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FILE - In this March 11, 2019, file photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration says it will begin work to address flooding and soil erosion risks from the unfinished wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. It also began providing answers on how it will use unspent money from shutting down one of President Donald Trump's signature domestic projects. The Defense Department says it will use unobligated money for military construction projects for its initial purpose. The repair work will take place in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Homeland Security to repair damage created by border wall

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken listens as President Joe Biden delivers remarks to State Department staff, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden foreign policy marked stumbles on Iran, Russia, China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this April 12, 2021, photo President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers to discuss the American Jobs Plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Higher corporate taxes mean lower wages, smaller retirement accounts

By Parker Sheppard - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends a Cabinet meeting with President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US to limit immigration arrests at courthouses under Biden

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the CDC's new masking guidelines on the North Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

CDC: Fully vaccinated people can ditch masks for outdoor dining, small gatherings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A hiring sign shows in Wheeling, Ill., Sunday, March 21, 2021. The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, a new low since the pandemic struck and a further encouraging sign that layoffs are slowing on the strength of an improving job market. The Labor Department said Thursday, April 22, that applications declined 39,000 from a revised 586,000 a week earlier. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Survey: Business economists more optimistic about US growth

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

In this Thursday, May 2, 2019, photo, Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Migrant surge shows Border Patrol is ‘critically understaffed,’ Jody Hice says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at a press conference in Tehran, Iran. A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has leaked out publicly, providing a rare look inside the country's theocracy. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Leaked recording of Iran’s top diplomat offers blunt talk

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Participants release a mask from an earth-shaped balloon as they perform a skit against climate change during the Earth Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: Mayors ask Biden for consult on climate migrants

Associated Press

In this Saturday, May 21, 2016, file photo, Nikole Hannah-Jones attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Proposals in Arkansas, Iowa and Mississippi would prohibit schools from using the New York Times' “1619 Project,&quot; that focused on slavery's legacy. Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the lead essay in the project, called it a work of journalism that wasn't intended to replace what's being taught in schools. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Biden administration offers grants to teach children ‘1619 Project,’ inherent racism central to U.S.

By James Varney - The Washington Times

US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center right, accompanies Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on his arrival to Riyadh International Airport, Saudi Arabia. A first round of direct talks held in April 2021, in Iraq, between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is seen as a positive sign of de-escalation following years of animosity. The hosting of the talks is also a significant step for Iraq, which has ties with both the U.S. and Iran and has often borne the brunt of Saudi-Iran rivalry. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

Iran, Saudis hold talks in Baghdad, few expect quick results

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

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White House ‘standing down’ the government’s ‘surge efforts’ responding to recent cyber hacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young minors lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas. U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone. It's lead to a massive expansion in emergency facilities to house them as more kids arrive than can be released to close relatives in the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)

Biden administration bans use of term ‘illegal alien’

By Ben Fox - Associated Press

US under Biden will no longer call migrants ‘illegal aliens’

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

FILE- This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The U.S. Treasury has removed Vietnam and Switzerland from the list of nations labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision made by the Trump administration in December. In it's semi-annual report to Congress on currency manipulation, the first under the Biden administration, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday, April 16, 2021, that no country currently meets the U.S. criteria. It said, however, that Vietnam, Switzerland, as well as Taiwan, will be placed under enhanced monitoring for their recent actions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US lifts Vietnam, Switzerland from currency manipulator list

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sanctions concerning to supporters of Americans jailed in Russia

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A Northwell Health lab technician uses the Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 rapid tester on a participant before a news conference, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at a pop up COVID-19 vaccination sight at Belmont Park in Elmont , N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

White House announces $1.7B for coronavirus sequencing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center, waves, on his departure for the U.S., at Haneda airport, in Tokyo Thursday, April 15, 2021. Suga headed to Washington on Thursday to become the first foreign leader to have a face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden for talks that would reaffirm the strength of their alliance and how to deal with China's growing assertiveness and challenge to democratic values. (Kyodo News via AP)

Joe Biden meets Japan’s leader to boost China-facing alliances

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Mari Yamaguchi and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

The entrance gate of the Embassy of the Russian Federation is seen in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The Biden administration has rolled out a sweeping set of sanctions on Russia over its election interference, hacking efforts and other malign activity. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A look at new Biden administration sanctions against Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press