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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference, Friday, May 27, 2022, about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Texas Gov. Abbott ‘livid’ over being ‘misled’ about delayed response Uvalde school massacre

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber from his office the day after House investigators issued a subpoena to McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2022. The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack has been investigating McCarthy's conversations with then-President Donald Trump the day of the attack and meetings that the four other lawmakers had with the White House as Trump and his aides conspired how to overturn his defeat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy won’t cooperate with Jan. 6 committee unless materials shared in advance

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House is seen, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Former Hillary Clinton presidential campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is being tried there for charges of lying to the FBI. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Jury begins deliberations in Sussmann trial; Clinton campaign lawyer accused of lying to FBI

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
Gasoline prices are displayed outside a convenience store as a motorist drives by on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Thornton, Colo. Experts are expecting a flush of travelers at airports and on the nation's byways during the long Memorial Day weekend, which marks the start of the summer travel season, in spite of high fuel costs. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Democrats caught in election-year gambit with bloated gas prices

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times
A group of migrants stand next to the border wall as they wait to get taken away by the Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Eagle Pass area has become increasingly a popular crossing corridor for migrants, especially those from outside Mexico and Central America, under Title 42 authority, which expels migrants without a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

DHS to restart border wall construction to close ‘gap’ in current barrier

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A motorist fills up the tank of a car ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, on a foggy morning at the Hickory Run Service Plaza in Jim Thorpe, Pa., Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Memorial Day launches summer travel spike amid record gas prices

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
FILE - A row of rifles for sale is on display at a gun shop in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. The mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has prompted questions about the effectiveness of red flag laws passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Texas shooting revives calls for ‘red flag’ laws to take guns from dangerous people

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times
In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a campaign event in Hanover, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Former Speaker Paul Ryan says ‘entertainers’ are upending Capitol Hill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this file photo, Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Newtown, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

Oz declares victory in Pa. Senate primary before state finishes recount of his narrow lead

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Transgender flag at LGBT gay pride march. Photo credit: Ink Drop via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

New York offers driver’s licenses with ‘X’ gender marker

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In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Don McLean performs during a taping of Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Rise Telethon in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Musical acts and firearms maker withdraw from NRA meeting

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times
Actor Amber Heard testifies in the courtroom in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 26, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

At long last, jury gets closing arguments in Depp trial

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press
A customer walks behind a sign at a Nordstrom store seeking employees, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Coral Gables, Fla. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and economy further reopens. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Conservatives launch new pressure campaign on ‘woke’ corporations

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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A woman pays her respects at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Only faith and wisdom will reduce the senseless violence

By Tom Basile
Vice President Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama announces that Biden will lead an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shooting, during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Dec. 19, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Biden, Obama exploit tragedy for personal, political gain

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times
In this file photo, Massachusetts State Troopers stand as the End of Watch radio call is played on a loudspeaker during the funeral of Mass. State Police Trooper Tamar Bucci, outside Saint Anthony of Padua church, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Revere, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

4 stories that shatter the ‘defund the police’ mantra

By Billy Hallowell
Georgia election voter turnout illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Georgia election turnout proves media wrong again

By Tim Murtaugh
Memorial Day illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Memorial Day: A somber thanks to our fallen troops

By Daniel N. Hoffman

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FILE - A giant tarp covers a section of rubble where search and rescue personnel have been working at the Champlain Towers South condo building on Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Attorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people finalized a $1 billion settlement on Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw speaks during a press conference held outside Robb Elementary School on Friday, May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Uvalde school police chief faulted in shooting response

By Dave Collins and Michael Melia - Associated Press
The Archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia Seller, comforts families outside of the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shooting

By Jim Vertuno and Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference, Friday, May 27, 2022, about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Texas Gov. Abbott ‘livid’ over being ‘misled’ about delayed response Uvalde school massacre

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Scott Stallings hits his tee shot off the 18th hole during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club, Friday, May 27, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Colonial lead cut from 8 to 3: Scheffler, Stallings, Hossler

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press
Virginia State Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, gestures as he presides over a meeting of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources at the Capitol Tuesday Jan. 25, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Peteresn is sponsoring a bill that would to end campaign donations from regulated electric monopoly Dominion Energy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia’s pursuit of Commanders stadium losing momentum in wake of state senators’ comments

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times
A message on the outfield screen announces the postponement of a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Washington Nationals due to inclement weather, Friday, May 27, 2022, in Washington. The game was rescheduled for Saturday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Rockies-Nationals postponed due to severe weather forecast

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San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) **FILE**

Giants’ Gabe Kapler refusing to take field for anthem in protest

By Jeff Wallner - Associated Press

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FILE- Oregon Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner speaks during an election watch party at the High Desert Music Hall in Redmond, Ore., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. McLeod-Skinner has defeated Rep. Kurt Schrader in the Democratic primary for Oregon's 5th U.S. House District. (Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin via AP, File)

Progressive ousts Biden-backed Schrader in Oregon primary

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press
In this April 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre, has he arrives to speak to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Trump tells NRA that school security overhaul is best way to protect children from shootings

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times
In this April 26, 2019, file photo NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre attends the National Rifle Association annual convention in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

LaPierre sets tone of annual NRA meeting, emphasizes school safety after Texas mass shooting

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times
A group of migrants stand next to the border wall as they wait to get taken away by the Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Eagle Pass area has become increasingly a popular crossing corridor for migrants, especially those from outside Mexico and Central America, under Title 42 authority, which expels migrants without a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

DHS to restart border wall construction to close ‘gap’ in current barrier

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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A child looks at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Police waited 45 minutes in school before pursuing shooter

By Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno and Elliot Spagat - Associated Press
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu scratches his head during an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

NATO: Turkey urges ‘concrete steps’ from Sweden, Finland

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House won’t lift sanctions despite Russian pressure amid looming food crisis

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Angola's Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, Thursday, May 26, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Blinken: Biden administration policy on China does not seek end of communist system

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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