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Federal agents stand near the site of a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House border czar Tom Homan declared a victory of sorts in Minneapolis, saying the feds are now getting “unprecedented cooperation” from local communities and the Department of Homeland Security will remove 700 officers from the state.

J.D. Vance dogged by calls to denounce Tucker Carlson

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Critical Minerals Ministerial at the State Department, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The same Tucker Carlson conundrum that devastated the Heritage Foundation is looming over the presidential prospects of Vice President J.D. Vance.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Critical Minerals Ministerial at the State Department, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

J.D. Vance dogged by calls to denounce Tucker Carlson

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Russian ICBM missile launchers move during the Victory Day military parade marking 71 years after the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Death of New START: U.S., Russia enter uncharted territory as last nuclear arms control deal expires 4 minutes ago

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Supreme Court allows California’s Democrat-friendly congressional map to stand

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Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China's Jiangxi province on Dec. 30, 2010. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

House passes bill to accelerate U.S. mining of vital minerals

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A makeshift memorial for U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe is seen outside of Farragut West Station, near the site where the two National Guard members were shot, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

West Virginia National Guard member shot in D.C. attack says he’s ‘grateful to be alive’

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House passes bill to accelerate U.S. mining of vital minerals

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A makeshift memorial for U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe is seen outside of Farragut West Station, near the site where the two National Guard members were shot, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

West Virginia National Guard member shot in D.C. attack says he’s ‘grateful to be alive’

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Nike hit with federal employment probe into allegations of anti-White discrimination

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First lady Melania Trump meets with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel and his wife Aviva at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Melania Trump meets with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel

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Credit card fees, debt show why cash is still king

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Democrats have failed Black America

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The problem with nationalized law enforcement

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Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins senators’ push to repeal Section 230, the Big Tech shield law

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Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, right, attends a meeting with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, unseen. during a meeting at the Bayi building in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

High-level PLA general purged for opposing Xi, official military newspaper of China says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian ICBM missile launchers move during the Victory Day military parade marking 71 years after the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Death of New START: U.S., Russia enter uncharted territory as last nuclear arms control deal expires 4 minutes ago

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

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Repairing Western alliance essential to winning the current cold war

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Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Vance says U.S. seeks to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies to counter China

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Stephen Miran, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, walks at the White House, June 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran resigns from White House’s Council of Economic Advisers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump pushes to nationalize elections, alleges some states Biden won in 2020 are vulnerable to fraud

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Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China's Jiangxi province on Dec. 30, 2010. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

House passes bill to accelerate U.S. mining of vital minerals

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Justice Dept. eyes hundreds of new denaturalization cases targeting convicts, war criminals

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Gay marriage back on the table as conservatives launch campaign to nix Obergefell

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Pizza Hut parent company plans 250 store closures in U.S. amid sales downturn

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Explosive device stolen from Army base in Missouri, $5,000 reward offered

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Death of New START: U.S., Russia enter uncharted territory as last nuclear arms control deal expires 4 minutes ago

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By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

World entering new Cold War over religious liberty, former ambassador says

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Republicans advance proposals to force D.C. to adopt federal tax cuts in One Big Beautiful Bill

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