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The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. Just seven Republicans, along with most Democrats, used remote voting in the House when it began two years ago as the pandemic erupted. As of April 2022, over half of GOP lawmakers used the proxy voting system at least once, along with nearly all Democrats. More than 50 of the Republicans who’ve used it this year also once signed onto a lawsuit seeking to declare the practice unconstitutional. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

House Dems head into midterms without governing agenda, promise voters more of the same

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign outside the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook Inc. is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the “metaverse.” But the social network itself will still be called Facebook. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) ** FILE **

China posed as conservatives and liberals to bash U.S. politicians online, Meta says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis makes a point during a news conference to update the status of the state's efforts against the coronavirus on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Denver. Colorado’s top Republican primary contests for U.S. Senate, secretary of state and governor will be held Tuesday, June 28. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Mile-high car thefts fuel Republicans seeking to unseat Polis in Colorado governor’s race

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Migrants gather their personal items as they wait to be processed by the Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the United States at Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Venezuelans have surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest nationality stopped at the U.S. border in August 2022 after Mexicans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

EXCLUSIVE: $20 billion payday: Biden’s border surge sends smuggling prices soaring

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk along Broadway in the SoHo district of New York, March 4, 2022. The White House is planning for what it calls “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. Biden administration officials have been warning for weeks that the country has spent nearly all the money approved for COVID-19 response. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Universal masking no longer recommended in all health care settings: CDC

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit that the state bar brought seeking to discipline the top deputy to Paxton over the Republican's failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud. A similar case against Paxton remains pending in another court. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Process server says Texas AG Ken Paxton fled home to avoid subpoena

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
The guided missile destroyer USS Zumwalt is assisted by a tugboat at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in this Tuesday, April 2, 2019, file photo, in Honolulu. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

USS Zumwalt, Navy’s stealth destroyer, arrives in Japan as part of overseas deployment

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
The logo for Goldman Sachs appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Investment bank Goldman Sachs begins mass layoffs nationwide as pandemic largesse dries up

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was “on board” with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text message between Favre and the director of the nonprofit in court documents filed Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Sirius tables NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre’s radio show amid welfare fraud allegations

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, center, greets members of the New York National Guard who participated in the St. Patrick's Day Parade outside St. Patrick's Cathedral, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Cardinals Cupich, Dolan blast HHS plan to require transgender procedures over religious objections

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times
Candy purchased in anticipation of Halloween trick-or-treaters. (AP Photo/Jason Varden)

Candy makers expect 5% increase in Halloween sales

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
Shakira poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Elvis" at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A Spanish judge on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, file)

Pop singer Shakira to face trial over tax fraud in Spain

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Four commemorative British stamps honoring the late Queen Elizabeth II will be released Nov. 10. Royal Mail said these were the first stamp designs approved by King Charles III, who succeeded the late monarch on Sept. 8. (Royal Mail photo, used with permission.)

King Charles to appear on coins, stamps within months, while banknotes are held for 2024

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

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President Joe Biden speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the National Education Association Headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The ‘Biden Touch’ of misery

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
Illustration Polling by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GOP candidates often beat the pollsters

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
Drag kings and queens from Studio 13 wave while riding in a truck during the 51st annual Iowa City Pride Festival, Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP) ** FILE **

Sexualizing youth is America’s great, growing evil

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy introduces the House GOP's "Commitment to America," at a gathering at Ductmate Industries, Friday, Sep. 23, 2022 in Monongahela, Pa. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Contract with America: The sequel

By Cal Thomas
Illustration on China-Russia relations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The coming Chinese-Russian conflict

By Richard W. Rahn

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This Friday, March 22, 2019, photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Army Reservist convicted in federal trial of working as Chinese agent

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
Police car. Photo credit: zef art via Shutterstock. *FILE*

Authorities report an uptick in ‘jugging’ thefts

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
The logo for Goldman Sachs appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Investment bank Goldman Sachs begins mass layoffs nationwide as pandemic largesse dries up

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Travelers wearing masks check in at United desks at San Francisco International Airport during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Fast-food workers at San Francisco Airport strike, advise travelers to bring their own food

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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An injured Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, left, talks with head coach Mike McCarthy, right, prior to an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Arlington, Tx. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

Cowboys quarterback Prescott ‘probably not’ playing against Commanders on Sunday

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was “on board” with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text message between Favre and the director of the nonprofit in court documents filed Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Sirius tables NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre’s radio show amid welfare fraud allegations

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
Kyrie Irving arrives at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Kyrie Irving says remaining unvaccinated cost him $100 million extension

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge tosses his bat as he is walked by Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman during third-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Judge held homerless, still at 60, Jays beat Yankees in 10th

By Ian Harrison - Associated Press

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This GOES-East GeCcolor satellite image taken at 9:56 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Ian passing over western Cuba. Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida, where officials ordered 2.5 million people to evacuate before it crashes ashore Wednesday. (NOAA via AP )

FEMA chief warns Floridians not to underestimate Hurricane Ian 44 minutes ago

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. Just seven Republicans, along with most Democrats, used remote voting in the House when it began two years ago as the pandemic erupted. As of April 2022, over half of GOP lawmakers used the proxy voting system at least once, along with nearly all Democrats. More than 50 of the Republicans who’ve used it this year also once signed onto a lawsuit seeking to declare the practice unconstitutional. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

House Dems head into midterms without governing agenda, promise voters more of the same

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
In this March 4, 2020, file photo, E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Appeals court hands Trump victory in defamation suit filed by rape accuser

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington in this file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Money to help Ukraine, respond to Putin’s nukes, fix Mississippi’s water in government funding bill

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

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In this Nov. 3, 2015, photo, a Predator drone owned by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection sits on the tarmac awaiting takeoff from the agency's Grand Forks Air Force Base operations in North Dakota. The unmanned aircraft is about the size of a business jet and can fly for at least 20 hours, but experienced pilots say it's a difficult plane to land. (AP Photos/Dave Kolpack) ** FILE **

House Republicans sound the alarm over a China-linked land purchase near N.D. Air Force base

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
An elderly woman casts her ballot during a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Voting began last Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)

Vote in Ukraine’s Russia-held areas stokes tension with West

By Adam Schreck and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press
The guided missile destroyer USS Zumwalt is assisted by a tugboat at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in this Tuesday, April 2, 2019, file photo, in Honolulu. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

USS Zumwalt, Navy’s stealth destroyer, arrives in Japan as part of overseas deployment

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
In this image made from video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP, File)

Putin expected to address Russia’s parliament on Friday

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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