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Michael Cohen, second from right, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, accompanied by his children from left, Samantha and Jake, and his wife Laura Shusterman, right, arrive at federal court for his sentencing for dodging taxes, lying to Congress and violating campaign finance laws in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
Vice President Mike Pence, center, listens as President Donald Trump argues with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘This has spiraled downward’: Trump, top Democrats put raw partisan divide on full display

By Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump stares down Dems in wall fight: ‘Proud to shut down the government for border security’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Google CEO Sundar Pichai appears before the House Judiciary Committee to be questioned about the internet giant's privacy security and data collection, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Pichai angered members of a Senate panel in September by declining their invitation to testify about foreign governments' manipulation of online services to sway U.S. political elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Google CEO answers charges from Republicans: ‘I lead this company without political bias’

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times
Central American migrants march to the U.S. consulate in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Migrants want U.S. authorities to speed up the asylum application process for members of migrant caravans seeking to enter the U.S., including accepting more applications per day. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Accused ‘terrorist’ behind migrant caravan members demand of $50,000 apiece to go back home

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Julian Castro forms 2020 exploratory committee as Dem race kicks off

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a monument to the Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Solzhenitsyn, whose books exposed the horrors of Soviet prison camps, died in 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Secretive State Dept. offensive targets propaganda, ‘deep fakes’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Pope Francis looks at the statue of the Virgin Mary, near Rome's Spanish Steps, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, an annual tradition marking the start of the city's holiday season. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis poised to redo translation of Lord’s Prayer

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Police vehicles move at the center of the city of Strasbourg following a shooting, eastern France, Tuesday Dec. 11, 2018. A man who had been flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near the city of Strasbourg's famous Christmas market Tuesday, killing three people, wounding 12 and sparking a massive manhunt. France immediately raised its terror alert level.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Suspected gunman in deadly Christmas market attack in France had long police record

By Lori Hinnant, Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester - Associated Press

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling looks on after being introduced as a new member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame before the baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park in Boston Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Rep. David Cicilline mocks Curt Schilling after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticism 24 minutes ago

By Associated Press
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California told CNN on Wednesday that he would "love to be able to regulate the content of speech" if it weren't for restrictions codified into law by the U.S. Constitution. (Image: CNN screenshot)

California Democrat admits to fantasy: ‘I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Former U.S vice president and climate activist Al Gore makes a speech on acting for climate to participants in a U.N. climate summit that is to work out ways of keeping global warming in check, in Katowice, Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Al Gore says Trump helping climate change movement: ‘So much of what he says is nonsense’

By Associated Press
An 11-year-old in Delaware who shares the same last name as President Trump has been the target of relentless bullying at school, his parents told local media this week. (WPVI)

Delaware 11-year-old drops Trump last name over school bullying: Report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray (1) before the start of an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams, File)

How the liberal morality police ruin lives

By Tammy Bruce
Illustration on the Iranian threat in the Middle East by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Punishing the Saudi prince

By Clifford D. May
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)

Another word for George Herbert Walker Bush

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., waves as she departs after speaking at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, on her foreign policy vision for the country. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

‘Fauxcahontas’ Elizabeth Warren’s stock just went down — again

By Joseph Curl
Harry S Truman at the piano with Lauren Bacall. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

A modern president and his tweet stuff

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2015, file image from video from a Broward County Public Schools meeting school resource officer Scot Peterson addresses the panel. Peterson is scheduled to testify Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2018, during the second day of this month's three-day hearing of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission. (Broward County Public Schools via AP, File)

Judge rules deputy had duty to protect Parkland students, refuses to toss lawsuit 49 minutes ago

By Terry Spencer and Curt Anderson - Associated Press
A woman records with a phone along the beach as a sign warns of contaminated water Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at Imperial Beach, Calif. Authorities say more than 6 million gallons (22 million liters) a day of raw sewage has been spilling into Mexico's Tijuana River since Monday night, and the waste is flowing north into Southern California waters. Swimmers and surfers are urged to stay out of the water at some San Diego County beaches. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Raw sewage from Mexico flows north into California

By Associated Press
File - This June 21, 2017, file photo shows a women's area at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour of the facility. The federal facility, operated under contract by The GEO Group, is used to house people detained on immigration and other violations. A federal judge says immigrant rights activists can continue to challenge what they describe as unlawful U.S. government delays for asylum cases. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle dismissed some arguments raised by the lawsuit in a ruling Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Federal judge backs immigrant rights activists in asylum case

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press
A cursor moves over Google's search engine page on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) ** FILE **

World Cup, dead celebrities top Google’s annual trending searches list

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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Washington Redskins inside linebacker Mason Foster warms up prior to an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

Gruden defends Mason Foster after ‘F– this team’ message

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III walks on stage after he was selected as the second pick overall by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the NFL football draft at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

2020 NFL Draft going to Las Vegas

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) is helped off the field after an injury in overtime of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Ravens name Lamar Jackson starting QB, dropping healthy Joe Flacco to backup

By Adam Zielonka - Associated Press
A bag of footballs rests on the sideline of the practice field inside Cole Field House at the University of Maryland as the Terrapins prepare for their 2018 season opener with a practice on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (Photo by Adam Zielonka / The Washington Times)

DeMatha head coach joins Maryland football staff

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., talks with reporters following a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, for the House Republican leadership elections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rep. Mark Meadows reportedly out of running for White House chief of staff 37 minutes ago

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California told CNN on Wednesday that he would "love to be able to regulate the content of speech" if it weren't for restrictions codified into law by the U.S. Constitution. (Image: CNN screenshot)

California Democrat admits to fantasy: ‘I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump hold up hats that read "Make Our Farmers Great Again!" as he walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Evansville, Ind., for a rally. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House passes farm bill after pro-work provisions dropped

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives for a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Capitol Hill comes to agreement on sexual harassment legislation 15 minutes ago

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Vic Gundotra, Google senior vice president of engineering, talks June 27, 2012, about Google Plus at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

Google to close Google+ social network after disclosing second bug in 3 months

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
A Honduran migrant chants slogans during a demonstration outside the U.S. consulate in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Migrants want U.S. authorities to speed up the asylum application process for members of migrant caravans seeking to enter the U.S., including accepting more applications per day. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Migrant group demands U.S. pay them $50K each to turn back

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Mike Pompeo confirms China was behind massive Marriott hack

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Nikki Haley: Saudi government, crown prince ‘are all responsible’ for killing Jamal Khashoggi

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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