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Congress should beware of science on diacetyl

By Bruce Fein

President Donald Trump, left, listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, right, speaks after being sworn in at the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

HHS approves Indiana plan to tie Medicaid benefits to work

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told a House committee that special counsel Robert Mueller took quick action to oust FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok from the Russia investigation after learning of his politically biased text messages. (Associated Press) ** FILE**

Rod Rosenstein, deputy A.G., feels heat from FISA memo backlash

By Sally Persons, Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., attends a speech by President Donald Trump at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Nunes says there’s ‘no evidence of collusion’

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President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump, GOP optimistic on 2018 midterm elections at West Virginia retreat

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a close ally of President Donald Trump who has become a fierce critic of the FBI and the Justice Department, strides to a GOP conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump will clear way for publication of classified memo

By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Evelyn Rodriguez spoke to a Fox News affiliate in New York on Jan. 31, 2018, regarding her presence as a guest at the State of the Union. (Image: Fox 5 screenshot)

Evelyn Rodriguez, mother of teen murdered by MS-13, defends Trump: ‘He was very sincere’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, WVa., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump to release surveillance memo likely Friday, White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Emergency personnel inspect the lead engine of an Amtrak train that was carrying multiple Republican lawmakers that crashed into a garbage truck in Crozet, Va., on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican policy retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck in a rural Virginia town Wednesday. (Zack Wajsgras/The Daily Progress via AP)

Latest: Company IDs employee injured in train crash

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Illustration on marijuana federalism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why Congress must protect medical marijuana federalism next month

By Beau Rothschild

Mayor Muriel Bowser (center), a Democrat, signs a bill written by D.C. council member Charles Allen (left), a Democrat representing Ward 6, preventing insurance companies from charging more for women's health services like cancer screenings or contraceptive costs. The two endorsed the bill together on Wednesday January 31st at Planned Parenthood's Carol Whitehill Moses Center in the Northeast of the city. (Julia Airey / The Washington Times)

D.C. gears up for Obamacare battle by enacting its own health care law

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2017, while testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Andrew McCabe knew of Hillary Clinton emails weeks before FBI alerted Congress: report

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

7 Georgia members of Congress OK after Virginia train crash

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This photo provided by a member of Congress, shows a crash site near Crozet, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday, lawmakers said. (AP Photo)

Train carrying Republican lawmakers collides with truck

By David Sherfinski and Sally Persons - The Washington Times

‘Foreign intelligence surveillance’ has become surveillance of all Americans

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Russia shrugs as U.S. vows new sanctions — eventually

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

The Latest: Kentucky lawmaker in ethics probe runs unopposed

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UltraViolet, a national women's group, projects a message on the side of the Trump International Hotel before Tuesday's State of the Union address. (Associated Press photographs)

Democrats add speeches to official response with Joe Kennedy III

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The Capitol Rotunda is seen with the statue of George Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, ahead of the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump uses boy’s flag-planting project to scold NFL players

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

Trump should ignore TV audience and speak directly to Congress in SOTU

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times