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Trump is seeing terrorists in surprising new places

A prisoner is moved as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Trump has emerged as the king of terrorist designations. In less than a year in office, he has added more groups to the State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organization list than any other administration did over four years.

A space ‘slippery slope’: Who is responsible for commercial satellites crucial to national security?

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a SXM-9 digital, audio radio satellite payload, lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This scenario seems highly likely in a major 21st-century conflict: An adversary destroys some of the commercial space satellites on which the U.S. military relies.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a SXM-9 digital, audio radio satellite payload, lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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A space ‘slippery slope’: Who is responsible for commercial satellites crucial to national security?

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington, en route to Joint Base Andrews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

How questions from the Washington press corps often spur Trump to take unexpected action

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump keeps White House a work in progress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump sanctions Iranian, Venezuelan companies over combat drone sales

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Judge rules that ICE can obtain some Medicaid data

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump sanctions Iranian, Venezuelan companies over combat drone sales

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Judge rules that ICE can obtain some Medicaid data

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Suspected D.C. pipe bomber in court for detention hearing

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building. Washington, DC - December 29, 2022

HUD finds 200,000 dubious rental assistance recipients from fiscal 2024

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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Muslims and the variations of Islamic religion illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The many shades of Islam

By Clifford D. May

Russia-aligned with nuclear weapon ready North Korea illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Dangers of a Russia-aligned nuclear North Korea

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Humans reliance on Artificial intelligence (AI) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Artificial intelligence becoming the final decision-maker

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Children's health care illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The MAHA Commission is right: Children’s health should be local

By Renee Ellmers

President Donald Trump and the economy illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

New Year’s resolutions for Washington policymakers

By Peter Morici

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Tatiana Schlossberg, second right, granddaughter of President J.F. Kennedy pauses for a moment of silence during a short ceremony at the JFK memorial Runnymede, England, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35

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Beyoncé performs during halftime of an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans, Dec. 25, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, file)

Pop star Beyonce now a billionaire, according to Forbes

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Confetti is released during a confetti test ahead of New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Bundle up for NYC ball drop and grab umbrellas for the New Year’s Day parade in Pasadena

By Ed White - Associated Press

Workers add President Donald Trump's name to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, after a Trump-appointed board voted to rename the institution, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The show won’t go on: Jazz band joins cancellations at Trump-Kennedy Center over name change 20 minutes ago

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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Freed students of St. Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community pose for photographs upon their arrival at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People of faith face growing climate of violence, fear in Nigeria

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

Sgt. 1st Class Demetrius Milczakowskyj (center), a senior fire control non-commissioned officer, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, briefs Lt. Col. David Graves (left), commander of 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, and Maj. Ryan Hill (right), deputy commander of 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard on the functions and advantages of the Artillery Execution Suite (AXS) system during Ivy Sting III, December 9, 2025, Fort Carson, Colorado. Throughout Ivy Sting III, the displaced nodal construct showed how the division worked from different environments while maintaining effective communication on the move, highlighting how each node blended into the terrain as digital graphics demonstrated the decentralized command post concept across overseas locations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Thomas Nguyen)

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By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a SXM-9 digital, audio radio satellite payload, lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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Tuesday, December 30 2025

Protesters from the Alawite religious minority demonstrate two days after a bomb in an Alawite mosque in Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 during Friday prayers, in Latakia, Syria's coastal region, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syrian forces impose curfew in Alawite stronghold after major protests

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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Construction of a new ballroom continues on the East Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump said White House ballroom will have ‘drone-free roof’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump keeps White House a work in progress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump threatens Iran with more military action if it revives nuclear, missile programs

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela's 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) ** FILE **

Trump says land-based facility in Venezuela was hit ‘very hard’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Judge rules that ICE can obtain some Medicaid data

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump can’t starve consumer bureau of funds, court rules

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A prisoner is moved as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump is seeing terrorists in surprising new places

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Suspected D.C. pipe bomber in court for detention hearing

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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High-stakes gamble: Parents pour thousands into youth sports despite microscopic pro odds

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump sits with his hands interlocked as he and Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

White House medical reports are historically unreliable — what’s the cure?

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A tarp covers a portion of a homeless person's tent on a bridge overlooking the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump, blue states clash over forcing homeless into treatment

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A roll of stickers awaiting distribution to early voters sits on a table at the check-in station at the Pulaski County Courthouse Annex in Little Rock, Ark., on Monday, May 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel) ** FILE **

More cases of illegal voting are coming to light as GOP scrubs voter rolls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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A Norfolk Southern freight train passes through Homestead, Pa., March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Train engineers’ union agrees to five-year wage increase, bonus deal with freight carriers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A lobster guards its territory in front of a trap on Sept. 3, 2018, near Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

$400,000 worth of lobster meat intended for Costco stolen by fake truckers

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This combination of photos provided by the Virginia State Police shows Travis L. Turner, a southwest Virginia high school football coach who went missing and has been charged with possession of child pornography. (Virginia State Police via AP)

Search for missing Virginia coach-turned-fugitive stretches into second month

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Anna Hicks prepares a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)

Traveler exposed to measles at Newark’s airport

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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The national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

Russian, Iranian leaders discuss nuclear issue as Trump ramps up rhetoric

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice in support of scientific research in the Arctic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner) ** FILE **

Coast Guard awards first contracts to address icebreaker shortage to shipyards in Louisiana, Finland

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Protesters from the Alawite religious minority demonstrate two days after a bomb in an Alawite mosque in Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 during Friday prayers, in Latakia, Syria's coastal region, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syrian forces impose curfew in Alawite stronghold after major protests

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, attends the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Iran’s president says answer to attack would be harsh in apparent response to Trump warning

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

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Orange Bowl showdown: Texas Tech and Oregon are mirror images, set to face off in CFP quarterfinals

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs (8) runs against the Baltimore Ravens during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Ex-Maryland star, Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs faces strangulation charges, denies allegations

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris attends an announcement about a new home for the NFL football team on the site of the old RFK Stadium, Monday, April 28, 2025, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh watches during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

Harbaugh hopes Jackson can return after Huntley’s big win

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The Heritage Foundation restocks after wave of scholars defect to Pence-led group

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85

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Freed students of St. Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community pose for photographs upon their arrival at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People of faith face growing climate of violence, fear in Nigeria

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

Former President Joe Biden speaks during the Ben Nelson Gala Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

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This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

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The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building. Washington, DC - December 29, 2022

HUD finds 200,000 dubious rental assistance recipients from fiscal 2024

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A lobster guards its territory in front of a trap on Sept. 3, 2018, near Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

$400,000 worth of lobster meat intended for Costco stolen by fake truckers

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A roll of stickers awaiting distribution to early voters sits on a table at the check-in station at the Pulaski County Courthouse Annex in Little Rock, Ark., on Monday, May 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel) ** FILE **

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This combination of photos provided by the Virginia State Police shows Travis L. Turner, a southwest Virginia high school football coach who went missing and has been charged with possession of child pornography. (Virginia State Police via AP)

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In this image taken off video, a Taiwan fighter jet lands at the Hsinchu Airbase in Taiwan on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Wu Taijing)

China sends message to Japan, U.S. with massive military drills encircling Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., talks to reporters during a break as house members question former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith in a closed-door interview at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela's 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) ** FILE **

Trump says land-based facility in Venezuela was hit ‘very hard’

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The national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

Russian, Iranian leaders discuss nuclear issue as Trump ramps up rhetoric

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington, en route to Joint Base Andrews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

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A woman kisses the Somaliland flag as she waits to cast her vote during the 2024 Somaliland presidential election at a polling station in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdirahman Aleeli) ** FILE **

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Taxpayer group tells Supreme Court that excessive fines to settle debt are unconstitutional

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a SXM-9 digital, audio radio satellite payload, lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov attend the annual board meeting of the country's Defense Ministry and awards soldiers in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

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