvian Army truck to be transported on the Pan-American Highway, after stricter entry requirements went into effect, in Tumbes, Peru, Saturday, June 15, 2019. With its relatively stable economy and flexible immigration laws, Peru has become a main destination for millions of Venezuelans escaping hyperinflation, medical shortages and political repression at home. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Trump administration weighs protected status for Venezuelans fleeing crisis at home

By Lauren Meier and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, June 23, 2019, before boarding a plane headed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pompeo slams Iran’s immature and childlike leader

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
In this Sept. 17, 2015, photo, Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) **FILE**

Saudi Arabia captures key ISIS figure in Yemen: Report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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