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In this Jan. 26, 2015, file photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. Texas is still sorting out where firearms are allowed, and where they're not, more than a year after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a suite of laws that vastly expanded gun rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Barrett confirmation sparks flood of Supreme Court-bound challenges from pro-gun groups

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump says Twitter censorship is a national security issue 39 minutes ago

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Holiday sales expected to top 2019 despite surging pandemic

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
Democrat poll watcher Edward Brennan, left, and Douglas Bucklin, Republican poll watcher on behalf of President Donald Trump, right, look over provisional ballots while Assistant County Solicitor Christopher W. Hobbs, back right, oversees them at the Schuylkill County Election Bureau in Pottsville, Pa. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (Lindsey Shuey/The Republican-Herald via AP)

Pennsylvania state judge sides with GOP, halting election certification

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump: ‘Very hard thing to concede’ election amid alleged fraud

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times
In this provided by the State of New York, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds up a new Thanksgiving-themed face mask during his daily coronavirus briefing at the Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corp. Headquarters in Wyandanch, N.Y. After disclosing that he will no longer be celebrating Thanksgiving with his 89-year-old mother in-person, Cuomo asked New Yorkers to abandon plans for in-person Thanksgiving festivities. (Kevin P. Coughlin/State of New York via AP)

Andrew Cuomo blasts Supreme Court ruling on religious gatherings as ‘irrelevant’ political statement

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

‘I breathe freedom and liberty today’: Michael Flynn reflects on pardon by Trump

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
A health care worker holds the hand of a resident at the CHC nursing home in Landenne, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Virus challenge: Officials struggle to protect older people from youth spread

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as former Secretary of State John Kerry, left, takes the podium to speak at a campaign stop at the South Slope Community Center in North Liberty, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Joe Biden and the ‘Strolling Bones’

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

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In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, Ricky Schroder attends the "AUDIENCE Documentaries" panel at the Direct TV portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Ricky Schroder defends helping Kyle Rittenhouse post bond; actor insists teen innocent

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
Stephen Colbert interviews former President Obama, Nov. 24, 2020. (Image: CBS, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" video screenshot)

Stephen Colbert gushes during Obama interview: ‘I just want to take a moment to drink you in’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange take part in a protest outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, to support him in a administrative hearing for his extradition case, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Assange was unable to attend or appear by video link today due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Belmarsh prison where he is being held. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

‘I beg you’: Julian Assange’s partner pleads for Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder

By Associated Press
In this file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions constitutional scholars during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Trump should use pardon power ‘effectively and robustly’ in last weeks in office: Matt Gaetz

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as former Secretary of State John Kerry, left, takes the podium to speak at a campaign stop at the South Slope Community Center in North Liberty, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Joe Biden and the ‘Strolling Bones’

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
Illustration on gratitude in 2020 by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder to return to faith and family

By Scott Walker
Illustration on the actual first Thankgiving in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Thanksgiving should be about gratitude to our Creator

By Michael McKenna
Trump choices illustration by The Washington Times

Trump faces critical choice about his political future

By Victor Davis Hanson

COVID-19 vaccines’ scary side effects must not be dismissed

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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In this provided by the State of New York, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds up a new Thanksgiving-themed face mask during his daily coronavirus briefing at the Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corp. Headquarters in Wyandanch, N.Y. After disclosing that he will no longer be celebrating Thanksgiving with his 89-year-old mother in-person, Cuomo asked New Yorkers to abandon plans for in-person Thanksgiving festivities. (Kevin P. Coughlin/State of New York via AP)

Andrew Cuomo blasts Supreme Court ruling on religious gatherings as ‘irrelevant’ political statement

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A health care worker holds the hand of a resident at the CHC nursing home in Landenne, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Virus challenge: Officials struggle to protect older people from youth spread

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Holiday sales expected to top 2019 despite surging pandemic

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
In this provided by the State of New York, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds up a new Thanksgiving-themed face mask during his daily coronavirus briefing at the Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corp. Headquarters in Wyandanch, N.Y. After disclosing that he will no longer be celebrating Thanksgiving with his 89-year-old mother in-person, Cuomo asked New Yorkers to abandon plans for in-person Thanksgiving festivities. (Kevin P. Coughlin/State of New York via AP)

Andrew Cuomo: New York revising coronavirus plan for winter

By Associated Press

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Washington Football Team's Antonio Gibson (24) is congratulated by Chase Roullier (73) and others after his touchdown run in the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)

Washington dominates Dallas behind 3 Gibson touchdowns

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton (14) gestures after throwing an incomplete pass into the end zone as Washington Football Team's Tim Settle (97) and Ryan Kerrigan (91) walk past in the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)

Washington’s defense stifles Cowboys, particularly in red zone

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson throws a pass against the Tennessee Titans during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson tests positive for coronavirus: Report

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times
Maryland wide receiver Dontay Demus Jr. (7) celebrates a second-quarter touchdown pass against Penn State during an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)

After missing two games, Maryland football is back and ready to face Indiana

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

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In this March 26, 2019, file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel appears at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

Far-left group warns Biden against giving Emanuel a job

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 26, 2015, file photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. Texas is still sorting out where firearms are allowed, and where they're not, more than a year after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a suite of laws that vastly expanded gun rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Barrett confirmation sparks flood of Supreme Court-bound challenges from pro-gun groups

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

‘I breathe freedom and liberty today’: Michael Flynn reflects on pardon by Trump

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been mum on her plans for the future after failing to capture the Democratic nomination for president. For the next few weeks, she'll be wrapping up her business on Capitol Hill and clearing out her office. (Associated Press)

Libertarians woo Tulsi Gabbard: ‘One of the most difficult politicians to predict’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump says Twitter censorship is a national security issue 39 minutes ago

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

‘I breathe freedom and liberty today’: Michael Flynn reflects on pardon by Trump

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed

By Associated Press
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov prior to their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Russia accuses the U.S. and EU of interfering in Belarus’ domestic affairs

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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