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Kushner, Witkoff meet with Zelenskyy amid Ukraine peace push

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner, right, and Steve Witkoff, left, walk prior to their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and a slew of officials in Kyiv on Sunday as the diplomats worked to restart stalled peace talks with Russia.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Iran has just 30 million barrels of oil left to sell

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent estimated Sunday that Iran has only a smattering of crude oil left to sell to China.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Iran has just 30 million barrels of oil left to sell

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Gold-colored Presidential seals are seen on a fireplace in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump casts his presidential legacy in gold and marble

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Then-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

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Weaponization report: Richmond FBI ‘revolt’ followed rebuke over Catholic memo

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr departs an event in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Federal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing ‘fake polls’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump debuts darker hair, prompting internet meltdown

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr departs an event in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Federal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing ‘fake polls’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump debuts darker hair, prompting internet meltdown

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives as senators prepare for a vote on an Iran war resolution sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Fetterman blasts ex-staffers over anonymous social media takedown

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FILE - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton speaks at a primary election night campaign event after winning the party's nomination for governor on May 5, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Armed assailant lunged at candidate for Ohio governor at Canfield Fair event

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Americans’ trust in government collapses under the weight of lies

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Democrats' moderately liberal mask and shifting to socialism illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Iran regime's control of outside news and information illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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A person smokes marijuana in lower Manhattan outside the first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

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By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ makes it 6 weeks in a row at No. 1 as Hollywood wraps a banner summer

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FILE - Singer Celine Dion performs during her first World Tour called Courage in Quebec City, Montreal, Canada on Sept. 19, 2019. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

How to avoid Celine Dion ticket scams as she makes her grand concert comeback

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FILE - The main stage is shown during the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Early Emmys ceremony could bring many trophies for ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Hacks’ and ‘Pluribus’

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From center, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan poses for a family photo with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, right, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, second right, and senior military and civilian officials from Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia at the first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defense Committee established under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A Muslim NATO? Concerns over U.S. reliability, Israel’s rise fuel new Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi alliance

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Vice President JD Vance, speaks during an event at the renamed Donald J Trump Institute of Peace, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vance, Rubio tie American manufacturing to national security at launch of Foundry School

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Soldiers stand next to a Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missile parked along Tverskaya street prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, on May 2, 2024. Russia's nuclear doctrine says the country could use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear strike or an attack with conventional weapons that threatens "the very existence" of the Russian state. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

LISTEN: Russian hybrid warfare is surging

World War illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Gold-colored Presidential seals are seen on a fireplace in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump casts his presidential legacy in gold and marble

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats mull impeaching Trump, Hegseth in 2027

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

At left, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in McKinney, Texas, May 19, 2026, and at right, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, after voting, in Austin, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero and Eric Gay, File)

Trump’s PAC unleashes first wave of general election spending with $10M ad buy in Texas

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. (ConocoPhillips via AP)

Trump team to fast-track Alaska oil drilling approvals

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump gestures in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cards

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At left, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in McKinney, Texas, May 19, 2026, and at right, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, after voting, in Austin, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero and Eric Gay, File)

Trump’s PAC unleashes first wave of general election spending with $10M ad buy in Texas

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Maine Democratic Nominating Convention, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Kissing cousins: Maine Dem Senate nominee rebukes GOP’s Collins for ‘attacking my personal life’

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court ruling gives GOP ad advantage in key Senate races

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats mull impeaching Trump, Hegseth in 2027

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., discusses the war with Iran and the cost of living as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats head to Dallas to counter GOP midterm convention

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In this May 8, 2018, file photo, a person holds a sticker after placing his vote at the Durham County Library North Regional in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Appeals court maintains blockade on DHS using database to check state voter rolls

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FILE - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton speaks at a primary election night campaign event after winning the party's nomination for governor on May 5, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Armed assailant lunged at candidate for Ohio governor at Canfield Fair event

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The Ohio State University sign on the Columbus, Ohio, campus. File photo credit: University of College via Shutterstock.

Ohio State to pay $2.1 million settlement for unreported research funding from China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Alex Adams, head of the federal government’s Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an “orphan tax” on kids who end up in foster families. (Screenshot from The Washington Times' video)

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Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch ‘orphan tax’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., on Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

A dead teen’s Social Security number stayed active for 24 years and $284,000 in fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A data center built by the Markley Group looms over a ballpark and residential neighborhood in Lowell, Mass., on June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)

Data centers turn toxic for voters, become political cudgel in 2026 races

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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A vehicle is parked outside of the Miami International Airport, May 12, 2020, in Miami. A man stabbed a woman at Miami International Airport Saturday, July 20, 2024 setting off fears that an active shooter was in the terminal, and hundreds of other travelers were evacuated as a precaution, authorities said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)

FAA closes Miami airport following cargo plane crash

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Two guards at Florida’s now-closed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ accused of hitting detainee

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Ambulance. File image credit Chris D swabb via Shutterstock.

Carbon monoxide leak at Gaithersburg apartment complex sends at least 11 to the hospital

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Shedd Aquarium shows a beluga whale named Beethoven swimming on May 1, 2023, at the aquarium in Chicago. (Heidi Zeiger/Shedd Aquarium via AP) ** FILE **

2 beluga whales rescued from shuttered Canadian park have died since relocation to Chicago aquarium

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund shows thumbs up beside party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, from left, at an election party of the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Far-right Alternative for Germany party wins big in regional election but falls short of majority

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner, right, and Steve Witkoff, left, walk prior to their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Kushner, Witkoff meet with Zelenskyy amid Ukraine peace push

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Iran has just 30 million barrels of oil left to sell

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner prior to the talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Mercedes driver Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy celebrates after winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix race, in Monza, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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St. Louis Cardinals left fielder José Fermín warms up before a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cardinals, Rockies tilt caps in protest after umpire tells rookie to straighten his

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Alexander Zverev, of Germany, celebrates after defeating Quentin Halys, of France, in five sets in the the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, early Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn speaks during a post game news conference after an NFL preseason football game against the Miami Dolphins, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Landover, MD. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Already low expectations for Commanders fall further after preseason struggles, injuries

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Billy Hallowell sits down with Dr. Hormoz Shariat, founder of Iran Alive Ministries, to discuss the explosive growth of Iran's underground church, the brutal persecution Christians face, and why many Iranians are turning to Jesus despite enormous risks.

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Palestinians check the damage to a mosque that, according to residents, was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Bazariya, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Huckabee regards from the terrorists", referring to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls violent Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’ after weeks of West Bank unrest

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Taylor Swift performs at the Paris Le Defense Arena during her Eras Tour concert in Paris on May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) **FILE**

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A lifelike Sadhguru chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is displayed Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

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