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Assistant manager Mandy Gratz arranges a display at Good Day Farm dispensary Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in St. Louis. Recreational marijuana sales were allowed to begin on Friday in Missouri after the state's health department gave approval. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Scotts Miracle-Gro catches cannabis fever, lobbies Congress to lift federal pot prohibition

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, is shown at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. Gupta was one of the first witnesses whose video deposition was played at a bench trial Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in which several pharmaceutical manufacturers are accused in a lawsuit of contributing to the crisis. He testified that the opioid epidemic got so bad in drug-ravaged West Virginia that the state was having trouble finding foster parents to care of children. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Top White House drug-fighter sees progress on fentanyl overdoses, but warns of new threats

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

An F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt., Sept. 19, 2019. Lockheed Martin made its quota of F-35 fighter jets for 2021 and even managed to roll a few more off the assembly line, even as COVID-19 and supply chain challenges bedeviled the defense industry. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

A national security mandate for the new Republican Congress

By Richard Schulze

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Two major conservative groups have signaled they are open to supporting someone other than Donald Trump in the 2024 race for the White House, the latest sign from an increasingly vocal segment of the Republican Party that it’s time to move on from the former president. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden blames Trump for ballooning national debt

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Illustration on government subsidization of the solar energy industry by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Congress right to defend U.S. solar makers against China

By Michael Stumo

President Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Biden SOTU speech to focus on agenda items he thinks can muster bipartisan support

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration on the southern border and illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Border insurrection demands action

By Tom Homan

President Joe Biden talks about passing an assault weapons band as he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Biden boasts of spending, asks GOP to back agenda

By Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

State of the Union live updates: Latest on Biden’s speech

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin for the Tucson Sector testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Border Patrol leaders say they need more border wall, gaps leave the country vulnerable

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House GOP to disapprove D.C. plans for illegal immigrant voting, weaker crime penalties

By Tom Howell Jr. and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, March 1, 2022, in Washington. A year ago, President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address to push top Democratic priorities that were sure to face a battle in the narrowly divided Congress but he also laid out a four-pronged "unity agenda" that would be an easier sell.(Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File)

Joe Biden makes progress on ‘unity agenda’ outlined in 2022

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. flanked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-Md., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Debt crunch looms, but nobody knows how much is too much

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Manchin: Feds ‘not taking my gas stove,’ files bill to protect appliance

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have voted to oust Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote in a raucous session on Thursday to remove the Somali-born Muslim lawmaker came after her past comments critical of Israel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese listens as President Joe Biden speaks about energy and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 19, 2022, in Washington. Biden said Thursday in a statement that Deese would step down as director of the White House National Economic Council. That position had him coordinating policy across the government and negotiating with Congress on coronavirus aid, the budget, infrastructure, tax, clean energy incentives, investments in computer chip plants and other measures that the president signed into law. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s economic adviser to resign, adding to White House staff shake-up

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington, in this file photo. Sen. Cotton said at a Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday that nothing in an antitrust journalism bill will stop Big Tech and media organizations from censoring conservative content for alleged trustworthiness concerns and through other private arrangements. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Senate Republicans move to block D.C. plan for illegal immigrants voting in local elections

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

IRS online payment reporting illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Congress must undo the IRS online payment reporting debacle

By Rep. Michelle Steel and Sen. Bill Hagerty

In this Feb. 11, 2005, photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower) **FILE**

Vast majority of billions in pandemic-aid fraud will never be recovered, watchdogs tell Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times