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President Donald Trump speaks during a small business roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House slams House Judiciary impeachment effort as ‘reckless abuse of power’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump speaks during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump credits ‘common sense’ regulatory agenda for boosting economy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference after the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Smiling at the circus’: U.S. intel says Kremlin is ready to exploit partisan divide in 2020

By Guy Taylor and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. must ramp up, not ease, pressure on North Korea, new report warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
**FILE** Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch prepares to hammer his gavel before calling a recess in Annapolis, Md., Monday, April 7, 2014, the final day of the 2014 legislative session. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal court strikes down Maryland law requiring newspapers disclose political-ad buyers

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times
This photo taken from video provided by WEAR-TV shows emergency responders near the Naval Air Base Station in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. The US Navy is confirming that an active shooter and one other person are dead after gunfire at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. Area hospital representatives tell The Associated Press that at least 11 people were hospitalized. The base remains locked down amid a huge law enforcement response.  (WEAR-TV via AP)

Saudi aviation student kills 3, wounds 8 at Florida Naval base: Officials

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has created a list of fugitives wanted for vehicular manslaughter and other crimes. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jury acquits man who offered $500 to kill ICE agents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A participant walks under a large rainbow flag during the LBGTQ Pride march Sunday, June 30, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Republicans introduce bill to protect LGBTQ Americans

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times
Sandra Merritt, left, smiles as she talks with David Daleiden outside of a courtroom in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Undercover anti-abortion activists headed to criminal trial

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

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A drag queen reads to children during the Feminist Press' presentation of Drag Queen Story Hour at the Park Slope Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, in New York, May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Judge dismisses charges against pastor arrested at library’s Drag Queen Story Hour

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Billie Eilish poses in the press room with the award for new artist of the year and favorite alternative rock artist at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Singer Billie Eilish: ‘Trump is probably going to get reelected’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Chinese President Xi Jinping (Associated Press)

GQ removes Xi Jinping from online ‘worst-dressed’ list to avoid causing ‘offense’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets people after speaking at a campaign event Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at New England College in Henniker, N.H. (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter)

Pete Buttigieg questioned by 7-year-old on abortion: ‘No one should mess with…my body’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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FILE - In this May 22, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump looks out at the audience during a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington. The Trump administration said Friday that it would bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, a move certain to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

If you value human life, you must vote for Donald Trump

By Everett Piper
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to make a statement at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Pelosi announced that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi’s hostage video

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., pause before taking questions from reporters after passage of a resolution to take legal action against President Donald Trump's administration and potential witnesses, a response to those who defy subpoenas in Congress' Russia probe and other investigations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats’ Trump impeachment could cost them the 2020 election

By Scott Walker
Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan described how she spent all Thanksgiving Day poring over transcripts of impeachment testimony. (Associated Press)

Lady professor and the Lonely Hearts Club

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign stop, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Democratic presidential race still wide open

By Matt Mackowiak

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has created a list of fugitives wanted for vehicular manslaughter and other crimes. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jury acquits man who offered $500 to kill ICE agents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined at left by Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., makes remarks during a hearing on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Doug Collins wants Hunter Biden, Adam Schiff and whistleblower to testify

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
**FILE** Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch prepares to hammer his gavel before calling a recess in Annapolis, Md., Monday, April 7, 2014, the final day of the 2014 legislative session. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal court strikes down Maryland law requiring newspapers disclose political-ad buyers

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his State of the State address in the House of Delegates' Chamber in Charleston, W.Va. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

West Virginia fires state employees over photo of corrections trainees making apparent Nazi salute

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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Washington Redskins wide receiver Paul Richardson Jr. speaks to reporters following an NFL football minicamp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Paul Richardson, Trey Quinn out against Packers

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Washington Redskins linebacker Montez Sweat looks across the line of scrimmage during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

Sweat’s emergence takes sting out of Preston Smith’s breakout year

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Washington Nationals' Howie Kendrick hits a two-run home run against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning of Game 7 of the baseball World Series Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Howie Kendrick re-signs with Nationals on one-year deal with mutual option

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times
Washington Redskins head coach Bill Callahan looks on during the second half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

LOVERRO: Winning in Green Bay would give Redskins excuse to keep Callahan

By Thom Loverro

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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2019 file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. Johnson is taking on the unusual and high-profile role of being one of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters at the same time he has emerged as a witness to key meetings and conversations at the heart of the ongoing impeachment inquiry and could serve as a juror who will decide the president's fate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)

GOP senators probing DNC-Ukraine coordination to bash Trump in 2016

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a friend of John Conyers Jr., talks about the life and good work of the late Congressman before he enters the church for the funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit on Monday, November 4, 2019. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP)

House passes updated voting rights legislation

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
In this Nov. 26, 2019, file photo, people are showing walking in front of the East Front of the U.S. Capitol building. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

N.C. Republican Holding announces retirement from House

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jonathan Turley, GOP witness, says he’s received threats after impeachment testimony

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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U.S. must ramp up, not ease, pressure on North Korea, new report warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

EXCLUSIVE: Mexico comes through for Trump, tackles border crisis when Congress wouldn’t

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, of Oklahoma, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee about about ongoing reports of substandard housing conditions Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 in Washington, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Lawmakers consider massive military spending bill as deadline nears

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Pentagon acknowledges more troops may be heading to Middle East to counter Iran

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

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