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White House executive chef Cris Comerford holds dishes during a media preview for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The dinner will include a butter poached Maine lobster, beef with shallot marmalade, American artisanal cheeses, and an orange chiffon cake for desert. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mainers seeing red over Biden serving lobster at state dinner while federal regs threaten lobstermen

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Freight train cars sit in a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Sept. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Senate approves bill to avert rail strike by imposing labor deal on workers

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters just after he was elected by House Democrats to be the new leader when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., steps aside in the new Congress under the Republican majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats’ new leader Hakeem Jeffries boasts he’s ready to tamp down ‘The Squad’

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
In this photo taken on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, a protester holding flowers is confronted by a policeman during a protest on a street in Shanghai, China. Authorities eased anti-virus rules in scattered areas but affirmed China's severe "zero- COVID" strategy Monday after crowds demanded President Xi Jinping resign during protests against controls that confine millions of people to their homes. (AP Photo)

Protests in China of Xi’s harsh COVID lockdowns amid weak vaccines puts pressure on state to act

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
This undated artist rending provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Air Force graphic of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

By Tara Copp - Associated Press
This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what it says a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

U.S., Japan and South Korea sanction three North Korean officials over missile launches

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a second federal court shut down the program. The Education Department says on its federal student aid website that it is seeking to overturn the court orders blocking the student debt relief program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Justices block Biden’s debt plan at least through February

By Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A church parishioner watches a laptop inside Liverpool Parish Church (Our Lady and St Nicholas) in Liverpool, England, during the Church of England's first virtual Sunday service given by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after the archbishops of Canterbury and York wrote to clergy on Tuesday advising them to put public services on hold in response to Government advice to avoid mass gatherings to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

A Christian nation no more? Census numbers fuel debate on Britain’s identity, Christianity’s future

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron toast during a State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden toasts to U.S.-French goodwill after tough talks with oldest ally

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

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Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is no longer buying right-leaning social media site Parler, the company said Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Elon Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Kanye West over swastika post

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Kanye West watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Kanye West says he ‘likes Hitler’ in interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's San Francisco offices on Nov. 1, 2022. A top European Union official warned Elon Musk on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Apple banning Twitter? Not happening, Musk says after visiting Cook

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk said Friday Nov. 25, 2022, that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to revamp the service after a previous attempt backfired. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

China gets fact-checked by Twitter after mocking U.S. in anti-freedom tweet

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 21st annual Halloween party at Sake No Hana at Moxy Lower East Side on Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Vulgarian Trump and barbarian Musk at the gate

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
FILE - Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Bob Chapek poses with Minnie Mouse during a ceremony at the Hong Kong Disneyland, as they celebrate the Hong Kong Disneyland's 10th anniversary on Sept. 11, 2015. The Walt Disney Company announced late Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, that former CEO Bob Iger will return to head the company for two years in a move that stunned the entertainment industry. Disney said in a statement that Chapek, who succeeded Iger in 2020, had stepped down from the position. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

DeSantis is right: Disney brought its problems on itself

By Billy Hallowell
Joe Biden's Oil Double Cross Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden emboldens the world’s worst dictators, despite his promises

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times
Republicans (GOP) Looking Forward to 2024 Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GOP needs to learn elections are about the future if it wants to win in 2024

By Scott Walker
Illustration on the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline by Linas Garsys/The Washington times

Nord Stream sabotage: Look to Russia, not the U.S.

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

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This undated artist rending provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Air Force graphic of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

By Tara Copp - Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 in Palm Beach, Fla. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee had asked for six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses, from 2015 to 2020. The court's order on Nov. 22 leaves no legal obstacle in the way. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Federal appeals court shuts down special master review in Trump documents case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
U.S. Marines run to their position during an annual U.S.-Philippines joint war exercise titled Balikatan, Tagalog for "shoulder-to-shoulder," at Claveria, Cagayan province, northern Philippines, Thursday, March 31, 2022. U.S. and Filipino marines sprang from amphibious vehicles and transport helicopters to defend an island from potential aggressors during a military exercise and show of American firepower staged on Thursday in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) **FILE**

Military’s image suffers amid country’s widening political divide: Poll

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign rally, Nov. 7, 2022, in Hialeah, Fla. The long-rumored memoir by Gov. DeSantis is coming out next year. The HarperCollins imprint Broadside will release “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival” on Feb. 28. The announcement, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 comes in the wake of DeSantis’ decisive reelection victory and will likely add to speculation that he plans a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Groups sue Florida officials over migrant relocation program

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Washington Commanders defensive tackle Daron Payne (94) is introduced before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Breakout year has Payne in line for big payday, Commanders rethinking plan

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
A man takes a selfie with a sign reading in English" Fifa World Cup, Qatar 2022" at the corniche in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. With no soccer tradition but billions in oil money, Qatar is the latest Persian Gulf nation using sports to try to burnish its image on the global stage. The host of the 2022 World Cup is smaller than Connecticut and has a population of fewer than 3 million. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Bemusement at Qatar’s antics replaced these days by disgust

By Thom Loverro
Christian Pulisic of the United States attends a press conference before a training session at Al-Gharafa SC Stadium, in Doha, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

With Pulisic’s status unclear, U.S. prepares for biggest match since 2014

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times
Maryland head coach Kevin Willard signals a play in to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Maryland won 79-54. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Undefeated Terrapins enter Big Ten play with new identity under Willard

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters just after he was elected by House Democrats to be the new leader when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., steps aside in the new Congress under the Republican majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats’ new leader Hakeem Jeffries boasts he’s ready to tamp down ‘The Squad’

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
Freight train cars sit in a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Sept. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Senate approves bill to avert rail strike by imposing labor deal on workers

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times
Democratic Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs speaks at a victory rally, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Phoenix. An Arizona judge on Thursday, Dec. 1, ordered Cochise County officials to certify the midterm election results by the end of the day. Hobbs filed suit Monday, as did a local voter and a group of retirees, arguing the supervisors are required by law certify the election, a process formally known as a canvass. Hobbs says she is required to hold the statewide certification on Dec. 5 and by law can delay it only until Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press
Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price walks off stage after speaking about the delay in Iowa caucus results, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. AP VoteCast is an extensive survey of more than 94,000 voters. It reveals U.S. voters' views on some of the most significant issues affecting the nation. And some of the least significant, too. In Iowa, the survey dug into voters' feelings about being the first in the nation to caucus for their party's next presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Dems ready to reshuffle nominating calendar for 2024, eye booting too-White Iowa from kickoff spot

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the light trail of the launched manned spaceship Shenzhou-15, atop the Long March-2F Y15 carrier rocket after it blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. China launched the rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country's permanent orbiting space station. (Ren Junchuan/Xinhua via AP)

China rapidly building space arms to ‘blind and deafen’ U.S. military, Pentagon says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what it says a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

U.S., Japan and South Korea sanction three North Korean officials over missile launches

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
This undated artist rending provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Air Force graphic of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

By Tara Copp - Associated Press
Ukrainian servicemen give the first aid to a soldier wounded in a battle with the Russian troops in their shelter in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. A top adviser to Ukraine's president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country's nine-month struggle against Russia's invasion, a rare comment on such figures and far below estimates of Ukrainian casualties from Western leaders. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)

Official says more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

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