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Illustration on Biden's immigration court inaction by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden is deliberately increasing Immigration Court backlog

By Tom Homan and Matt O’Brien

In this image released by the Department of Defense on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, a U.S. Air Force U-2 pilot looks down at a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the United States on Feb. 3, 2023. (Department of Defense via AP)

Balloon collected secret intel for China; revelation counters Biden assurances

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Supreme Court to determine IRS’ clout amid Biden’s push to expand tax agency’s operations

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - An electric vehicle is plugged into a charger in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that under rules proposed Friday, March 30, 2023, by the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules are required under last year’s Inflation Reduction Act. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules

By Tom Krisher and Fatima Hussein and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Can we survive Biden?

The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich is shown in this undated photo. Russia's security service arrested the American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War, the Federal Security Service, known by the acronym FSB, said Thursday, March 30, 2023. The newspaper denied the allegations and demanded his release. (The Wall Street Journal via AP)

Russian spy charges for U.S. reporter spark outrage

By Tom Howell Jr. and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Kurt Campbell, former assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, said China wants to drive the U.S. military out of Asia. (Associated Press)

White House Indo-Pac point man Campbell says China ties enter new phase of competition

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. photographs a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. Senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Whale deaths prompt Democrats to join Republican calls for probe of offshore wind turbines

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Taxpayer privacy rights hang in balance at Supreme Court in dispute over IRS notice requirements

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, left, and Ranking Member Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., attend a full committee hearing about China, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ukraine aid watchdogs say sufficient measures in place to track funds, warn against more oversight

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, March 27, 2023, in Washington. Biden is kicking off his second Summit for Democracy on Wednesday by announcing plans for the United States to spend up to $690 million on democracy renewal around the globe. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden starts democracy summit with $690M pledge for programs

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

The Centenario deep-water drilling platform off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, in the Gulf of Mexico, is pictured on Nov. 22, 2013. The Biden administration will auction oil and gas leases across more than 114,000 square miles of public waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in a sale mandated by last year's climate bill compromise. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

U.S. to auction Gulf of Mexico oil under climate compromise

By Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Budget and Oversight hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for the 2024 fiscal year on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S. makes corporate transparency commitment with 20 nations

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

In this May 2, 2021, photo, a U.S. flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony from the U.S. Army to the Afghan National Army, at Camp Anthonic, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO have promised to pay $4 billion a year until 2024 to finance Afghanistan’s military and security forces, which are struggling to contain an advancing Taliban. Already since 2001, the U.S. has spent nearly $89 billion to build, equip and train the forces. (Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office via AP) **FILE**

State Dept. faces Monday deadline to turn over secret Afghan dissent cable as GOP readies subpoena

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Xi just concluded his three-day visit with Putin, a warm affair in which the two men praised each other and spoke of a profound friendship. It's a high in a complicated, centuries-long relationship in which the two countries have been allies and enemies. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Rep. Michael McCaul: China and Russia in ‘unholy alliance’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, testifies before the House Rules Committee as Republicans advance the "Parents Bill of Rights Act," at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans, religious freedom advocates oppose rollback of faith-based student group protections

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Key Senate Democrat slams DOJ for lack of transparency on Biden’s handling of classified documents

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, right, accompanied by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Pentagon pressed on Ukraine endgame as skepticism takes root with some lawmakers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Left-wing policies marginalize underserved communities illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden’s policies designed to ensure ‘equity’ will only further marginalize underserved communities

By Jack Brewer

Els Woodke speaks about the 2016 kidnapping of her husband Jeffery Woodke, photo on video monitor, in West Africa, during a news conference in Washington, Nov. 17, 2021. The Biden administration says the American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger six years ago has been released from custody. Jeffery Woodke was kidnapped from his home in Abalak, Niger, in October 2016 by men who ambushed and killed his guards and forced him at gunpoint into their truck, where he was driven north toward Mali’s border. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

U.S. aid worker kidnapped in Niger released after 6 years

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press