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Peru's President Dina Boluarte waves as she arrives to swear in her cabinet members at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s president asks cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, wearing a hat and poncho, talks to neighbors in Chugur, in the Andes of Peru, April 15, 2021. When Castillo won Peru’s presidency, it was celebrated as a victory by the country’s poor — the peasants and Indigenous people who live deep in the Andes and whose struggles had long been ignored. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru’s ex-president faced bigotry for impoverished past

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma speaks at a rally Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Rep. Kevin Hern angles for Republican Study Committee to lead policy debate in next Congress

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Signage for the FTX Arena, where the Miami Heat basketball team plays, is illuminated on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Miami. The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy last week has also shaken the world of philanthropy, due to the donations and influence of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in the “effective altruism” movement. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to testify about FTX’s collapse

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

House Democrats block Republicans’ push for oversight of Ukraine aid

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders' Dan Snyder poses for photos during an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. Snyder and his organization are the subject of multiple ongoing investigations over workplace misconduct and potential financial improprieties. The D.C. attorney general opened an investigation into the team around the time the U.S. House Committee for Oversight and Reform referred its case to the Federal Trade Commission. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Snyder tried to thwart NFL, congressional probes into Washington football team, report finds

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Dina Boluarte acknowledges lawmakers after she was sworn in as president in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Behind is Congress President Jose Williams. Peru's Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru swears in new president amid constitutional crisis

By Franklin Briceno - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is briefed during a visit to a naval station on Penghu, an archipelago of several dozen islands off Taiwan's western coast on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. On Sept. 2, 2022, President Biden approved the largest arms sale to Taiwan under his administration, as tensions continue to heighten between the United States and China. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)

Congress includes $10B in defense budget for Taiwan to stave off China’s designs on island democracy

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Chip Roy, Texas Republican, is shown in this undated file photo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

GOP sees wins against ‘woke’ Pentagon policies in giant defense bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters after Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia last night, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Democrats' new outright majority in the Senate means the party will no longer have to negotiate a power-sharing deal with Republicans and won't have to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris to break as many tie votes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pennsylvania Avenue Freeze-Out: Boss Schumer working only with ‘non-MAGA’ senators after Warnock win

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy starts to play hardball with GOP rebels struggling to find opposing House speaker candidate

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

ATF wants to destroy guns from botched Obama-era Fast and Furious operation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on Democrats and congressional spending by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on is spending money

By Cal Thomas

In this screengrab from an interview with ABC News is Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The interview, which appeared on the program "Good Morning America," took place in the Bahamas island of Nassau where FTX was headquartered. (Good Morning America/ABC News via AP) ** FILE **

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he will testify before Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on measures a Republican congress should implement by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Five America First priorities for the new House of Representatives

By Fred Fleitz

A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Most railroad workers weren't surprised that Congress intervened this week to block a railroad strike, but they were disappointed because they say the deals lawmakers imposed didn't do enough to address their quality of life concerns about demanding schedules and the lack of paid sick time. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Rail workers say deal won’t resolve quality-of-life concerns

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

This Nov. 10, 2016 file photo shows Sarah Jessica Parker at the world premiere of "Rules Don't Apply" on opening night of the 2016 AFI Fest in Los Angeles. Parker will serve as honorary chair of the American Library Association’s newly created Book Club Central. The library association said Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, that the club will recommend books throughout the year and will formerly launch in Chicago on June 24, during the ALA’s annual conference. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Congress dives into documentary filmmaking, debuts film narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Freight train cars sit in a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Sept. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Senate approves bill to avert rail strike by imposing labor deal on workers

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Then-House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., leaves the chamber after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told lawmakers she will step down as Democratic leader but remain in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Republicans took over as the majority party in the following Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Clyburn to remain in No. 4 Dem leadership spot after challenger withdraws bid

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times