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Members of U.S. Special Operations Command Korea and South Korea's Army Special Warfare Command take part in a joint maritime infiltration training as part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, at a shore in Yangyang, northern South Korea, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

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The U.S. faces a “decisive decade” as it stares down great power challenges from China and Russia, regional threats from Iran and North Korea, and the resurgence of extremist groups such as ISIS and al Qaeda — and U.S. Special Forces will play a central role in confronting each, said Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command.

Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as money hungry as Trump trial resumes

Stormy Daniels, second from left, exits the courthouse in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Porn actor Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, among other things. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

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Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday painted Stormy Daniels as a profit seeker who tried to extort him ahead of the 2016 election, as the porn star returned to the witness stand in Manhattan.

Stormy Daniels, second from left, exits the courthouse in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Porn actor Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, among other things. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as money hungry as Trump trial resumes

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A gas worker inspects a ruined private house after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia escalates infrastructure war; assaults on Ukrainian grid cut off services, power to civilians

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The Manor House at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt., is seen on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The college's Board of Trustees announced Tuesday, April 9, that the school is closing at the end of the semester after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke) ** FILE **

Billions in federal COVID money can’t save rural private colleges from shutting down

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after she tried and failed to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A person collects items from a tent as Denver Parks Department rangers string police tape during a city-sponsored sweep of an encampment overlooking the city skyline on Diamond Hill on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Denver. The sweep was just one of several staged in various locations across the Mile High City. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Illegal immigrants in Denver demand ‘culturally appropriate’ food, free lawyers at tent city

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after she tried and failed to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says he holds no grudge against MTG over vacate move

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A person collects items from a tent as Denver Parks Department rangers string police tape during a city-sponsored sweep of an encampment overlooking the city skyline on Diamond Hill on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Denver. The sweep was just one of several staged in various locations across the Mile High City. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Illegal immigrants in Denver demand ‘culturally appropriate’ food, free lawyers at tent city

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Former President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump calls out Jewish voters for helping elect Biden

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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**

West Virginia, 24 other states challenge EPA’s new power plant rules

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Rep. Burgess Owens, Utah Republican, speaks at a press conference about K-12 antisemitism with Jewish students and parents on May 8, 2024, by Parents Defending Education in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Parents Defending Education)

Not just colleges: Lawmakers call for heads to roll at K-12 schools beset by antisemitism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 16, 2016, photo, a statue draped in a rainbow flag showing support against HB2, North Carolina's law on LGBT rights, is displayed at Whitehall Antiques showroom located in the Suites at Market Square, in High Point, N.C. (Jessica Nuzzo/The Enterprise via AP) **FILE**

Catholic school in North Carolina has right to refuse teacher in same-sex marriage, judges rule

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Medical staff prepares an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, Monday, March 22, 2021. The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that its European authorization for its COVID vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 24, 2024, in Washington. The Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict on whether Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza complies with international and U.S. laws. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden threatens to withhold arms to Israel if they launch major Rafah invasion

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The hunt for COVID-19 origins has gone dark in China. An AP investigation drawing on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews found feuding officials and fear of blame ended meaningful Chinese and international efforts to trace the virus almost as soon as they began, despite years of public statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

House panel seeks release of COVID-19 origin secrets

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, immigrant rights supporters hold giant letters reading "Dream Act" as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a 'Clean Dream Act' that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the U.S.,Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Miami. A decade after President Obama announced the program, DACA recipients are still in legal limbo, Congress remains gridlocked and the border faces unprecedented chaos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Heroes and villains of illegal immigration on display at Senate ‘Dreamer’ hearing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A gas worker inspects a ruined private house after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia escalates infrastructure war; assaults on Ukrainian grid cut off services, power to civilians

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Former President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump calls out Jewish voters for helping elect Biden

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National security communications advisor John Kirby speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House insists Israel is getting ‘everything they need’ after Biden halts arms shipment

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Sen. Tom Cotton wants Biden impeached for keeping weapons from Israel

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after she tried and failed to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says he holds no grudge against MTG over vacate move

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In this image taken from video, a Bernard J. Polite, 26, tries to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany, center, at the Jesus Dwelling Place church in North Braddock, Pa., May 5, 2024. The attempted shooting failed when Polite's gun didn't fire and was tackled by a congregant. (Glenn Germany via AP)

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Rep. Burgess Owens, Utah Republican, speaks at a press conference about K-12 antisemitism with Jewish students and parents on May 8, 2024, by Parents Defending Education in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Parents Defending Education)

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In this April 16, 2016, photo, a statue draped in a rainbow flag showing support against HB2, North Carolina's law on LGBT rights, is displayed at Whitehall Antiques showroom located in the Suites at Market Square, in High Point, N.C. (Jessica Nuzzo/The Enterprise via AP) **FILE**

Catholic school in North Carolina has right to refuse teacher in same-sex marriage, judges rule

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Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, center, listens during a bill hearing in Maryland, Jan. 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Alsobrooks, who could make history as Maryland's first Black U.S. senator, is running in the Democratic primary against U.S. Rep David Trone. Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep-blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they’ve had in decades in former Gov. Larry Hogan. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Alsobrooks closing gap with Trone as Maryland Senate Democratic primary looms: Poll

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Gas prices are seen at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Labor Department issues its report on inflation at the consumer level in March. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

Biden insists to skeptical voters that he’s turned the economy around

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

RFK Jr. says he’ll eat more brain worms and still win debate with Biden, Trump

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump greets people after announcing he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Son Barron Trump watches. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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A giant American flag is unfurled on Lisner Hall on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, Friday, May 3, 2024, as demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

D.C. police clear George Washington University of anti-Israel protesters, averting Hill showdown

Voters deliver their ballot to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 2020. In a ruling Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton is upholding most of the provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven’t provided proof of U.S. citizenship and cross-check voter registration information with various government databases. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

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A gas worker inspects a ruined private house after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia escalates infrastructure war; assaults on Ukrainian grid cut off services, power to civilians

In this March 30, 2020, file photo, resident Marie Salas, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading &quot;Squatting is not the Answer,&quot; across the street of a formerly vacant home that was recently taken by a group of homeless mothers in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. A new group of homeless people who had taken over several empty, state-owned houses in Los Angeles was forcefully removed by California Highway Patrol officers hours later amid protests by dozens of community activists. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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California mother, son indicted over sex trafficking two 13-year-old girls

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A crane loads food aid for Gaza onto the container ship Sagamore docked at Larnaca port, Cyprus, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

First shipment of aid to the U.S.-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducts routine underway operations while transiting through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class Ismael Martinez/U.S. Navy via AP)

China criticizes U.S. for ship’s passage through Taiwan Strait weeks before new leader takes office

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, toasts as he attends an official reception, to mark 79th anniversary of the end of World War II, in the Palace of the Facets at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Russia is wrapping itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Indiana Pacers' Andrew Nembhard (2) defends against New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson (11) during the first half of Game 2 in an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Former President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump calls out Jewish voters for helping elect Biden

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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**

West Virginia, 24 other states challenge EPA’s new power plant rules

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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramez Habboub)

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In this image taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on May 28, 2022, a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile is launched by the frigate named "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" of the Russian navy from the Barents Sea. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, sent a frigate off to the Atlantic Ocean armed with hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump faults Biden for helping Hamas by stopping bomb shipments to Israel

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks on Capitol Hill, Oct. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Nancy Mace prods Congress to condemn Biden’s plan to extend Obamacare eligibility to noncitizens

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Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, center, listens during a bill hearing in Maryland, Jan. 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Alsobrooks, who could make history as Maryland's first Black U.S. senator, is running in the Democratic primary against U.S. Rep David Trone. Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep-blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they’ve had in decades in former Gov. Larry Hogan. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Alsobrooks closing gap with Trone as Maryland Senate Democratic primary looms: Poll

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Gas prices are seen at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Labor Department issues its report on inflation at the consumer level in March. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

Biden insists to skeptical voters that he’s turned the economy around

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., hands the gavel to speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. In a historic vote, 163 Democrats voted to save Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson from a move to push him out by an ultra-right conservative who believes he capitulated to the left. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats rescue GOP House Speaker Johnson from hardliner move to oust him

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A giant American flag is unfurled on Lisner Hall on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, Friday, May 3, 2024, as demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

D.C. police clear George Washington University of anti-Israel protesters, averting Hill showdown

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters to discuss a proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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In this file photo, immigrant rights supporters hold giant letters reading "Dream Act" as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a 'Clean Dream Act' that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the U.S.,Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Miami. A decade after President Obama announced the program, DACA recipients are still in legal limbo, Congress remains gridlocked and the border faces unprecedented chaos. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 24, 2024, in Washington. The Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict on whether Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza complies with international and U.S. laws. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden is greeted by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, Racine Mayor Cory Mason, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, and Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave, as he arrives at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street, April 15, 2013, in Washington. In spring 2024, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

House mulls fixes to taxpayer-funded NPR’s liberal slant

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Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby speaks during a news conference on Oct. 11, 2022, in Baltimore. The former top prosecutor was convicted Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, on one count of mortgage fraud, concluding a lengthy criminal trial in which Mosby testified she unwittingly made false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Civil rights groups call for pardon of Baltimore’s Marilyn Mosby

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