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Rep. Omar cheers Columbia protesters for ‘bravery and courage’ after visiting anti-Israel encampment

A sign that reads, Gaza Solidarity Encampment, is seen during the Pro-Palestinians protest at the Columbia University campus in New York, Monday April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A day after hosting House Speaker Mike Johnson, Columbia University was visited by another member of Congress, only this one wasn’t there to denounce antisemitism or tell student protesters to stop.

Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi as U.S., China spar over bilateral and global issues

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing” the differences between the United States and China as the two sides butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

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The Marshall Steam Station coal power plant operates on March 3, 2024, near Mooresville, N.C. A rule issued April 24, 2024, by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) **FILE**

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A demonstrator stands outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court struggles with immunity for presidents over official acts

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A clearance sign is displayed at a retail clothing store in Downers Grove, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

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Alisha Alderson, her husband, Shane, and their daughter, Adeline, 5, say goodbye to Alisha's mother, Patricia Conway, at an assisted living facility in Baker City, Ore., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The Aldersons are headed to Idaho where Alisha is to give birth later in September, because of the closing of Baker City's only obstetrical unit. (AP Photo/Kyle Green) ** FILE **

U.S. birthrate falls to 100-year low, triggering economic worries

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A clearance sign is displayed at a retail clothing store in Downers Grove, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Alisha Alderson, her husband, Shane, and their daughter, Adeline, 5, say goodbye to Alisha's mother, Patricia Conway, at an assisted living facility in Baker City, Ore., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The Aldersons are headed to Idaho where Alisha is to give birth later in September, because of the closing of Baker City's only obstetrical unit. (AP Photo/Kyle Green) ** FILE **

U.S. birthrate falls to 100-year low, triggering economic worries

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House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., appears before the House Rules Committee as they prepare an emergency foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

GOP tightens rules on pork-barrel spending after LGBT blowup

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces Col.-Gen. Oleksandr Syrski, right, look at a map during their visit to the front line city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Nov. 30, 2023. Ukraine’s commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrski, said Russia’s top military leadership ordered its soldiers to capture the town of Chasiv Yar by May 9, Russia’s Victory Day, a holiday that marks the defeat of Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Joe Biden speaks to the North America's Building Trade Union National Legislative Conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In a groundbreaking achievement for aviation and automotive technology, the AirCar, developed by KleinVision, successfully undertook its first flight carrying a passenger. (Photo courtesy of Klein Vision)

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At U.N. headquarters in New York, the shaking interrupted the chief executive of Save The Children, Janti Soeripto. In short order, diplomats’ phones blared with earthquake alerts. Photo credit: UNTV video via Associated Press.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this June 23, 2014 file photo, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

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Alex Karp, CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies, arrives as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., convenes a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top tech execs and investors meeting with Washington power brokers on global AI battle

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Houthi supporters protest marking Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman) ** FILE **

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A man carries a Free TikTok sign in front of the courthouse where the hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway April 15, 2024, in New York. The House has passed legislation Saturday, April 20, to ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake, sending it to the Senate as part of a larger package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. House Republicans' decision to add the TikTok bill to the foreign aid package fast-tracked the legislation after it had stalled in the Senate. The aid bill is a priority for President Joe Biden that has broad congressional support. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

China keeps it low-key as TikTok prepares to take fight for survival to U.S. courts

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President Joe Biden speaks to the North America's Building Trade Union National Legislative Conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration scrambles to finalize rules, fearing Trump could undo them

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., appears before the House Rules Committee as they prepare an emergency foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

GOP tightens rules on pork-barrel spending after LGBT blowup

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Marshall Steam Station coal power plant operates on March 3, 2024, near Mooresville, N.C. A rule issued April 24, 2024, by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) **FILE**

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By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after the House voted to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Speaker Johnson defends his work, says Republicans don’t have ‘functioning majority’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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The Smallbone family in "Unsung Hero." Back row (left to right): Paul Luke Bonnenfant as Daniel, Daisy Betts as Helen, Kirrilee Berger as Rebecca, Joel Smallbone as David. Front row (left to right): Tenz McCall as Ben, JJ Pantano as Luke, Angus K. Caldwell as Josh, Diesel La Torraca as Joel. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate.

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People gather in support of transgender youth during a rally at the Utah State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, gave final approval for a measure that would ban most transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care like surgery or puberty blockers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Detransitioners bring faith, harrowing personal stories to fight ‘mutilating’ transgender procedures

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A painted bible verse is seen inside of what is left of a building on March 22, 2024, that was destroyed by a deadly tornado in March 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss. One year after the deadly tornado struck, buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and the remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape. The tornado killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republicans pivot on abortion in key Senate races to align with Trump

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Demonstrators chant at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas Wednesday April 24, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Protests Wednesday on the campuses of at least two universities involved clashes with police, while another university shut down its campus for the rest of the week. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Trump says Charlottesville pales versus pro-Palestinian campus protests

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump, left, watches as David Pecker answers questions on the witness stand, far right, from assistant district attorney Joshua Steingless, in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. Testimony by the former National Enquirer publisher at Donald Trump's hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America's best-known tabloid and may one day be seen as the moment it effectively died. On Thursday, April 25, 2024 Pecker was back on the witness stand to tell more about the arrangement he made to boost Trump's presidential candidacy in 2016, tear down his rivals and silence any revelations that may have damaged him. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Tabloid exec David Pecker dishes in Trump trial about Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels payoffs

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Then-President Donald Trump waves to protesters while playing golf at Turnberry golf club, in Turnberry, Scotland, July 14, 2018. President Biden's reelection campaign blasted former President Donald Trump for golfing on his day off from court after he complained that his criminal hush-money trial was keeping him off the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

Biden campaign hits Trump for golfing on day off from court

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Former President Donald Trump returns from a break at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)

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The Marshall Steam Station coal power plant operates on March 3, 2024, near Mooresville, N.C. A rule issued April 24, 2024, by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) **FILE**

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A demonstrator stands outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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The Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City is shown on April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), center, poses for photos with the new commander of the rocket force Wang Houbin, top left, and its political commissar Xu Xisheng, top right, after promoting them to the rank of general in Beijing on Monday, July 31, 2023. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

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Ex-employee used AI to frame Baltimore-area principal as bigot in audio clip

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A demonstrator stands outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court struggles with immunity for presidents over official acts

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This 2009 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large group of Gram-negative Salmonella typhimurium bacteria that had been isolated from a pure culture. Poultry producers will be required to bring salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to help prevent food poisoning under a final rule issued Friday, April 26, 2024, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP) ** FILE **

USDA tells producers to reduce salmonella in certain frozen chicken products

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces Col.-Gen. Oleksandr Syrski, right, look at a map during their visit to the front line city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Nov. 30, 2023. Ukraine’s commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrski, said Russia’s top military leadership ordered its soldiers to capture the town of Chasiv Yar by May 9, Russia’s Victory Day, a holiday that marks the defeat of Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking official with the Palestinian militant group, who has represented it in negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview for The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Biden joins world leaders urging Hamas to accept hostage deal

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People walk past the Moulin Rouge (Red Mill) Thursday, April 25, 2024 in Paris. The windmill from the Moulin Rouge, the 19th century Parisian cabaret, has fallen off the roof overnight along with some of the letters in its name. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Washington Nationals designated hitter Joey Meneses discusses a call with home plate umpire Brian Walsh during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Nationals Park, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels puts on a hat after being chosen by the Washington Commanders with the second overall pick during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Commanders select QB Jayden Daniels with No. 2 pick in NFL draft

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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid speaks during a news conference after Game 3 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, center, talks to T.J. Oshie, right, and Max Pacioretty during the third period in Game 2 of the team's NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) **FiLE**

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Smoke rises after a Douglas C-54 Skymaster plane crashed into the Tanana River outside Fairbanks, Alaska, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The plane took off in the morning from Fairbanks International Airport. It crashed about 7 miles (11 kms.) from there and "slid into a steep hill on the bank of the river where it caught fire," according to Alaska State Troopers. (Gary Contento via AP)

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This undated family photo shows David Schultz with his two sons. The body of an Iowa trucker who went missing just before Thanksgiving has been found, according to his wife. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Wednesday, April 25, 2024, that a body was found in a farm field near where David Schultz's semi was found parking on a two-lane highway. (Family photo via AP)

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