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Republican's Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

GOP tax relief bill in name only

By E.J. Antoni

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Border Patrol South Station in Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Mayorkas lashes out at GOP ahead of first impeachment vote

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Ron DeSantis calls for Ilhan Omar’s expulsion from Congress, deportation over ‘Somali first’ video

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Lawmakers are seated after voting as the House convenes for a second day of balloting to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AI on the Hill: Lawmakers ponder how hot new technology can help

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A guardsman walks over rail cars with Concertina wire along the Texas-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

White House pushes back on GOP efforts to sink immigration compromise

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies on Capitol Hill, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GOP’s fury at ‘smug’ Homeland Security secretary fuels Mayorkas impeachment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Border Patrol South Station in Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Mayorkas impeachment: GOP unveils articles accusing DHS secretary of lying, undermining laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., speaks at a news conference at the Port of Baltimore, March 21, 2022, in Baltimore. Ruppersberger announced Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, that he won’t seek a 12th term in Congress. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, longtime Maryland Democrat, to retire from Congress

Associated Press

Seagate hard drives were sold to China's Huawei Technologies after the Commerce Department restricted exports of microchips or equipment containing microchips. (Associated Press/File)

Washington eyes giving new spy powers to Commerce Department

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro arrives at U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets a 4-month sentence for defying a House Jan. 6 subpoena

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talks with reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden about artificial intelligence legislation at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Washington. From left, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Sen, Todd Young, R-Ind., Schumer, and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lawmakers scale back scope of AI legislation push, negotiator says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Illustration on China's menacing moves in the Pacific by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Don’t hand China a victory in the Pacific

By Andrew J. Harding

In this Department of Defense video, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin provides opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 from his home in Great Falls, Va. Austin has been recuperating at home from complications from prostate cancer treatments. (Department of Defense via AP)

Austin meets virtually from home with Ukraine supporters

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Migrants depart from Tapachula, Mexico, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente) **FILE**

Border security negotiators can’t hide from constituents on social media

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, following a meeting with President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate passes stopgap funding to avert shutdown, sends bill to House for final approval

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Migrants are taken into custody by officials at the Texas-Mexico border, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is leading about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit to the Mexican border. Their trip comes as they are demanding hard-line immigration policies in exchange for backing President Joe Biden's emergency wartime funding request for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Conservatives pressure speaker to add tough border security to stopgap

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Then-House Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses members of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year 2024 that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. Funding is set to lapse on Jan. 19 for some agencies and Feb. 2 for others. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Congress again averts partial shutdown, Democrats aid Speaker Johnson to pass short-term extension

By Alex Miller and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Biden's supplemental funding request, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Border victims’ families berate Mayorkas for not testifying over impeachment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People stand on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Feb.11, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court is taking up challenges by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement that could achieve a long-sought goal of business and conservative interests, limiting a wide range of government regulations. Billions of dollars are potentially at stake. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court appears ready to curb power of executive agencies

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Congress and President's Power to Declare War Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Under the Constitution, only Congress can declare war on a nation or group

By Andrew P. Napolitano