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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans to discuss work on President Donald Trump's bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Susan Ferrechio and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Add Rep. Jim Jordan’s name to the growing list of congressional Republicans and top Republican operatives under surveillance by President Biden’s Justice Department.

Rubio hails progress in talks on Ukraine-Russia peace plan in Switzerland

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and US Secretary of state Marco Rubio, right, at the beginning of talks with the Ukrainian delegation at the US Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials, under pressure from the White House to meet a Thanksgiving Day deadline for a peace deal with Russia, said Sunday that they had made significant progress in a round of talks in Switzerland that Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the most productive in “a very long time.”

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and US Secretary of state Marco Rubio, right, at the beginning of talks with the Ukrainian delegation at the US Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Rubio hails progress in talks on Ukraine-Russia peace plan in Switzerland

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia speaks during a press conference decrying federal agents use of force in Little Village on the Southwest Side of Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (Candace Dane Chambers/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

‘Complete waste’: Fights and frustration mark House’s first full week back after record shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

From loyalist to dissenter: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit raises questions about MAGA’s future

By Lindsey McPherson and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Police walk along as people march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Trump says Chicago residents begging for crime help after violent weekend

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents guide undocumented immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III at the Tucson International Airport, Ariz., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Senior Airman Devlin Bishop/Dept. of Defense via AP)

ICE holds record 65,000 migrants; arrests, deportations reach record pace

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Police walk along as people march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Trump says Chicago residents begging for crime help after violent weekend

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents guide undocumented immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III at the Tucson International Airport, Ariz., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Senior Airman Devlin Bishop/Dept. of Defense via AP)

ICE holds record 65,000 migrants; arrests, deportations reach record pace

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress, March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool, File)

Slotkin calls Trump’s threat ‘inappropriate’ over debate on illegal military orders

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

People walk at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Dubai Air Show underscores renewed U.S. and world interest in Middle East

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

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The stunning rise of antisemitism in America’s churches

By Everett Piper

War over moral authority and the moral compass illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Democrats weaponize civil disobedience to silence opposition

By Robert Knight

Illustration on the problems arising from the decline of religion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The decline of religion affects everything

By Don Feder

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani attend the SOMOS Puerto Rico conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

New York and Virginia Democrats prepare to advance socialism in 2026

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Thanksgiving gratitude must include hardship, not just harvest

By Michael McKenna

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‘Wicked: For Good’ is even more popular than the first, soaring to a $226 million global debut

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Britain's Prince Andrew speaks during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor, April 11, 2021. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.K. leader suggests former Prince Andrew should testify in U.S. investigation into Jeffrey Epstein

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Donald Glover says he had a stroke

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Federal transportation officials want people to dress better for flights

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People walk at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Dubai Air Show underscores renewed U.S. and world interest in Middle East

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and US Secretary of state Marco Rubio, right, at the beginning of talks with the Ukrainian delegation at the US Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Rubio hails progress in talks on Ukraine-Russia peace plan in Switzerland

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center right, and his wife Kim Keon Hee, center left, board the USS Kentucky, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, at the South Korean naval operations base in Busan, South Korea, on July 19, 2023. (Lim Hun-jung/ Yonhap via AP) **FILE**

Nuclear subs provide South Korea a security hedge, potential for nuclear weapons

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Underwater internet communication cable on the seabed. File photo credit: KateStudio via Shutterstock.

Federal government faulted for poor undersea cable security

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is escorted to a motorcade following an attempted assassination at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

‘No cover-up here’: FBI says no motive from would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Police walk along as people march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Trump says Chicago residents begging for crime help after violent weekend

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov, File)

Trump says 28-point peace plan to end Russia-Ukraine war isn’t ‘final offer’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington, en route to Joint Base Andrews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump teaming up with Jack Nicklaus to revamp ‘president’s golf course’ at Joint Base Andrews

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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FILE - Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress, March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool, File)

Slotkin calls Trump’s threat ‘inappropriate’ over debate on illegal military orders

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President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says using foreign guest workers is MAGA

By Mallory Wilson and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans to discuss work on President Donald Trump's bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden-era phone spying list grows

By Susan Ferrechio and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

People pose next to giant NFL helmets displayed in front of the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of Sunday's NFL football game between the Dolphins and the Commanders. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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The FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building is seen in Washington, Nov. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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This photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents guide undocumented immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III at the Tucson International Airport, Ariz., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Senior Airman Devlin Bishop/Dept. of Defense via AP)

ICE holds record 65,000 migrants; arrests, deportations reach record pace

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Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with ICE

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Texas asks Supreme Court to allow use of new GOP-friendly map

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In this undated aerial photo released by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, HMS Severn, lower section, is seen tracking the Russian corvette RFN Stoikiy off the UK coast. (United Kingdom Ministry of Defence via AP)

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint briefing with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

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People and Civil Defence workers gather at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Ravens overcome slow start, extend winning streak to five with victory over Jets

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Gurgl, Austria, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

U.S. ski star Shiffrin wins second straight World Cup slalom of Olympic season

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Italian tennis team members hold the Davis Cup trophy after the final between Italy and Spain, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italy wins third straight Davis Cup by beating Spain in final

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People who were kidnapped during a church service in November 2024 leave after a church meeting in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria, Nov. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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People walk at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and US Secretary of state Marco Rubio, right, at the beginning of talks with the Ukrainian delegation at the US Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

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Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry (22) shakes hands with wide receiver Zay Flowers (4) after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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A McDonald's Big Mac Combo Meal is shown in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

$500 million in food stamps spent at fast-food restaurants

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Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia speaks during a press conference decrying federal agents use of force in Little Village on the Southwest Side of Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (Candace Dane Chambers/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington, en route to Joint Base Andrews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrea Rosa)

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