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In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is facing pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden administration stands by Stone-Manning despite furor over tree-spiking case

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden during an event in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, to discuss gun crime prevention strategy. Attorney General Merrick Garland listens at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden crime prevention strategy to focus on guns, hiring more cops

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this May 17, 2021, photo, a group of migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua wait along a road after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, in La Joya, Texas. The U.S. Homeland Security Department says thousands of asylum-seekers whose claims were dismissed or denied under a Trump administration policy that forced them to wait in Mexico for their court hearings will be allowed to return for another chance at humanitarian protection. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS: Asylum-seekers forced to wait in Mexico now allowed to return to U.S.

By Maria Verza and Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a Workers' Party meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, June 18, 2021. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea rejects Biden administration’s offer for talks ‘without preconditions’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Constitution and religious education by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In Biden administration’s defense of religious freedom, ‘adequate’ is not enough

By Kenneth L. Marcus

FILE - In this July 3, 2020, file photo, fireworks light the sky over the Mount Rushmore National Memorial near Keystone, S.D. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem indicated Tuesday, June 15, 2021, that she will try again to hold a fireworks display over Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day on the heels of President Joe Biden's announcement that the White House will be hosting its own "independence from the virus" bash.. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)

Biden administration’s excuses for denying fireworks at Mount Rushmore is pure politics

By Brian McNicoll

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after his meeting with U.S President Joe Biden at the "Villa la Grange" in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-U.S. counterintel chief: Russia could halt cyber strikes ‘in one moment’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington. The Supreme Court has dismissed a third major challenge to "Obamacare," preserving health insurance coverage for millions of Americans. Though the court has become increasingly conservative with justices nominated by former President Donald Trump, it nonetheless left the entire law intact Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration faces record pace of lawsuits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 24, 2015, photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Environmentalists and Native American activists say the Biden administration's review of the federal oil and gas leasing program should result in more protections for an area of northwestern New Mexico that's considered sacred. They have cited concerns about air pollution from venting and flaring at natural gas collection and processing sites, wastewater leaks and unchecked development in southeastern New Mexico's share of the Permian Basin. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Judge rejects Biden attempt to pause oil, gas leases on federal lands

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, May 8, 2021, file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis watches the foursome matches during the Walker Cup golf tournament, in Juno Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) ** FILE **

Gov. Ron DeSantis pledges border help for Texas, Arizona: ‘Florida has your back’

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the EU-US summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Federal judge blocks Biden’s suspension of new oil, gas leases

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Justice Department outlines plans for crackdown on domestic terrorism

By Jeff Mordock and Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, June 9, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden speaks to American service members at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. The Biden administration says it will enhance its analysis of threats from domestic terrorists as part of a nationwide strategy to combat domestic terrorism. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

‘We must work to root out the hatreds’: Biden admin. announces plan to combat domestic terrorism

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Destin Cramer, left, and Noah Rice place a new sticker on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender-neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Seattle. President Obama's directive ordering schools to accommodate transgender students has been controversial in some places but since 2012 Seattle has mandated that transgender students be able to use of the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Nearly half of the district's 15 high schools already have gender-neutral bathrooms and one high school has had a transgender bathroom for 20 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **FILE**

Christian college asks appeals court to halt Biden gender identity policy in school dorms, showers

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Study: Trump still a driving force on Facebook despite being banned from the platform

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference after attending the G-7 summit, Sunday, June 13, 2021, at Cornwall Airport in Newquay, England. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s ‘America Last’ G-7

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Blinken says U.S.-Russia relations at a low point going into summit

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden pantomimes how he earlier had to brush a cicada off his neck as he and first lady Jill Biden prepare to board Air Force One, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, and is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to the rising forces of authoritarianism. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s race-based farming debt-relief program halted by judge

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2019 flagged more than 11,000 illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office custody. They accounted for 180 homicide charges, 750 sex crimes and 1,400 weapons offenses. (Associated Press/File)

DHS cancels Trump’s office for victims of illegal-immigrant crimes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after a huge explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 1, 2019. Powerful explosion rocks Afghan capital, with smoke seen billowing from downtown area near U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Painful memories as U.S. ponders safety of Afghan embassy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times