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Trump demands inquiry into whether FBI infiltrated campaign for political purposes

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times
A protester in Seoul held portraits of President Trump and National Security Adviser John R. Bolton during a rally Friday supporting the U.S. policy to put steady pressure on North Korea. (Associated Press/File)

Trump works with South Korean president to keep North’s summit on track

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are promoting religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Incoming NRA President Oliver North blames school shootings on ‘culture of violence,’ Ritalin

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times
Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks at the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama administration figures propose nationwide school boycott to push for gun control

By Valerie Richardson and Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times
Jake Tapper attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

CNN’s Jake Tapper presses Democrat for evidence Trump campaign colluded with Russia

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times
This undated photo from Facebook shows Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who law enforcement officials have taken into custody and identified as the suspect in the deadly school shooting Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas, near Houston. (Facebook via AP)

Mom says daughter rejected Dimitrios Pagourtzis’ advances before Texas school shooting

By Jeff Horwitz and Sarah Zimmerman and Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press
Rudolph W. Giuliani said about President Trump, "This is one of the smartest guys you're going to meet. And a lot of people underestimate that." (Associated Press/File)

Giuliani says he has rare understanding of Trump and can ‘get the best out of him’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed back Tony Kim, Kim Hak-song and Kim Dong-chul this month from North Korea, where the three Americans had been detained for more than a year. (Associated Press/File)

Trump bucks establishment on foreign policy, takes different approaches to Iran and North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Israeli sorties against suspected Iranian outposts inside Syria is one key reason many analysts say the two longtime adversaries are on a collision course. (Associated Press/File)

Israel vs. Iran: Who holds the advantage in an increasingly looming war?

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times
House Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (center), North Carolina Republican, said the conservatives' move to link immigration language to the farm bill would backfire. (Associated Press/File)

Farm bill, immigrant amnesty in limbo after defeat by conservatives, Democrats

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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Hillary Clinton at the Geisinger's National Healthcare Symposium in Danville, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton to receive prestigious Harvard medal for ‘transformative impact on society’

By Associated Press
Andrea Tantaros attends the 2015 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Washington. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Judge tosses Andrea Tantaros’ lawsuit against Fox News

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press
This is a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Starbucks’ new policy: Everyone welcome, ‘regardless of whether they make a purchase’

By Joseph Pisani - Associated Press
FILE - In this June 16, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks in Washington on race in America and his decision to take down Confederate monuments in his city. Landrieu will be presented Sunday, May 20, 2018, with the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for standing behind his decision to take down four monuments. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ex-New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu gets JFK award for removing Confederate monuments

By Associated Press

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What Obama and his political Choom Gang did is far worse than Watergate

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
Illustration on Kelloggs' experience in Venezuela by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Swallowing the false promises of unexamined socialism

By Robert Knight
President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event on tax policy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Washington. Trump is ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to move faster on processing air pollution permits for businesses. A White House memorandum issued Thursday, April 12, instructs the EPA to take final action on Clean Air Act permit applications within one year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump spanks yet another Barack Obama-era regulation

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
James Comey. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

The collusion of lawyers is finally collapsing

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times
Illustration on the current overload of information by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Dazzled, confused and betrayed by too much information

By Suzanne Fields

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This photo provided by the Galveston County Sheriff's Office shows Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who law enforcement officials took into custody Friday, May 18, 2018, and identified as the suspect in the deadly school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, near Houston. (Galveston County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Texas school shooting suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis won’t be executed, could be free in 40 years

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
Lava from Kilauea volcano lights up the night sky near Pahoa, Hawaii, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Hawaii volcano lava flows into Pacific Ocean, seriously injures man

By Caleb Jones and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are promoting religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Incoming NRA President Oliver North blames school shootings on ‘culture of violence,’ Ritalin

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times
This frame grab from video provided by WSOC-TV 9 in Charlotte, N.C., shows a scene where a man intentionally rammed a vehicle into a restaurant busy with a lunchtime crowd, Sunday, May 20, 2018, killing his daughter and another person and injuring several others, in Bessemer City, N.C., according to authorities. (Courtesy of WSOC-TV 9 via AP)

Man intentionally crashes car into N.C. restaurant, kills daughter and another, police say

By Associated Press

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg delivers during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Punchless Nationals swept by the Dodgers

By David Driver — Special to The Washington Times
A shot from Tampa Bay Lightning center Cedric Paquette gets past Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby for a first-period goal during Game 5 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

LOVERRO: Braden Holtby holds key to Capitals’ fate

By Thom Loverro
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin skates off the ice after the team's 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning during Game 5 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Capitals look to avoid historic NHL playoff collapse

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Monique Currie (No. 25) celebrates a play with teammate Tianna Hawkins during a Washington Mystics game. (Photo courtesy of Twitter / @WashMystics) ** FILE **

Mystics take season opener over Indiana

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday, May 20, that the United States and China are stepping back from a possible trade trade war between the worlds two biggest economies after two days of talks that he said had produced meaningful progress. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Steven Mnuchin says U.S. trade war with China ‘on hold’ after economic talks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
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Greg Abbott, Oliver North cite violence as factor in fatal Santa Fe High School shooting

By Valerie Richardson and Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times
In a series of tweets Sunday, President Trump said he would demand the Department of Justice figure out if his campaign was infiltrated. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Trump ‘takes charge’ of deep state influence

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif questions U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Lighthizer during the hearing on trade policy before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Devin Nunes doesn’t rule out possibility of multiple FBI informants in Trump campaign

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

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FILE - In this July 21, 2008, file photo, Singapore police officers patrol outside the Shangri-La hotel, a possible location for the upcoming Trump-Kim summit next month, in Singapore. Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have one big thing in common as they prepare for what would be the first ever U.S.-North Korea summit: they both claim to deserve total credit. In a country where there is no Twitter but lots of fake news, North Koreans are getting a very different take on what got the two leaders to agree to meet next month in Singapore. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File) **FILE**

Singapore venue still to be decided in Trump-Kim Jong-un summit negotiations

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times
Israeli sorties against suspected Iranian outposts inside Syria is one key reason many analysts say the two longtime adversaries are on a collision course. (Associated Press/File)

Israel vs. Iran: Who holds the advantage in an increasingly looming war?

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Air Force apologizes for ‘Yanny-Laurel’ tweet mocking the Taliban

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Syrians indicted by DOJ over participation in pro-Assad hacking group

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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