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Cahas Mountain looms over the path of the Mountian Valley Pipeline as it crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway at Adney Gap on July 18, 2018. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP) **FILE**

Supreme Court allows construction to resume on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting preferential treatment. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

What’s next for Hunter Biden in court and Congress after his plea deal derails

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about "News Tab" at the Paley Center, Oct. 25, 2019, in New York. A House committee called off a vote Thursday, July 27, 2023, on a recommendation that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg be held in contempt of Congress for failing to fully supply documents related to an investigation into supposed censorship by tech companies of conservatives. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Republican-led committee calls off vote to hold Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in contempt

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US Debt Crisis and Federal Spending Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Appropriations season on Capitol Hill renews charge to rein in federal spending

By Adam Brandon

Biden's DOJ and the FBI Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

FBI illegally accessed Americans’ communications 278,000 times last year

By Andrew P. Napolitano

In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Judiciary Committee to consider recommending Congress hold Zuckerberg in contempt

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House Republicans plan to hold Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

‘Ethics’ for Supreme Court just a power grab

A U.S. Air Force pilot looked down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over the Central Continental United States Feb. 3, 2023. The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon (not pictured) that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week, but a defense official said Tuesday there's no indication it is connected to China or any other adversary, and it presents no threats to aviation or national security. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)

U.S. general: China likely to send more spy balloons over U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women Lilac Luncheon, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Concord, N.H. A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date was set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump wants to see Biden impeached, and other Republicans are quick to pile on

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speed cameras are aimed at U.S. Route 127, in New Miami, Ohio, Feb. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

The federal speed camera blitz

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Biden touting Big Tech commitment to make AI tools safe amid fears of tech-fueled apocalypse

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS steps toward a new free-file tax return system have both supporters and critics mobilizing

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., center, joined at left by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Comer will lead an Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, with two IRS whistleblowers who allege the Justice Department interfered with the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

IRS whistleblowers will testify to Congress as they claim ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

In a photo from Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in Detroit, Alexis Georgeson of Tesla Motors, shows off the navigation screen of the new Tesla Model S 70D during a test drive. Electric car maker Tesla Motors is seeking mainstream luxury buyers by adding all-wheel-drive and more range and power to the base version of its only model. Starting Wednesday, Tesla will stop selling the old base Model S called the 60 and replace it with the 70-D. The new car can go 240 miles per charge and from zero to 60 in 5.2 seconds. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Is ‘Big Auto’ the next Big Tech?

By Jason Altmire

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the Progressive Caucus, arrives as the House Democratic Caucus meets before a vote on the debt limit deal negotiated by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pramila Jayapal gets pummeled by Jewish Democrats, tries to soften anti-Israel comments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen Friday, June 9, 2023, in Washington. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might block the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the suburbs of Washington. It was more than idle thinking about an office renovation. The Republican speaker is elevating a once-fringe conservative proposal to upend the FBI. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GOP and FBI are at odds as Republicans move to stop the agency’s new headquarters after Trump probes

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Illustration on the CHIPS act by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Looking beyond the CHIPS Act to compete and ensure national security

By Michael J. Bear

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined at right by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., responds to base remarks by President Donald Trump after he called for four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their &quot;broken&quot; countries, as he exploited the nation's glaring racial divisions once again for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All four congresswomen are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. Omar is the first Somali-American in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

‘No way in hell’: Far-left ‘squad’ Democrats to boycott Israeli President Herzog’s address

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - Construction crews are boring beneath U.S. 221 in Roanoke County, Va., to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway, seen on Friday, June 22, 2018. A federal appeals court Monday, July 10, 2023, has again blocked construction on a segment of a contentious natural gas pipeline being built through Virginia and West Virginia, this time doing so even after Congress ordered the project's approval. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)

Appeals court again blocks construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press