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Debt limit deal gives Washington a blank check

President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The bipartisan deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit, hailed by both parties, barely moves the needle on pandemic-era government spending nor fixes the causes of runaway growth in the federal budget.

160-year old church for 280-year old Massachusetts congregation burns down

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By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The First Congregational Church in Spencer, Massachusetts burned down Friday. The building dated back to 1863 while the congregation there ultimately dates to 1743.

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160-year old church for 280-year old Massachusetts congregation burns down

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden falls on stage during the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden’s tumble on stage stokes Democrats’ thinking about 2024 backup plan

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

An honor guard displays the colors of Fort Bragg as a part of the ceremony to rename Fort Bragg, Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Liberty, N.C. The U.S. Army changed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty as part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

More than just a name change: Military, community embrace Fort Liberty, move beyond Fort Bragg

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 15, 2017, photo, employees watch an electronic board to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP) **FILE**

North Korea targets U.S. intel figures on a secret cyber hit list

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People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility, Friday, March 31, 2023, by the Capitol in Washington. Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday, April 6, from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases, for example, to ensure fairness. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

In blue states, trans-identified male athletes score in girls’ prep sports

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In this Monday, May 15, 2017, photo, employees watch an electronic board to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP) **FILE**

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People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility, Friday, March 31, 2023, by the Capitol in Washington. Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday, April 6, from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases, for example, to ensure fairness. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

In blue states, trans-identified male athletes score in girls’ prep sports

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with local residents during a meet and greet on May 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa on June 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis, Pence and other GOP 2024 hopefuls, but not Trump, set to appear at Iowa rally

By Michelle L. Price, Hannah Fingerhut and Thomas Beaumonth - Associated Press

A makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre stands outside a home on the first anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2013. Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday, May 25, 2023, were considering the most wide-ranging package of gun safety measures since the legislation passed after the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre, with proponents noting the state is not “recklessly retreating” from regulating guns like other states. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Connecticut governor poised to sign state’s most sweeping gun measure since post-Sandy Hook laws

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Illustration on the goddess of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Marxism, collectivism and conformity — DEI’s perils make mark in America

By Cheryl K. Chumley

Illustration on teachers indoctrinate and not educate by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Teachers can’t educate, but boy, can they indoctrinate

By Don Feder

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Drag artist Vidalia Anne Gentry speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional. In a 70-page ruling handed down late Friday night, June 2, 2023, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker wrote that the law was both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged “discriminatory enforcement.” (John Amis/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign via AP, File)

Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Tennessee’s anti-drag law as too broad, too vague

By Kimberlee Kruesi - Associated Press

A woman waves a rainbow flag , during the annual pride march in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Draped in rainbow flags, around 150,000 people were marching for LGBTQ rights at Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day celebration. Berlin police gave the crowd estimate on Saturday afternoon but said the number could grow into the evening. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Pregnant trans man on Glamour UK’s cover, touts children’s book ‘My Daddy’s Belly’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad on March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches," the platform announced Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

YouTube to stop removing content claiming U.S. election ‘fraud, errors or glitches’

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The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Washington. Peak bloom is expected April 1, according to the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Interruption of children’s choir singing national anthem at U.S. Capitol stokes furor

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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President Joe Biden falls on stage during the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden’s tumble on stage stokes Democrats’ thinking about 2024 backup plan

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to supporters of Kentucky republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft, during a campaign stop in Elizabethtown, Ky., Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Comer to review subpoenaed FBI doc related to alleged Biden bribery scheme

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, weighing whether House Republicans can question a former prosecutor about the Manhattan criminal case against former President Donald Trump, posed dozens of questions, in New York, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, to lawyers on both sides, asking them to parse thorny issues of sovereignty, separation of powers and Congressional oversight arising from Trump's historic indictment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Jordan wants to know depth of FBI’s role in special counsel’s probe of Trump

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, accompanied by White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, walks to speak with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

N.H. lawmaker switches endorsement to DeSantis after Trump attacks Kayleigh McEnany

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from Concesio and Sotto il Monte on the 60th anniversary of the death of Pope John XXIII and the election of Paul VI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Pope Francis warned the Vatican's missionary fundraisers on Saturday to not allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope to visit Mongolia at end of summer in visit rich in geopolitical significance

Customers make their way through the parking lot of a Target store Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Sending Target a loud, clear message: Don’t mess with our children

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Washington. Peak bloom is expected April 1, according to the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Interruption of children’s choir singing national anthem at U.S. Capitol stokes furor

FILE - Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Ore., on July 26, 2020. Oregon's reputation for political harmony is being tested as a Republican walkout in the state Senate continues for a third week. The boycott could derail hundreds of bills and approval of a biennial state budget, as Republicans and Democrats refuse to budge on their conflicting positions over issues including abortion rights, transgender health and guns. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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From Jan. 22, 2020, through Feb. 4, 2020, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C., took part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

‘To me, it’s still going to be Fort Bragg’: Name change for iconic Army base touches a nerve

Flags of South Korea and the United States flutter outside of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Seoul, South Korea, on April 25, 2023. The South Korean and U.S. militaries were set to begin massive live-fire drills near the border with North Korea on Thursday, May 25, 2023, despite the North’s warning that it won’t tolerate what it calls such a hostile invasion rehearsal on its doorstep. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

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Turning 70, South Korea-U.S. alliance expands scope, defies frictions

A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-16 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

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Guardians of diversity? State Department seeks gender equality, inclusion in space

Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit this week by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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This May 15, 2019 file photo shows a vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at a clinic in Vashon Island, Wash. On Thursday, May 30, 2019, U.S. health officials reported this year’s U.S. measles epidemic surpassed a 25-year-old record, and experts say it’s not clear when the wave of illnesses will stop. There were 971 cases so far this year, eclipsing the 963 measles illnesses reported for all of 1994. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

First measles case in Maryland since 2019 reported in Montgomery County

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A sign marks the facade of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, May 5, 2022, in Washington. The Justice Department issued new guidance Thursday, May 25, 2023, emphasizing that investigations must be free from bias involving race and gender or against people with disabilities. Anti-profiling rules were also expanded to include thousands more people who are part of the justice system. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Clinical reference lab CEO accused of impersonating technician, wrecking equipment at rival business

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Church bell tower in a blue sky. Photo Credit: Richard Nantais via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

160-year old church for 280-year old Massachusetts congregation burns down

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Prison bars and a hallway. (txking via Shutterstock) **FILE**

North Carolina man pleads guilty to escaping from Piedmont Regional Jail in Virginia

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Two people carry their dogs as they attend a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia's capital on Saturday in protest of the government's handling of a crisis after two mass shootings in the Balkan country. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with families awarded Orders of Parental Glory via teleconference call at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia bans ‘unfriendly’ countries’ journalists from showpiece economic gathering

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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Lloyd Austin: Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China

By David Rising - Associated Press

Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters

By Rafiq Maqbool, Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

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Members of the media interview players on the Vegas Golden Knights during media day ahead of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey final Friday, June 2, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Strip club to reward Vegas Golden Knights with free lap dances for life if they win the Stanley Cup

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson (2) gestures after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Gunnar Henderson’s go-ahead homer in seventh sends Orioles past Giants 3-2

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Lane Thomas runs toward home plate for a run on Jeimer Candelario's double in the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Nationals blow 6-run lead, rebound to beat Phillies 8-7

By Harvey Valentine - Associated Press

From left to right, Maryland's Nick Lorusso, Eddie Hacopian, Andrew Johnson and Matt Woods celebrate after an NCAA college baseball game against Nebraska, Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Omaha, Neb. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP) **FILE**

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Illustration on teachers indoctrinate and not educate by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Teachers can’t educate, but boy, can they indoctrinate

By Don Feder

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New concessions in Cuba-Russia alliance show how little has changed since Cold War

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Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from Concesio and Sotto il Monte on the 60th anniversary of the death of Pope John XXIII and the election of Paul VI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Pope Francis warned the Vatican's missionary fundraisers on Saturday to not allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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