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Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Death toll in Easter Sunday terror attacks on Sri Lanka churches, hotels rises dramatically

By Bharatha Mallawarchi and Krishman Francis - Associated Press
Central American migrants climb into the back of a tractor trailer as a thousands strong caravan makes its way north hoping to reach the U.S. border, between Pijijiapan and Tonala, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Many migrants said they felt safer traveling and sleeping with several thousand strangers in unknown towns than hiring a smuggler or trying to make the trip alone.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Illegal immigrants pay billions each year in fees to human smugglers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Not one of Christopher Steele's conspiracy charges was proved true and most were outright rejected by the special counsel investigation. (Associated Press/File)

0 for 12: Mueller report debunks Democrats’ entire Trump-Russia dossier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
Pete Buttigieghas made history as the first gay candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination to register serious poll numbers. (Associated Press/File)

Buttigieg buzz: Mayor Pete surges in polls while riding rainbow wave

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Sri Lankan army soldiers secure the area around St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than hundred were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, the worst violence to hit the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)

Sri Lankan officials warned of Muslim jihad group’s plan to attack churches 10 days earlier

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
Nearly half of the redactions in the special counsel's report appear to be where prosecutors wanted to shield ongoing cases that spun out of Robert Mueller's work but were apparently not central to his mandate to investigate Russia's election-meddling and whether President Trump obstructed the ensuing probe. (Associated Press)

Democrats crave what little information Mueller report hides

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., responds to questions about name-calling and insults by President Donald Trump as Democrats intensify their demands for Robert Mueller's full report after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff, Elijah Cummings push for Trump impeachment over objections of Nancy Pelosi

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs Easter services at St. John's Episcopal Church, Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

‘We had a camera crew waiting’: MSNBC reporter ambushes Robert Mueller leaving Easter services

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party Black Caucus Reception, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Booker warns against party infighting after 2020 primary

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens during a House Oversight and Reform Committee meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. House Democrats are rounding the first 100 days of their new majority taking stock of their accomplishments, noting the stumbles and marking their place as a frontline of resistance to President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rashida Tlaib’s Passover greeting falls flat

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Philadelphia Flyers remove Kate Smith statue amid racism allegations

By Associated Press
Charlize Theron arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Lost adults’ bizarre beliefs saturating impressionable young minds

By Rebecca Hagelin
CNN's April Ryan discusses special counsel Robert Mueller's report, April 17, 2019. (Image: CNN screenshot)

April Ryan calls for ‘lopping the heads off’ Sanders, Trump officials on ‘Fire Me Good Friday’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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Co-opting Jesus Christ Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Co-opting Jesus Christ for unholy purposes

By Robert Knight
Illustration on examining the FISA court by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In light of Mueller report, Congress should, but probably won’t, rein in FISA abuses

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, listens as the panel holds a hearing about prevention and response to sexual assault in the military, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Once more, only lumps of coal in certain Christmas stockings

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times
Illustration on the heart of helping others by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A Good Friday prayer

By Scott Walker
A discarded plastic bottle lies on the beach at Sandy Hook, N.J., on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, the same day as a report released by the environmental group Clean Ocean Action found that volunteers picked up more than 450,000 pieces of litter from New Jersey's coastline last year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) ** FILE **

Misleading Americans about the environment — again

By Tammy Bruce

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FILE - In this March 15, 2019, file photo, a bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va. In the days and weeks leading up to the ban on bump stocks that took effect Tuesday, March 26, 2019, tens of thousands of the devices were destroyed by owners or handed over to authorities. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Gun rights advocates want compensation for loss of bump stock sales

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Freshman Liuxu Yang, of China, right, follows graduate student Cao Ou, of China, on a tour of the Syracuse University campus in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) **FILE**

Syracuse University offers boot camp for the political world

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times
FILE - In a March 13, 2019 file photo, an American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits at a boarding gate at LaGuardia Airport in New York. American Airlines is canceling 115 flights per day through mid-August because of ongoing problems with the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

13 American Airlines passengers taken to hospital after landing in Boston

By Associated Press
"In the decades since its creation, the structure of the [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] generally has not changed, though the markets for crude oil and petroleum products have changed significantly," said the Government Accountability Office in a public letter of recommendations to the Energy Department. (Associated Press)

Government Accountability Office criticizes management of Strategic Petroleum Reserve

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

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Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby (70) guards the net against the Carolina Hurricanes during the second period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, in Raleigh, N.C, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

LOVERRO: Championship mettle now part of Capitals’ DNA

By Thom Loverro
Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) reacts after a foul in the second half during an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Harden gives Rockets serious chance to knock off Warriors

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom (19), of Sweden, celebrates his goal with right wing Devante Smith-Pelly, left, during the second period of Game 5 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Devante Smith-Pelly provides nice ‘distraction’ as Capitals regain spark

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
D.C. United hasn't won in a month at Audi Field after dominating at home last year. (File photo by Adam Zielonka / The Washington Times)

D.C. United falls at home to NYC FC

By David Driver — Special to The Washington Times

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Pete Buttigieghas made history as the first gay candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination to register serious poll numbers. (Associated Press/File)

Buttigieg buzz: Mayor Pete surges in polls while riding rainbow wave

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
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Democrats want Don McGahn to testify over revelations he refused to execute Trump’s orders

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
Not one of Christopher Steele's conspiracy charges was proved true and most were outright rejected by the special counsel investigation. (Associated Press/File)

0 for 12: Mueller report debunks Democrats’ entire Trump-Russia dossier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs Easter services at St. John's Episcopal Church, Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

‘We had a camera crew waiting’: MSNBC reporter ambushes Robert Mueller leaving Easter services

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

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Central American migrants climb into the back of a tractor trailer as a thousands strong caravan makes its way north hoping to reach the U.S. border, between Pijijiapan and Tonala, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Many migrants said they felt safer traveling and sleeping with several thousand strangers in unknown towns than hiring a smuggler or trying to make the trip alone.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Illegal immigrants pay billions each year in fees to human smugglers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Freshman Liuxu Yang, of China, right, follows graduate student Cao Ou, of China, on a tour of the Syracuse University campus in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) **FILE**

Syracuse University offers boot camp for the political world

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times
Pakistani Christians hold a candle light vigil for the for the victims of bomb explosions in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, April 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

‘Heartbreaking’: U.S. lawmakers join in show of support to Sri Lanka after Easter bombings

By Gabriella Muñoz and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks to the media during a news conference with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz and Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu following a meeting of political-military consultations between the NATO countries, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 19, 2019. Cavusoglu says the United States has yet to respond to a Turkish proposal to set up a technical committee to review possible security threats Russia's S-400 missile defense system could pose to the U.S. F-35 fighter jet program.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey to consider Russian-made fighter jets, should U.S. cancel F-35 deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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