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FILE - In this April 19, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump is presented with a New England Patriots jersey from Patriots owner Robert Kraft, right, and head coach Bill Belichick during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, where the Patriots were honored for their Super Bowl LI victory. In addition to the jersey, the team confirmed on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, that Kraft decided after the team's visit to also have a Super Bowl championship ring made for Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump slams NFL, Goodell for freezing rule to stand for anthem

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
A Ukrainian soldier launches a US anti-tank missile Javelin during military training on a military training ground outside Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The US has supplied Ukraine with a batch of Javelin anti-tank weapons, including 37 launchers and 210 missiles. A war conflict with the Kremlin backed separatists has hit Ukraine's east since 2014. (Mykhailo Markiv, Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon to send $200 million military aid package to Ukraine

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times
Smoke and debris rise after the Syrian government's shelling of the rebel-held Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Sept 25, 2017. (Ghouta Media Center, via AP) ** FILE **

Ibraheem Musaibli, Michigan man, detained in Syria over suspected ISIS ties

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Image courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute, a federal agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Genetic researchers reverse wrinkles, gray hair and balding in mice, called ‘unprecedented’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
In this April 11, 2018, file photo, attorney Michael Cohen walks down the sidewalk in New York. Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer who is under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, said in his Twitter post Sunday, July 1, that he sat down for an interview with ABC News and his "silence is broken." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FBI has tapes of Cohen, Trump discussing payment to former Playboy model: Report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
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Guilfoyle leaving Fox to campaign with Trump Jr.

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, arrive for a one-on-one-meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump on the rebound: President can flip the script against his opponents

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
A member of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment walks his post in front of The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery during the Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Va., Sunday, May 27, 2018. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Stopping stolen valor: Uncle Sam cracks down on bogus veterans charities

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Trump invites Putin to Washington

By Dave Boyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
People hold posters reading from left "Pension reform is a funeral in life, Stop robbing people" during a protest against the government's plans to raise the retirement age, in front of the Russian State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. The State Duma is voting on the bill Thursday, which would raise the age at which retirees can receive state pensions from 60 to 65 for men, and from 55 to 63 for women. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin’s decision to raise retirement age sinks approval rating, triggers nationwide protests

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

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Hollywood director James Gunn poses for a portrait at Disney Studios during press day for "Guardians of the Galaxy" in Burbank, California, July 19, 2014. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

James Gunn fired by Disney from ‘Guardians’ sequel after pedophilia comments brought to light

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
In this photo provided by Special Olympics Unified Cup, Soccer players celebrate a score during the first day of an inaugural Special Olympics Unified Cup soccer game in Chicago, Ill., Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Special Olympics hits 50-year mark of providing people with intellectual disabilities a platform to shine. The organization is celebrating its anniversary in Chicago, where Eunice Kennedy Shriver helped organize the first games (Kamil Krzaczynski/Special Olympics Unified Cup via AP)

Special Olympics celebrates 50 years of inclusiveness

By John Marshall - Associated Press
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren discusses free markets and the Trump administration while on MSNBC, July 20, 2018. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

Elizabeth Warren: Americans would be ‘eating dirt’ without ‘rules’ to rein in ‘rich’ people

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Roseanne Barr announced Friday that she's launching a new web show after a video of her ranting about her controversial Valerie Jarrett tweet went viral. (YouTube/@Roseanne Barr)

Roseanne Barr launches YouTube talk show; says attack on Obama aide that got her fired wasn’t racial

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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Walter Matthau. (Associated Press)

Mainstream media are awash in a tsunami of trivia

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times
Evening the Sacles Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

#UsToo strikes back, demanding equal justice

By Suzanne Fields
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Questioning intelligence

By Cal Thomas
In this July 11, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump takes his seat as he attends the multilateral meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Would, wouldn’t, whatever — now let’s move on

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, testifies before a House Judiciary Committee joint hearing on "oversight of FBI and Department of Justice actions surrounding the 2016 election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 12. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fever dreams of the Democrats: Strzok’s bizarre testimony, hysteria over Trump’s Helsinki comments

By Tammy Bruce

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A police officer ties police tape to a handrail. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

California girl, 2, accidentally shot and killed by boy, 4

By Associated Press
In this Aug. 6, 2013 file photo, Kristin Davis leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. Davis, a former madam who ran against former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the race for New York City comptroller, peddled hundreds of powerful painkillers and other prescription pills in exchange for Ecstasy and cash from a drug dealer wearing a wire, according to federal authorities. Davis was sentenced to two years in prison, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)

Mueller subpoenas Manhattan Madam from Spitzer case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
In this file photo, future citizens raise their hands in an oath during the U.S. District Court District of Wyoming naturalization ceremony Monday, July 16, 2018, at the Cheyenne Civic Center. Fifteen citizens from 13 countries were naturalized. (Jacob Byk/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP) **FILE**

Specialist facing U.S. Army discharge sues for citizenship

By Associated Press

State no longer seeking death penalty in deputy’s killing

By Associated Press

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts after missing a birdie putt on the 18th green during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship in Carnoustie, Scotland, Friday July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

McIlroy reins it in at British Open, stays in mix with 69

By Associated Press - Associated Press
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (37) hands the ball to manager Dave Martinez, (4) as he is pulled from a baseball game as catcher Jamie Burke, left, watches during the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park in Washington, Friday, July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Martinez downplays exchange between Strasburg, Scherzer

By David Driver — Special to The Washington Tines
American League, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Manny Machado looks over his shoulder as he walks onto the field before the Major League Baseball All-star Game, Tuesday, July 17, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Machado trade boosts O’s farm team with four Baysox assignments

By David Driver - The Washington Times
In this photo provided by Special Olympics Unified Cup, Soccer players celebrate a score during the first day of an inaugural Special Olympics Unified Cup soccer game in Chicago, Ill., Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Special Olympics hits 50-year mark of providing people with intellectual disabilities a platform to shine. The organization is celebrating its anniversary in Chicago, where Eunice Kennedy Shriver helped organize the first games (Kamil Krzaczynski/Special Olympics Unified Cup via AP)

Special Olympics celebrates 50 years of inclusiveness

By John Marshall - Associated Press

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A Ukrainian soldier launches a US anti-tank missile Javelin during military training on a military training ground outside Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The US has supplied Ukraine with a batch of Javelin anti-tank weapons, including 37 launchers and 210 missiles. A war conflict with the Kremlin backed separatists has hit Ukraine's east since 2014. (Mykhailo Markiv, Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon to send $200 million military aid package to Ukraine

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times
In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, file photo, people gather at the ZTE booth at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Congress to back off harsher sanctions for China’s ZTE: Report

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
In this Dec. 2, 2017, photo, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, speaks at a fundraiser at Cipriani in New York, with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Associated Press)

RNC Selects Charlotte for 2020 convention

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., finish a news conference after making speeches on the Senate floor calling for a resolution to back the U.S. intelligence community findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and calling for other responses to the meddling, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators plan to resurrect resolution backing intelligence community on Russia

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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A Ukrainian soldier launches a US anti-tank missile Javelin during military training on a military training ground outside Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The US has supplied Ukraine with a batch of Javelin anti-tank weapons, including 37 launchers and 210 missiles. A war conflict with the Kremlin backed separatists has hit Ukraine's east since 2014. (Mykhailo Markiv, Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon to send $200 million military aid package to Ukraine

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times
Smoke and debris rise after the Syrian government's shelling of the rebel-held Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Sept 25, 2017. (Ghouta Media Center, via AP) ** FILE **

Ibraheem Musaibli, Michigan man, detained in Syria over suspected ISIS ties

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)

Midterm candidates targeted in phishing attacks: Microsoft

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles as he visits the Kaliningrad Stadium after the 2018 soccer World Cup in Kaliningrad, Russia, Friday, July 20, 2018.(Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

White House says Trump doesn’t support Putin’s proposal for referendum in eastern Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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