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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Here comes the ‘noise protest,’ courtesy of the Women’s March

"On Thursday, starting at 10:00 a.m. -- as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments over Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on obstruction and conspiracy charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election -- Women's March will hold a noise protest outside of the Supreme Court, imploring it to reject Trump's immunity claim," the organization said in a written statement shared with Inside the Beltway.

April 24, 2024
Archaeologists have made "a significant discovery" in the cellar of Mount Vernon, the historic family home of George Washington: A pair of intact European-manufactured bottles in the cellar of the landmark home.(Image courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association)

New finding of old bottles at Mount Vernon a cherry surprise for all

The privately funded $40 million Mansion Revitalization Project continues at George Washington's Mount Vernon -- the first president's historic home 8 miles down the Potomac River from the nation's capital. Archaeologists have made "a significant discovery" in the cellar of the landmark site: a pair of intact European-manufactured bottles in the cellar of the landmark home.

April 22, 2024
Migrants walk along the highway through Arriaga, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

Texts say much about Border Patrol and ICE reaction to Congress

Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin has spent many long days on the southern U.S. border, his time spent monitoring and reporting on the crowds of illegal immigrants who continue to arrive -- and arrive and arrive. Mr. Melugin is also in touch with members of both the U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He has shared some terse insight from those who continue to man the front lines.

April 21, 2024
Border Patrol agents ask asylum-seeking migrants to line up in a makeshift, mountainous campsite after the group crossed the border with Mexico,Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

GOP encounters the encounters in border crisis

The Republican National Committee continues to track the ongoing arrival of unauthorized visitors to the U.S. The committee tells Inside the Beltway that 189,372 illegal immigrants were encountered attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in March alone, marking the 37th straight month of President Biden's tenure in office that such encounters have exceeded 150,000.

April 18, 2024
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during the House Select Committee on Intelligence annual open hearing on world wide threats at the Capitol in Washington, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

‘Highest-ranking’ Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik has been named among the "100 Most Influential People of 2024" -- an annual list compiled by Time that includes a cross-section of leaders in six categories -- artists, icons, titans, leaders, innovators and pioneers.

April 17, 2024
President Biden waves as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is headed to Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Poll suggests Biden may be nearing ‘point of no return’

"Fewer than 30% give the president favorable grades on all ten issues TIPP Poll tracks. After rebounding from his first term low of 33% in December, President Biden's job approval ratings improved to 36% in January. It remained at 36% in February, increased to 37% in March, and stays this month at 37%." reports the Tippinsights.com editorial board -- home to the noteworthy TIPP Poll.

April 16, 2024
A photo combination made from Aug. 6, 2015, photos shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly during the first Republican presidential debate. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File

Trump wants to debate Biden ‘anywhere, anytime, anyplace’

Former President Donald Trump pines for debates with President Biden as Election Day approaches. "The country is in such trouble. What are Biden's plans? I would fully accept any debate, anywhere, anytime, anyplace," Mr. Trump told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

April 11, 2024
A student walks in front of the Old Main building on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Budget chairman blasts Biden on latest student-loan cancellation plan

On Monday, President Biden revealed his plans to forgive student loans, essentially offering at least $5,000 in debt relief to a potential 23 million borrowers -- and leaving taxpayers to foot the hefty bill. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, Texas Republican, has a thing or two to say about the situation.

April 9, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Biden-Harris campaign brags about record-setting war chest

Pay attention, now. The reelection campaign of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has revealed that it raised more than $187 million in the first quarter of 2024, including more than $90 million in March alone.

April 7, 2024
Former Maryland Governor and current U.S. Senate hopeful Larry Hogan has organized a statewide grassroots "Back to Work" bus tour which begins Friday, set to urge the public to fix "broken politics" and literally "get back to work." (Image courtesy of Hogan for Maryland, Inc.)

Hogan hops on tour bus for Senate campaign

Larry Hogan -- the 62nd governor of Maryland -- is not done with public life in his beloved state. Mr. Hogan is running for the U.S. Senate and his campaign is -- literally -- picking up speed.

April 3, 2024
A new website offers a handy way to check out inflation and the differences in grocery prices during President Trump's time in office , compared to the current costs in President Biden's era. (Image from Make America Great Again PAC)

Biden-Mart: Super PAC supporting Trump tracks skyrocketing food costs

Political messaging gets ever more clever. Such is the case with a new website called Biden-Mart.com, which is -- in the language of yore -- a handy-dandy way to see how food prices have increased from former President Donald Trump's time in office to the current administration.

April 1, 2024
Delegates cheer during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. This year's version is set to begin on July 15 in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Deadline looms for press looking to cover Republican National Convention

The Republican National Committee has officially issued a reminder to journalists interested in applying for media credentials for the national convention, which kicks off in Milwaukee on July 15. That's a mere 105 days away and approaching quicker than most media folks realize. The absolute deadline for those journalists to obtain credentials also is fast approaching -- April 12.

March 31, 2024
In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, voters wait in line outside a polling center on Election Day, in Kenosha, Wis. U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

‘Double haters’ of Trump, Biden reappear in electoral calculus

This convenient little phrase has captured the imagination of the press at the moment. It refers to a new classification of U.S. voters who are not particularly happy with either President Biden or former President Donald Trump. The phrase appears to have emerged during the 2016 election but now seems to be percolating once again in the press after a recent New York Times revisited the topic on March 6.

March 28, 2024