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Olympic figure skater Sarah Hughes attends the world premiere of "The Other Guys" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 in New York. Hughes, who won a gold medal in figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, has filed to run for Congress in New York, joining several other Democrats seeking to unseat Long Island Republican Anthony Esposito. Hughes, 38, will make a formal campaign announcement of her campaign for New York's 4th Congressional District ”in the next few weeks," spokesperson Max Kramer said Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) **FILE**

Olympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes running for N.Y. congressional seat

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

Infrastructure in the skies: Supporting a modern National Airspace System

By Rebecca Spicer, Airlines for America

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., listens during a news conference in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol in Washington, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

Biden meets Congress leaders in urgent debt ceiling talks, weighs cutting short foreign trip

By Lisa Mascaro, Fatima Hussein and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

People gather around a makeshift memorial just outside of a mall where several people were killed in a mass shooting, Monday, May 8, 2023, in Allen, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) ** FILE **

Biden pens oped calling for tighter gun laws, ban on AR-15-style weapons

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - A view of The Trump International Hotel is seen, March 4, 2021, in Washington. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Biden administration appeal to limit lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government, in a case that stems from disputes over what was the Trump International Hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Supreme Court to review Democratic lawmakers’ suit over Trump hotel lease

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Freedom House 2023 Annual Awards Ceremony, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Blinken facing criminal contempt threat over documents related to Afghan withdrawal

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. George Santos is surrounded by media as he leaves the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Santos pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging a financial fraud at the heart of a political campaign built on dubious boasts about his personal wealth and business success. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Expel George Santos? GOP leaders aren’t ready to take that step

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks on the debt limit during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y. Biden and his administration have been searching for ways to act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach an agreement to allow more borrowing. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Why Biden is wary of using the 14th Amendment to address the debt limit crisis

By Zeke Miller and Josh Boak - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. George Santos speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Santos pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging a financial fraud at the heart of a political campaign built on dubious boasts about his personal wealth and business success. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Rep. George Santos pledges to fight criminal charges, clear his name

By Tom Howell Jr. and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Illustration on dealing with U.S. debt by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The Constitution, Congress and government debt

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Feds arrest Rep. George Santos, allege he siphoned political funds and lied on House forms

By Tom Howell Jr. and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Migrants wait for U.S authorities, between a barbed-wire barrier and the border fence at the US-Mexico border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The U.S. is preparing for the Thursday, May 11th end of the Title 42 policy, linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

ICE frees hundreds of criminals to make room for migrants; Biden goes easy on quick removals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the U.S.-China economic relationship at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Lawsuit: Yellen should ignore ‘unconstitutional’ debt limit

By Christopher Rugaber and Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. (AP Photo, File)

Congress eyes new rules for tech: What’s under consideration

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at an American Foreign Service Association memorial plaque ceremony, Friday, May 5, 2023, at the U.S. State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

GOP threatens Blinken contempt charge over Afghanistan docs

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Illustration on the debt ceiling deal by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Road map for Republicans to win debt ceiling fight

By Peter Mihalick

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the U.S.-China economic relationship at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dodges question on invoking 14th Amendment to avoid default

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the U.S.-China economic relationship at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Yellen: ‘No good options’ if Congress fails to act on debt

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his "Investing in America Cabinet," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden again demands ‘assault weapons’ ban after Texas mall shooting leaves 8 people dead, 7 wounded

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Bishop Henry C. Williams, of Oakland, testifies during the Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Williams said he hopes to build a Black Wall Street in Oakland with all Black-owned businesses. California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force will sign off Saturday, May 5, 2023, on key recommendations for how the state should apologize and atone for decades of discriminatory policies against descendants of U.S. chattel slavery. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File)

California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments

By Sophie Austin - Associated Press