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El-Sayed opens general election fight by branding Rogers as Trump’s bootlicker

Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Abdul El-Sayed, fresh off securing Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination, on Wednesday opened the general election fight by casting former Rep. Mike Rogers as another yes-man for President Trump — and himself as the fighter ready to confront the president and the entrenched powers he says have left the working class behind.

Labor experts say employment looks brighter as pay rises, jobless claims fall

A now hiring sign sits on the side of the road in Garland, Texas, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Labor experts say the job market is looking up, driven by rising wages and the lowest number of new unemployment filings in nearly 60 years.

A now hiring sign sits on the side of the road in Garland, Texas, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Labor experts say employment looks brighter as pay rises, jobless claims fall

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A general view of Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Californian posing as security guard arrested with gun ahead of Trump’s trip to golf course

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2017, photo, former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

White House declassifies documents on FBI probe into whether Trump fired Comey at Russia’s urging

By Kerry Picket and Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A person votes in the primary election at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Antaya)

Michigan retiree who dropped out of race scores upset of Trump-endorsed candidate in primary

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One with Air Force Col. Christopher M. Robinson, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FAA probes jet compromising Reagan airspace protocol near helicopter with Trump aboard

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A person votes in the primary election at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Antaya)

Michigan retiree who dropped out of race scores upset of Trump-endorsed candidate in primary

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One with Air Force Col. Christopher M. Robinson, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FAA probes jet compromising Reagan airspace protocol near helicopter with Trump aboard

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Hundreds of people gather in downtown St. Joseph, Mich., Saturday, April 5, 2025, during a "Hands Off" rally held to protest the Trump administration and recent DOGE cuts. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP) **FILE**

U.S. DOGE Service could legally outlive DOGE’s formal shutdown, watchdog finds

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles while protesters gather outside to denounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) operations on June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

DOJ to fight contempt of court order after DHS fails to turn over personal phone records

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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People arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami, Aug. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Congress can start H-1B reforms in ‘Reconciliation 3.0’ bill

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To lower gas prices, suspend the ethanol mandate

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Democrats risk winning Congress while losing the center

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Melania Trump’s crusade for Ukraine’s stolen children

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Trump should stop negotiating and win against Iran

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Pageant winners throw out beads during the Memphis PRIDE Festival & Parade, June 4, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. A federal appeals court on Thursday, July 18, 2024, ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstitutional. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP, File)

Federal appeals court clears way for Florida to enforce ban on minors at adult live performances

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This organ will play one composition until 2640. It’s redefining how slowly music can be played

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Smoke rises from the grain carrier Golden Leo under the Guinea-Bissau flag after Russian missile strike in the Black Sea close to Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 19, 2026, local media reports. (AP Photo/Michael Shtekel)

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Houthi supporters hold a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 17, 2026, against the Saudi-led coalition. Banner in Arabic reads, "All Saudi oil facilities are targets to our missiles and drones." (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman) ** FILE **

Yemen’s Houthis strike Saudi-flagged oil tanker in Red Sea

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Smoke billows into the sky following Ukrainian drone strikes on warehouses of Russia's online retailer Wildberries, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 24, 2026, with St. Isaac's Cathedral seen in foreground. (UGC via AP)

Ukraine targets Moscow’s version of Amazon in campaign against Russia’s supply network

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President Donald Trump walks from Marine One with Air Force Col. Christopher M. Robinson, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FAA probes jet compromising Reagan airspace protocol near helicopter with Trump aboard

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in Paramount section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Judge holds Trump administration in contempt over failure to produce documents on ICE surge in L.A.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

String of setbacks for Trump threatens to also give Democrats edge in midterm elections

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President Donald Trump arrives at the arena for the UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, June 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC director; Trump’s third nominee to lead agency

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A person votes in the primary election at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nic Antaya)

Michigan retiree who dropped out of race scores upset of Trump-endorsed candidate in primary

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Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) ** FILE **

North Carolina GOP seeks nominee to replace Rep. Chuck Edwards following lawmaker’s exit from race

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Abdul El-Sayed departs following a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

AIPAC vows to keep fighting El-Sayed after Michigan primary clash

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D.C. lawyer’s courtroom victory over speed camera ticket prompts revision of policy

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity are the meadows at Baltazor Hot Spring in Humboldt County, Nev., Jan. 14, 2022. Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now seeking U.S. protection for a rare butterfly at another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. The Center for Biological Diversity is now petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bleached sandhill skipper under the Endangered Species Act at the only place it's known to exist. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP)

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By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Generation Z chooses ‘bed rot’ over real life: Experts see worsening loneliness crisis

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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ICE detention center staff taunted kids by eating candy in front of them: Democrat investigation

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Labor experts say employment looks brighter as pay rises, jobless claims fall

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A general view of Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Californian posing as security guard arrested with gun ahead of Trump’s trip to golf course

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The entrance to Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., is seen in this photo, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Antczak, File)

Authorities arrested man with ammo apparently monitoring security at Trump’s California golf course

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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung urges measure to prevent coups by army leaders

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A Lebanese man checks a destroyed house in the village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, south Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israeli military strikes town in southern Lebanon after saying Hezbollah violated ceasefire

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov) ** FILE **

European Union using interest from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine on the battlefield

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Commanders sign WR Diggs to one-year, $12M deal

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Washington Commanders wide receiver Antonio Williams (14) warms up during an NFL football practice at the team's training facility in Ashburn, Va., Tuesday, June 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Commanders’ rookies ‘blessed’ to be featured in ‘Madden’ video game

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Washington Nationals' James Wood, center, walks back to the dugout after striking out during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Monday, July 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Nationals’ star slugger Wood sent to injured list with oblique strain

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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish, left, and catcher Adley Rutschman, right, talk on the mound during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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