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In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 file photo, United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, in San Diego. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, said it would appeal a judge's order barring it from enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, after the president's attack on the judge prompted an extraordinary rebuke from the nation's chief justice. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Case of terror suspect caught sneaking into U.S. roils immigration debate 13 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., ranking member on the House Budget Committee listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testified before the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Budget Committee’s new Democratic chairman sees ‘no way’ to balance U.S. budget

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential campaign: ‘Let’s do this together’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times
A tank of Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army moves inside the Military base Paramacay in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Venezuelan ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said the military squashed a "terrorist" attack at the military base Sunday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in military fatigues released a video declaring themselves in rebellion.(AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Critics: Spain’s tank, arms deals with Venezuela props up Nicolas Maduro

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times
President Donald Trump, center, Vice President Mike Pence, left, escorted by Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, right, visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Martin Luther King’s son slams Mike Pence for comparing Trump to his father 10 minutes ago

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Actress Alyssa Milano walks to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after a break on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alyssa Milano’s ‘first thoughts’ each day: ‘The red MAGA hat is the new white hood’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Lady Gaga, winner of the awards for best song for "Shallow" and best actress for "A Star Is Born," poses in the press room at the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Lady Gaga to Mike Pence: ‘You’re the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
In this Oct. 9, 2017 file photo, Jamie Lee Curtis arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jane" at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Jamie Lee Curtis regrets ‘snap judgment’ about boys accused of harassing Native American elder

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
A teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos from a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP) ** FILE **

Ben Shapiro rips ‘manufactured media lie’ against Covington Catholic High School boys

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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Actress Alyssa Milano walks to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after a break on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alyssa Milano’s ‘first thoughts’ each day: ‘The red MAGA hat is the new white hood’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
FILE - This Oct. 24, 1966 file photo shows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Martin Luther King’s children are quarreling over who owns his Nobel Peace Prize and his Bible. Malcolm X’s heirs are suing to block a book deal to publicize his post-Mecca diary, an agreement brokered by one of their siblings. The fight over Rosa Parks’ estate has her valuable mementos stuck in a New York City warehouse. (AP Photo, File)

NAACP wants newscaster fired for MLK slur

By Associated Press
A teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos from a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP) ** FILE **

Ben Shapiro rips ‘manufactured media lie’ against Covington Catholic High School boys

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
FILE - In this Apr. 9, 2018, file photo, Bernice King addresses the crowd at the Capital during the March for Humanity marking the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination which commenced at Ebenezer Baptist Church and concluded at the state capital in Atlanta. King blasted Steve Bannon's claim that her father would be proud of President Donald Trump. "#SteveBannon has dangerously and erroneously co-opted my father's name, work and words," King wrote just before midnight Wednesday, May 23, in the first of a series of tweets. "Bannon's assertion that my father, #MLK, would be proud of Donald Trump wholly ignores Daddy's commitment to people of all races, nationalities, etc. being treated with dignity and respect." (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland, File)

Bernice King rips ‘resurgence of nationalistic and white supremacist ideologies’ in MLK Day service

By Ben Nadler - Associated Press

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Second lady of the United States Karen Pence speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the residence of U.S ambassador to Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Twitter tiki torch mob goes after March for Life

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
Office Trash Can Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

A spoof that tells a deeper story

By Robert Knight
Thousands of protesters look at at a rally following a march in favor of gun control at the Seattle Center Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Seattle. Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Education failure: Generation Z following Millennial footsteps to Big Government

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 10, 2012, file photo, Ann Coulter gestures while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ann Coulter, who says we voted for Trump but got Jeb, needs to ease off the 90-proof hyperbole juice

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times
FILE - This March 9, 2016, file photo, shows a stop sign in front of the international border fence in Nogales, Ariz. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says building a wall isn't the only way to provide security along the U.S.-Mexico border. Ducey made border security a key issue of his 2018 campaign for re-election, and during his first term created the multi-agency Arizona Border Strike Force to focus on border area crime, especially drug smuggling. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan, File)

Existing border barriers work — and we need more of them

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 file photo, United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, in San Diego. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, said it would appeal a judge's order barring it from enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, after the president's attack on the judge prompted an extraordinary rebuke from the nation's chief justice. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Case of terror suspect caught sneaking into U.S. roils immigration debate 13 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
This undated photo provided by the Carson City Sheriff's Office in Carson City, Nev., shows suspect Wilbur Martinez-Guzman. Authorities investigating four recent Nevada killings say murder charges are pending against Martinez-Guzman, suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. (Carson City Sheriff's Office via AP)

Suspect in four Nevada killings in U.S. illegally, authorities say 7 minutes ago

By Associated Press
Flags fly over the Covington Catholic High School stadium in Park Kills, Ky., Sunday, Jan 20, 2019. A diocese in Kentucky has apologized after videos emerged showing students from the Catholic boys' high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial on Friday after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

New video brings more controversy to Covington Catholic High School 54 minutes ago

By James Varney - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 1, 2018, photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks in Portsmouth, N.H. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Giuliani: Trump legal team reached out to Mueller after BuzzFeed report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith (11) on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Alex Smith visits Wizards locker room, makes first public appearance since injury

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov (92), of Russia, stands on the ice during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Capitals try to solve slump as eight-day break approaches

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) battles for the ball against Detroit Pistons guard Reggie Jackson during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Wizards top Pistons in MLK Day outing

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the second half of the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

NFL wants ban on Super Bowl prop bets

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, right, smile after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen performed the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Homeland Security citizenship office to bring back workers, with pay, during shutdown 6 minutes ago

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., ranking member on the House Budget Committee listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testified before the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Budget Committee’s new Democratic chairman sees ‘no way’ to balance U.S. budget

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, protesters participate in a rally on Chicago's south side as labor organizers escalate their campaign raise the minimum wage for employees to $15 an hour. Amid a national push by unions and worker advocates for a $15 minimum wage, Illinois Democrats hope to pass an ambitious hike during the spring legislative session, despite a warning from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner that he opposes an increase of any kind. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

A $15 minimum wage: Bad news for low-income workers

By Rachel Greszler
Talk radio host Michael Savage wrote an op-ed on his website about the identity of "the real dreamers" in American society today. (Associated Press)

Michael Savage: ‘American dreamers dream first’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump hopes to build on his meeting in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a second summit next month, reportedly in Vietnam, despite concern about a lack of action from Pyongyang. (Associated Press/File)

‘Working level’ talks lay groundwork for second Trump-Kim denuclearization summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
This Aug. 29, 2017, file photo by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, says it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States removes its nuclear threat first. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea has approximately 20 undeclared missile bases: Report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
An Afghan man stands inside his destroyed house after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle in the capital Kabul on Monday evening, according to officials. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Taliban attack kills more than 100 near Kabul: Reports

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump discusses a ‘negotiated solution’ on Syria with Turkey’s president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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