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Israel’s Netanyahu says strikes on Iran are on hold, vows forceful response if attacked again

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP, File)

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said attacks on Iran are on hold Monday, just hours after his country launched retaliatory missile attacks on the Islamic republic.

Nithya Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayoral race

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman talks to reporters after a campaign event in Los Angeles, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Nithya Raman, a progressive member of the Los Angeles City Council, surpassed reality-TV star Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral primary Sunday, after a surge in her vote count put her in second place.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman talks to reporters after a campaign event in Los Angeles, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Nithya Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayoral race

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A man walks by posters of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both fatally shot by federal agents, in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

GOP’s $70 billion immigration package remove Democrats’ leverage to reform enforcement

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Construction continues on the arena on the South Lawn of the White House for a future UFC mixed martial arts fight, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Pro-Democrat group sues to halt UFC fight on White House lawn on Trump’s birthday

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The distance across the Narva River is only 101 meters, or just over 110 yards, between the two forts. The view shown here is from inside the Narva Museum and includes the paved area where the so-called "Victory Day" concert was held, on the right side of the far embankment. (John T. Seward/The Washington Times)

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Russia aggressively recruiting spies at NATO’s edge; Estonian intel cites new twists in shadow war

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Chinese President Xi arrives in North Korea for rare visit with Kim

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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The distance across the Narva River is only 101 meters, or just over 110 yards, between the two forts. The view shown here is from inside the Narva Museum and includes the paved area where the so-called "Victory Day" concert was held, on the right side of the far embankment. (John T. Seward/The Washington Times)

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Russia aggressively recruiting spies at NATO’s edge; Estonian intel cites new twists in shadow war

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Chinese President Xi arrives in North Korea for rare visit with Kim

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Students cross the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., on March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) **FILE**

Higher education insiders say undergraduate enrollment likely peaked this spring

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Stickers for Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, are displayed at campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Democrats deflect on Platner accusations despite ‘believe women’ past

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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Nonprofits shouldn’t have to rely on Supreme Court protection

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Reasoning with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Cities Church is seen on Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

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First lady Jill Biden, speaks during a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Joe Biden, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Jill Biden still trying to gaslight us

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Steven Spielberg, center, with actors Emily Blunt, left, and Wyatt Russell on the set of "Disclosure Day." (Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment via AP)

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Bernadette Peters, left, presents the award for best musical to Lorne Michaels for "Schmigadoon!" during the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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An attendee at Denmark's Mullet Championship looks on in Copenhagen, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

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Is Beijing winning the Taiwan narrative war?

By Stan Kwiatkowski

Reasoning with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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America’s failure to understand totalitarian regimes could be fatal

By Don Feder

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Chinese President Xi arrives in North Korea for rare visit with Kim

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Israeli security forces examine a fragment of an intercepted Iranian missile in northern Israel, early Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Rami Shlush)

Iran says military operations against Israel are paused after retaliatory attacks

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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Construction continues on the arena on the South Lawn of the White House for a future UFC mixed martial arts fight, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Pro-Democrat group sues to halt UFC fight on White House lawn on Trump’s birthday

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump lashes out at ‘Meet the Press,’ calls NBC ‘crooked’ over California’s vote-counting process

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Joint Base Andrews, Md., to Eau Claire, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump expresses support to funding Anti-Weaponization Fund but not committed to reviving it

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Construction continues on the arena on the South Lawn of the White House for a future UFC mixed martial arts fight, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman talks to reporters after a campaign event in Los Angeles, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Nithya Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayoral race

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A man walks by posters of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both fatally shot by federal agents, in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

GOP’s $70 billion immigration package remove Democrats’ leverage to reform enforcement

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Stickers for Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, are displayed at campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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In this March 4, 2019, file photo, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

American who helped China gather secrets pleads guilty

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Virginia State Police shows the scene of a fatal accident involving a bus on Interstate 95 near Quantico, Va., on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Virginia State Police via AP) ** FILE *

Roadway disasters pile up as states buck Trump administration’s call to end non-English CDL tests

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, a psychologist who for a decade ran a U.S. treatment center for abusive priests, talks to the media at a press conference during a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Psychologists told bishops from around the world Tuesday that priests who rape and molest children usually lie when confronted with an accusation, and that they should listen to victims since they usually tell the truth and need to be believed in order to heal. The messages were delivered at a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse that is aimed at compelling bishops to create tough policies to protect children and root out pedophiles from the priesthood. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cardinal fires D.C. exorcist who said UFOs are mostly demons in disguise

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, on Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah, at a rural school, where there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FCC weighs overhaul of subsidies for classroom internet as Big Tech backlash grows

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Students cross the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., on March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) **FILE**

Higher education insiders say undergraduate enrollment likely peaked this spring

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

People stand near an area roped off after a stabbing at Penn Station on Sunday, June 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Homeless man arrested after six stabbed inside New York City’s Penn Station

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

D. Berryman walks her dog, Tiny Dancer, past a fire-damaged building more than a year after the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles trial to begin for man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire

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A boy uses a social media platform in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 19, 2026. A new law regulating children’s use of social media took effect this week, requiring users under 16 to link their accounts to a legal guardian. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Internet traffic from AI agents and other bots now surpasses that of people

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu says strikes on Iran are on hold, vows forceful response if attacked again

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A small boat moves along the shoreline where an a cargo vessel, tugboat and industrial barge are all anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

European Union freezes assets for Iranian officials involved in blocking Strait of Hormuz

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This photo released by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev's official telegram channel shows the damage after a Ukrainian drone attack, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev's official Telegram channel via AP)

Ukraine will soon test domestic ballistic missiles capable of striking targets within Moscow: Report

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes during a ceremony at the US cemetery to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day, in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

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Iran's Ehsan Hajisafi, left, arrives with his teammates for the World Cup soccer tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) reacts during the second half of an WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

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Toronto Blue Jays' Andrés Giménez (0) celebrates with George Springer, second from left, after scoring on a single hit by Nathan Lukes (not shown) against the Baltimore Orioles during sixth-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

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