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Ukraine war threatens to become regional conflict, European leaders warn

Destroyed vehicles and debris are scattered the day after a Russian attack struck a warehouse, followed by an explosion, in the village of Myla, outskirts of Kyiv, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Poland’s prime minister over the weekend warned Europe and the U.S. that Russia’s war in Ukraine isn’t slowing down, it’s escalating and threatening to engulf Europe.

Clyburn says Democrats could impeach Trump if they win the House in midterm elections

FILE - U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks to attendees at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner on May 29, 2026, in Columbia S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

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Rep. Jim Clyburn, a senior adviser to House Democratic leaders, said Sunday that Democrats could impeach President Trump if the party wins back the House majority in November.

FILE - U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks to attendees at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner on May 29, 2026, in Columbia S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Clyburn says Democrats could impeach Trump if they win the House in midterm elections

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he’ll report NBC Sunday talk-show host to FCC over report on primary results

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at the NYCLU's May Day rally for workers' and immigrants' rights at Foley Square, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

AOC renews her Democratic Socialists of America membership as she mulls a run for the White House

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel mingles ahead of the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rahm Emanuel, potential 2028 candidate, says democratic socialists aren’t part of Democratic Party

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco on April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

‘No thanks’: Democrats in tough races shun Kamala Harris as questions mount about 2028

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel mingles ahead of the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rahm Emanuel, potential 2028 candidate, says democratic socialists aren’t part of Democratic Party

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco on April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

‘No thanks’: Democrats in tough races shun Kamala Harris as questions mount about 2028

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

Trump intends to refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve with Venezuelan oil

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The sun sets over a section of the border wall, June 18, 2025, in Mission, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

U.S. military uses laser to blast cartel drones at southern border

By Stephen Dinan and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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Want lower gas prices? Suspend ethanol mandate, federal gas tax

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Democrats cannot dodge Hasan Piker’s toxic politics

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Jews and the death of Jesus illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Workers continue construction on the new White House ballroom, as seen from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Why does Trump’s White House ballroom upgrade trigger the unhinged left?

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Illustration on anti-racism training by Alexander Hunter/The a Times

Complaints of white privilege are a losers’ lament

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in compliance with Trump executive order

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Olivia Rodrigo’s festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being

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Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher motions to the audience at the start of the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Bill Maher, Sunday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Bill Maher: Left ‘can’t stand to talk’ amid Kushner-Jeffries flap

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This Dec. 20, 2010, file photo shows signage at a Starbucks store in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Starbucks removes Blended Refreshers drink powder after employee complaints

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The G.L.O.V.E., developed by Compliant Technologies LLC, sits on a table after a demonstration at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City, March 22, 2023. (Brett Dickerson/Oklahoma City Free Press via AP)

ICE signs contract to buy electric shock gloves

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Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks during the keynote address at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 11. (U.S. Army photo by Allen Meeks)

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Crews unload containerized nuclear power reactor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 15, 2026. The system is part of an interagency demonstration evaluating the feasibility of rapidly deploying nuclear power using strategic airlift. (Courtesy photo by Tech. Sgt. William McCalmant) ** FILE **

Army picks 5 companies to build, operate nuclear microreactors at military bases

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he’ll report NBC Sunday talk-show host to FCC over report on primary results

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks after arriving on Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump dismisses Chinese spying concerns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Students walk through the Stanford University campus, March 14, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules

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A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

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In this combination photo, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 27, 2025, left, and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks during a candidate forum, Aug. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

Moulton says Sen. Markey, 80, is too old for another term. Young Massachusetts Democrats are divided

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Protestors march through Manhattan up to Central Park during the "Make Billionaires Pay" climate protest, Sept. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Climate isn’t a hot topic for Democrats in this year’s campaigns

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco on April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mike Johnson touts border, energy record while campaigning in Texas battleground district

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York on May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Champagne socialism: Far-left movement brimming with affluent leaders

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A view of the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House returns from recess with plan to fund government weeks ahead of shutdown deadline

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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, responds to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Susan Collins calls for tariff truce as trade war emerges as hot issue in Senate races

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at the NYCLU's May Day rally for workers' and immigrants' rights at Foley Square, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

AOC renews her Democratic Socialists of America membership as she mulls a run for the White House

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Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Shannon Heacock holds a photo of son Elijah Heacock, who died at age 16, during a protest against social media platforms outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Will TikTok and YouTube match Meta’s new safety rules? Billions for states are riding on it

By Susan Ferrechio and Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, talks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before the start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Will Congress finally set national NIL rules for college athletes?

By Mary McCue Bell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Meta settlement’s age verification requirements spark fears of lost privacy, free speech rights

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Amadeo Fusca, center, winner of the Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest, takes selfies with the crowd, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Hundreds show up to judge New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest

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A lioness roams with her cub inside Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nina Schwendemann)

Sheriff warns Indianans to be alert after report of escaped lioness, cub

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Nominee Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia listen during his nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 10, 1991. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

Snubbed by Big Law, Clarence Thomas found his path to the Supreme Court

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Children laugh and play in a spray of water during a street celebration marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks

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A view of a street in Niamey, Niger, Wednesday, July. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Hama, FIle)

Russian forces, Niger’s ruling junta put down mutiny

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Destroyed vehicles and debris are scattered the day after a Russian attack struck a warehouse, followed by an explosion, in the village of Myla, outskirts of Kyiv, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine war threatens to become regional conflict, European leaders warn

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in compliance with Trump executive order

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Washington Commanders quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis (16) throws a pass during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Miami Dolphins, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Landover, MD. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Commanders keep seven receivers, just three corners in initial 53-man roster

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It took more than 300 fruit pouches, 79 boxes of macaroni and cheese, five pairs of shoes, two high-tech light therapy machines, one MRI and countless lunchtime Coca-Colas to get Collin Chartier from Denver to the District, where he ended a 2,000-mile cross-country run on Sunday. Family members and friends greeted the former professional triathlete — whose career was ended by a suspension for doping in 2023 — with sweaty hugs and heartfelt congratulations on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The supporters followed Chartier's 79-day journey from a distance as he raised money for the Herron Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing resources for people struggling with addiction and their families. (File photo credit: LouisLotterPhotography)

Fruit pouches, soda and macaroni: Virginia native completes cross-country run for redemption

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Scottie Scheffler walks off the 18th green during the final round of the PGA Tour Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Scheffler captures another FedEx Cup, moves past Woods in PGA Tour career earnings

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Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns the ball to Elena-Gabriela Ruse, of Romania, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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A lifelike Sadhguru chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is displayed Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

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