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Tennessee Republicans introduce new congressional map wiping out lone Democrat-leaning district

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The Tennessee General Assembly unveiled a new congressional map Wednesday that will likely eliminate the state’s sole Democrat in the U.S. House ahead of November’s general election.

Federal judge allows ICE school-area arrest policy to stand in Minnesota

Federal law enforcement officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a traffic stop and detain people, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A federal judge in Minnesota swatted down a challenge to ICE’s policy allowing immigration arrests near schools, ruling Wednesday that the school districts that sued to stop it lacked legal standing to bring the case.

Federal law enforcement officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a traffic stop and detain people, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal judge allows ICE school-area arrest policy to stand in Minnesota

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A man waves an Iranian flag for a pro-government campaign under a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran weighs new U.S. ceasefire-negotiation proposal amid Trump threats to restart bombing campaign

By Vaughn Cockayne, Mike Glenn and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Supreme Court rebuffs request for do-over in Voting Rights Act redistricting case

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This March 28, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Judge releases note cellmate says he found after Epstein’s suspected suicide attempt 15 minutes ago

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Metropolitan Police Department officers respond after a person was shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

Texas man charged in National Mall shooting was stalking path of VP Vance’s motorcade

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This March 28, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

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Metropolitan Police Department officers respond after a person was shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

Texas man charged in National Mall shooting was stalking path of VP Vance’s motorcade

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A lectern awaits the arrival of House Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats demand Republicans prioritize federal healthcare over Iran war

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Royce Hall on University of California, Los Angeles, campus is seen in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Justice Dept. says UCLA medical school discriminated based on race in admissions

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Trump’s approval rating exposes deeper questions about polling credibility

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North Dakota Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong, at right, high-fives a student at Centennial Elementary School in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, April 25, 2025, after he signed a bill for a "bell-to-bell" cellphone ban for public school K-12 students. At middle is first lady Kjersti Armstrong. (AP Photo/Jack Dura) ** FILE **

School cellphone bans help students focus but have little impact on test scores, new research shows

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People capture images of cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. The Washington Momument stands, left. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

D.C. had 20,000 more tourists in 2025, generating $2.4 billion in revenue

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, media mogul Ted Turner talks with guests at the Captain Planet Foundation benefit gala in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

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People attend a rally against Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in front of the state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Vienna police prepare for protests at Eurovision music contest next week

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

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An oil tanker sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

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In this photo released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, meets with hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP) ** FILE **

Iran official warns the U.S., says it violated the ceasefire and cannot withstand pain

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Iran regime's fanatical ideology illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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President Trump supporter Steve Emery holds a flag paying tribute to right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk along a bridge to Mar-A-Lago before President Donald Trump departs West Palm Beach, Fla., for Washington, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) **FILE**

White House counterterrorism strategy to target left-wing groups, transgender ideology

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Ocala International Airport, in Ocala Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026, after speaking at an event in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump flexes his muscle in Indiana, ousts rebels who defied his redistricting push

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for a deposition as part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lutnick tells Congress he avoided Epstein after spotting massage table in his home

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President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at a Mother's Day event for members of the military, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Tennessee Republicans introduce new congressional map wiping out lone Democrat-leaning district

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Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court in New York on Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) **FILE**

DOJ wants federal government, not Trump, on the hook for $83.3M verdict in E. Jean Carroll case

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Stickers sit on a table inside a polling place, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, judge rules

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Perceptions of higher crime don’t align with reality of less violence overall, report says

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The New York Times hit with EEOC lawsuit alleging anti-White workplace discrimination

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Accused L.A. fire-starter aligned himself with suspected ‘vigilante’ assassin Luigi Mangione

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Inside job: For Uncle Sam, the fraud is coming from government employees

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This March 28, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Judge releases note cellmate says he found after Epstein’s suspected suicide attempt

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Royce Hall on University of California, Los Angeles, campus is seen in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Justice Dept. says UCLA medical school discriminated based on race in admissions

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A hillside lot where Matthew Bernard and Lynn Warner cut down trees in violation of the city's environmental laws is seen Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (Darwin BondGraham/The Oaklandside via AP)

Oakland couple fined $900,000 for cutting down 38 trees without a permit

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - A school bus is seen behind a fence with barbed wire outside Ferriday High School in Ferriday, La., May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Woman, 28, accused of impersonating a student to attend school in the Bronx

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Military personnel take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese military set to wage legal warfare

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A man waves an Iranian flag for a pro-government campaign under a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran weighs new U.S. ceasefire-negotiation proposal amid Trump threats to restart bombing campaign

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers his speech during the Global Progressive Mobilization summit in Barcelona, Spain, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)

Brazil’s Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs in Trump meeting

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Captain Jon Rahm, right, of Legion XIII, greets fans as he walks to the sixth tee during the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via AP)

Not as loud: LIV Golf returns to D.C. area under cloud of questions about its future

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Washington Nationals' CJ Abrams tosses his bat as he watches his grand slam during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Abrams hits grand slam, while House, Tena and Millas also homer as Nationals rout Twins

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