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Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. A new U.S. intelligence report rejects several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab. It instead reiterates that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

U.S. intell report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Packages are seen stacked on the doorstep of a residence, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Upper Darby, Pa. Conservatives anxious to counter the U.S.’s leading economic adversary have set their sights on a top trade priority for labor unions and progressives: cracking down on the deluge of duty-free packages coming in from China. The changing political dynamic could have major ramifications for small businesses and consumers importing products from China valued at less than $800. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Packages from China are surging into the U.S. Lawmakers wonder if an $800 exemption was a mistake

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Rep. Doug Lamborn, Colorado Republican and a member of the Pro-Life Caucus, spoke Friday at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in favor of a federal ban on all abortions. Organizers staged the rally the day before the first anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade to make a case for the pro-life movement to rally behind their proposal. (Sean Salai / The Washington Times)

Pro-lifers debate total abortion ban vs. 15 weeks; activists pushing for federal minimum standard

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., whispers to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., during an event hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

House conservatives eye ‘unauthorized’ spending to broadly slash federal budget following debt deal

By Stephen Dinan and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn., Friday, June 16, 2023. The summit is attended by gun safety advocates, local leaders and families impacted by gun violence. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden says tougher gun laws are within reach, points to public pressure

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., listens during an event at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump's mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the indicted former president. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

‘Stand with Trump’ becomes a rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on the U.S. justice system

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Unaccompanied Migrant Children at Border Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Navigating the crisis of unaccompanied migrant children

By Rep. Troy Nehls and Dan Stein

A drag queen collects tips during a show to set a Guinness World record for the largest drag brunch at Brooklyn Bowl in New York on Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki).

House GOP uses policy, spending bills to target ‘woke’ Pentagon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Chebon Kernell beats a drum and sings during a rally in support of three-year-old baby Veronica, Veronica's biological father, Dusten Brown, and the Indian Child Welfare Act, in Oklahoma City, Aug. 19, 2013. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 15, 2023, preserved the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Supreme Court sides with feds, tribes in challenge over American Indian adoptions

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. along with other Republican members of the House, speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republicans push McCarthy to address Social Security, Medicare in the spending fight

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Matt Olsen, Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice, right, testifies with, from far left, Chris Fonzone, General Counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, George Barnes, Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), David Cohen, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during a Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee hearing to examine Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and related surveillance authorities, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

A sheet of uncut $100 bills is inspected during the printing process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sept. 24, 2013. An Associated Press analysis published on Monday, June 12, 2023, found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents a jarring 10 percent of the total $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has so far disbursed in COVID-relief aid. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

By Richard Lardner, Jennifer Mcdermott and Aaron Kessler - Associated Press

American National Emergencies Act Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

National Emergencies Act: No president should be handed a blank check and endless special powers

By Rep. Paul Gosar

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. McCarthy is studying history and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders to a new commission to tackle the nation's soaring debt. McCarthy is fresh off his biggest political victory since becoming speaker. He got the White House to agree to a debt limit suspension that also contained some $1.5 trillion in deficit savings. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Speaker McCarthy eyes new commission to tackle nation’s debt, but many Democrats are wary

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

A sign outside the National Security Administration campus in Fort Meade, Md., is seen June 6, 2013. The American public is broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of U.S. spying practices, an AP-NORC poll finds

By Nomaan Merchant and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2023. The years-long feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor. Lawmakers are preparing a resolution to hold FBI director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer has scheduled a vote on the contempt resolution for Thursday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Why Republicans are clashing with the FBI over a confidential Biden document

By Farnoush Amiri and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a gathering of the Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. McCarthy told reporters yesterday he would bring a contempt resolution against FBI Director Christopher Wray to the floor if it passes the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Freedom Caucus rebels vex Speaker McCarthy by blocking GOP bills

By Haris Alic and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. While Republicans seek to make good on campaign promises to cut IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package now moving through Congress, Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Republicans get their IRS cuts, but Democrats say they expect little near-term impact

By Fatima Hussein. Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a policy luncheon Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate races to pass debt-limit deal to avoid first-ever default

By Haris Alic and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Phone call between Comer, Wray keeps contempt threat over FBI director’s head

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times