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Palestinian demonstrators stand in front of the gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), demanding that the agency fulfil promises to compensate them for losses to their homes during the 2014 war, in Gaza City, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. The protest revealed public desperation amid ongoing efforts to alleviate Gaza's housing crisis, including an Egyptian-funded project that aims to complete 1,400 apartments by the end of this year. Arabic reads "We demand the UNRWA to pay the compensation that we signed with the agency.", "We demand UNRWA to pay compensation for the 2014 aggression.", "Eight years of suffering while we are waiting for our compensation, which is a legal right for every affected refugee." - Victims of the 2014 aggression". (AP Photo/Adel Hana, file)

Republicans move to cut off funding permanently to Hamas-linked U.N. relief agency

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Chris Smith, New Jersey Republican, says his faith and an early-life encounter with a Holocaust survivor shaped his activism in Congress for international human rights and religious freedom. (Mark A. Kellner/The Washington Times)

Lunch with a concentration camp survivor made Rep. Chris Smith a human rights champion

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

A poster featuring Bishop Rolando Alvarez and Pope Francis hangs inside the Cathedral in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. 19, 2022. Nicaragua has released and sent 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges to Rome following an agreement reached with the Vatican, the Nicaraguan government said in a statement late Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Bishop Álvarez was not among the names of the priests released. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon, File)

House panel chairman demands release of imprisoned Nicaraguan Catholic bishop

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Chris Smith, New Jersey Republican, called for ensuring that the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief reauthorization would not be used to promote abortion, in remarks on the House floor on Thursday. Photo courtesy Office of Chris Smith.

House adds anti-abortion guardrails to bill reauthorizing global AIDS relief

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Rep. Gaetz accuses ATF of harassing a gun shop owner who testified to Congress about the agency

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Amanalla Kashgari, of Ashburn Va., with the East Turkistan Youth Congress, protests against China and in support of the Uyghur people, in the wake of the Urumqi fire in China, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, outside the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Key Republican seeks visa to visit genocide camps in China after frosty email from Chinese diplomat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith sits on the sideline during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Washington Redskins in Cleveland, Aug. 8, 2019. Former NFL defensive end Chris Smith, who was touched by tragedy while he played for the Cleveland Browns, has died. He was 31. Smith's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and the Browns confirmed his passing Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Former NFL defensive end Chris Smith dead at 31

By Tom Withers - Associated Press

Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, said the administration's handling of the abortion issue in the Affordable Care Act has been "unconscionable," and the new website should be a helpful tool for consumers who don't want to pay for other people's abortions. (Associated Press)

Near-unanimous House votes to sanction China for organ harvesting, two GOP members dissent

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, said the administration's handling of the abortion issue in the Affordable Care Act has been "unconscionable," and the new website should be a helpful tool for consumers who don't want to pay for other people's abortions. (Associated Press)

House Republicans rip OBGYN group’s ‘outrageous’ decision to cancel pro-life doctors

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Chris Smith, the Republican incumbent candidate for New Jersey's 4th congressional district, addresses a gathering after he was called the winner over Democratic challenger Josh Welle, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Toms River, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Longtime China hawk Rep. Chris Smith aims to expose human rights abuses on congressional commission

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

This image captured from bodycam video released by the Childersburg (Ala.) Police Department and provided by attorney Harry Daniels shows Michael Jennings, left, in custody in Childersburg, Ala., on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Jennings was helping out a friend by watering flowers when officers showed up and placed him under arrest within moments. (Childersburg Police Department via AP)

Watering while Black: anatomy of a pastor’s Alabama arrest

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

Michael Crispi. (Image courtesy of the Michael Crispi campaign)

Millennial talk show host plans Trump-style primary campaign against 40-year House Republican

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Uyghurs and other students listen to an instructor during a class at the Xinjiang Islamic Institute, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists, in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Efforts to establish special envoy to probe China’s genocide of Uyghurs gain steam

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, June 23, 2021. file photo, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at left by House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., holds a news conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Nowhere to Hyde: Biden, Democrats under siege for taxpayer-funded abortions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, said the administration's handling of the abortion issue in the Affordable Care Act has been "unconscionable," and the new website should be a helpful tool for consumers who don't want to pay for other people's abortions. (Associated Press)

Rep. Chris Smith: Winter Olympics in Beijing must be moved to new city

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Matthew Modine portrays William &quot;Rick&quot; Singer, right, in a recreated scene from the documentary &quot;Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal.&quot; (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)

‘Operation Varsity Blues’ reenacts and reorients a scandal

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV (25) drives to the basket against UCLA during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

UCLA holds off Colorado 65-62 for 13th straight home win

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

UCLA guard Chris Smith (5) shoots over Utah forward Timmy Allen during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

UCLA’s Chris Smith tears left ACL, out for rest of season

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Utah guard Rylan Jones, left, dribbles past UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

UCLA edges Utah 72-70 for 5th straight home victory

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled plans to return next week, a reversal after announcing it a day earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chris Smith, other lawmakers target China over coronavirus pandemic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times