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US VP Harris: `status of women is the status of democracy’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, elbow bumps with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, front, watch after a joint news conference after their two plus two security talks at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. lines up Japan, South Korea ahead of China meeting in Alaska

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on build back better infrastructure by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Build back better U.S. infrastructure with fair and open competition

By Ben Brubeck

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says FEMA will support a government-wide effort over the next three months, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities

By BEN FOX and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Migrant children and teenagers from the southern border of the United State are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility Sunday, March 14, 2021, south of Midland, Texas. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)/Odessa American via AP)

Biden’s illegal immigration agenda creates another child smuggling crisis

By Kay C. James

The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center stands in Dallas on March 29, 2020. The U.S. government wants to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers at the center as it struggles to find space for a surge of migrant children who have inundated the border and strained the immigration system just two months into the Biden administration. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Immigrant teens to be housed at Dallas convention center

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, left, and Brett Kavanaugh watch as President Donald Trump arrives to give his State of the Union address to a joint session on Congress at the Capitol in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Trump judges key to stopping Biden executive orders, Republican AGs say

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, employees pack boxes containing vials of COVID-19 vaccine at Serum Institute of India in Pune, India. Serum Institute of India has been contracted to manufacture a billion doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo Pacific alliance known as “the Quad” will announce on Friday, March 12, a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine manufacturing capacity in India, according to administration officials. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India’s vaccine production

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 23, 2020 file photo, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gives her weekly update on COVID-19 and the state's effort to contain it during a virtual news conference from the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. Grisham was an early adopter of aggressive pandemic restrictions that included a mask mandate, self-quarantine orders for travelers and a ban on public gatherings -- now capped at five people. And the state previously joined federal pilot project on testing and contact tracing. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico governor, seeks exemption from Biden oil-and-gas crackdown

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, from the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, March 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden moves to relieve strain of child border crossings

By JOSH BOAK and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

National Security Council Coordinator for U.S. Southern Border Roberta Jacobson speaks at a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden wants you to pay for his self-inflicted border crisis

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

In this photo taken during a four-day meeting held from Feb. 8, 2021 until Feb. 11, 2021 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

U.S. to consult allies on North Korean problem

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2021 file photo shows the Flint Water Plant tower in Flint, Mich. Lawyers who negotiated a $641 million settlement for victims of Flint lead-contaminated water are asking a judge to set aside up to 32% for fees and expenses. If granted, the request would total $202 million in fees and $7 million in expenses for dozens of attorneys suing the state of Michigan, Flint, a hospital and an engineering firm. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Biden EPA to reconsider Trump rule on lead in drinking water

By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

President Biden has nominated Colin H. Kahl (right) to be undersecretary of defense for policy. Some of Mr. Kahl's past social media postings have come back to haunt him during the confirmation process. (Associated Press/File)

Colin Kahl, Pentagon nominee, under fire for Twitter posts

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during an event with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin to take joint trip to Japan and South Korea to rally allies

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on foreign policy at the State Department, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Washington. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Biden’s Russia credentials questioned over European pipeline

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Lawmakers urge Biden not to ignore Iran’s support for terrorism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tents used by migrants seeking asylum in the United States line an entrance to the border crossing, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. President Joe Biden is holding a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Monday's meeting was a chance for them to discuss migration, among other issues. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Perils of a porous border include COVID-19 spread

By Tammy Bruce

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, oil pump jacks are seen in McKenzie County, in western North Dakota. The Biden administration said Tuesday, March 9, 2021, that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials declined to state how long the moratorium could remain in place. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

US officials: report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

A woman receives a shot of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination for people above the age of 60 at Adam Malik Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, March 8, 2021. The world's fourth most populous country plans to vaccinate two-thirds of its population of about 270 million people, or just over 180 million people in a campaign that is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

The Latest: New Zealand opens 1st big vaccination clinic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press