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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Liberal activists push Pelosi ouster amid AOC feud: ‘She’s going to get left in the dust’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks during a Made in America showcase event on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump digs in amid ‘go back’ tweet backlash: ‘These are people that hate our country’

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
In this July 4, 2019 file photo, a group of asylum seekers cross the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Trump moves to reject some asylum seekers in executive branch power play

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Nobody’s smoother’: Trump defense secretary nominee fully prepared for Senate showdown

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks to media representatives in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File) ** FILE **

EXCLUSIVE: Oregon GOP launches recall effort against Democratic Gov. Kate Brown

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to a question as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dems unveil resolution condemning Trump: ‘Racist comments have legitimized fear and hatred’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
From left, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Rep. llhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AOC, liberal Democrats accuse Trump of creating ‘racist’ distraction

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Rahm Emanuel speaks in Chicago, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ** FILE **

Rahm Emanuel rips AOC’s chief of staff as ‘snot-nosed-punk’ who plays into Trump’s hands

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
In this Monday, April 9, 2018 file photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard participates in the women's +90kg weightlifting final the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hubbard, trans female, was warmly welcomed by many spectators during the games, and was the favorite in the over-90-kilograms division but injured herself trying to set a games record. "The crowd was absolutely magnificent _ I felt just like a big embrace, and I wanted to give them something that reflected the best I could do," Hubbard said. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Transgender weightlifter wins two gold medals in women’s competition

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

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Rahm Emanuel speaks in Chicago, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ** FILE **

Rahm Emanuel rips AOC’s chief of staff as ‘snot-nosed-punk’ who plays into Trump’s hands

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
In this Monday, April 9, 2018 file photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard participates in the women's +90kg weightlifting final the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hubbard, trans female, was warmly welcomed by many spectators during the games, and was the favorite in the over-90-kilograms division but injured herself trying to set a games record. "The crowd was absolutely magnificent _ I felt just like a big embrace, and I wanted to give them something that reflected the best I could do," Hubbard said. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Transgender weightlifter wins two gold medals in women’s competition

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
Seth MacFarlane, who has found success on the small screen and voice animation, says he is expanding his horizons with "Ted" because "I like things that scare me a little bit." (Invision via Associated Press"

Seth MacFarlane: Democrats can’t resist Trump’s outrage bait, constantly ‘fall for it’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 6, 2019 file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at the InStyle and Warner Bros. Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Alyssa Milano compares Mike Pence to Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The four noisy horseladies of the Apocalypse

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times
Illustration on industrial change in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘Where have all the smokestacks gone?’

By Richard W. Rahn
Buzz Aldrin poses with the American flag on the surface of the moon, July 20, 1969. Associated Press photo

Remembering Apollo 11 at 50

By Cal Thomas
An invited guest takes a photo as President Donald Trump speaks during the "Presidential Social Media Summit" in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

When Big Tech bias stifles the pro-life message

By Marjorie Dannenfelser
Illustration on removing the capital gains tax by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump moves to lessen the pain of capital gains taxes

By Stephen Moore

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South Bend police officer who fatally shot black man resigns 3 minutes ago

By Associated Press
State legislators recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the State House at the start of a special session, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Augusta, Maine. Lawmakers returned to deal with Maine's struggling child welfare system and the state's tax code. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

City Council reinstates Pledge of Allegiance after national backlash 33 minutes ago

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
This June 2018 file photo shows protesters walking along Montana Avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. Two dozen people being held in immigration detention in Louisiana are on a hunger strike to protest their inability to be free while making a case for asylum. Immigrant advocates say the strike started last week with about 150 people, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says only 24 people have continuously denied meals. The strike follows one in El Paso in which ICE force-fed some of the detainees after obtaining a court order. (Rudy Gutierrez/The El Paso Times via AP, File)

Border Patrol agents tossed detainees’ personal belongings in dumpster, IG says

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
While American parents debate the risks of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, a report by two global health organizations said the majority of unvaccinated children live in the world's poorest countries and are disproportionately in "fragile or conflict-affected states" such as Syria, Afghanistan and Congo. (Associated Press/File)

‘Dangerous stagnation’: Measles vaccine rates alarm global health organizations

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

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SNYDER: Running with bulls a bad look for Norman

By Deron Snyder
Washington Wizards' Justin Robinson shoots around Atlanta Hawks' Matt Mooney, left, and Amine Noua during the first half of an NBA summer league basketball game Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Wizards’ top Summer League performers demonstrate overhauled roster

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times
Washington Mystics guard Kristi Tolliver temporarily loses the handle on the ball as she runs Connecticut Sun guard Jasmine Thomas, left, off a Myisha Hines-Allen screen during a WNBA basketball game Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP) **FILE**

Mystics guard Kristi Toliver named All-Star

By Rina Torchinsky - The Washington Times
Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith (11) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken) ** FILE **

Alex Smith has external fixator removed from leg

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Liberal activists push Pelosi ouster amid AOC feud: ‘She’s going to get left in the dust’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times
Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Nobody’s smoother’: Trump defense secretary nominee fully prepared for Senate showdown

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
From left, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Rep. llhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AOC, liberal Democrats accuse Trump of creating ‘racist’ distraction

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
The witness seat for White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is ready before the start of the House Oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019, on Conway's violation of the Hatch Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats may hold Kellyanne Conway in contempt for skipping hearing

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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In this Feb. 21, 2013, file photo, female recruits stand at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C. The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is eyeing a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California, as officials work to quash recurring problems with sexism and other bad behavior among Marines, according to Marine Corps officials. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Competing defense bills offer boost to women in the military

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Nobody’s smoother’: Trump defense secretary nominee fully prepared for Senate showdown

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer takes over as acting Pentagon chief

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
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House GOP slams Democrats for effort to repeal 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

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